LONDON: Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling on Sunday (Jun 7) insisted that racism is “the only disease right now”. The 25-year-old, who has often and powerfully spoken out on discrimination, admitted his remarks may appear ill-chosen as the globe fights the coronavirus pandemic. “I know this might sound […]
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LONDON: Williams driver George Russell completed a hat-trick of esports wins on Sunday (Jun 7) to knock Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc off the top of Formula One’s virtual grand prix standings with one race remaining. The Briton, who failed to score a point on the real racetrack last year in an […]
SHANGAI: Six Chinese under-19 internationals have been banned from playing for six months and forced to write self-criticism essays after flouting COVID-19 prevention rules to go drinking late at night. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) suspended the six until the end of November and the players were hit with additional […]
On Friday, Nihal Sarin took on Magnus Carlsen in a series of one-minute chess shootouts. At the end of these “bullet games”, the score read: Carlsen 19, Sarin 13. A 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster is giving a Norwegian four-time World Champion a run for his reputation — online. On Friday, Nihal […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will become the first country to resume professional rugby union games next weekend as governments around the world move to ease lockdown measures to fight the novel coronavirus. All eyes will be on the 10-week Super Rugby Aotearoa competition organised by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) as others […]
LONDON: The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is seeking clarity on whether the physical distancing rule can be reduced from two metres to one so they can admit 40,000 fans into Twickenham Stadium for the November internationals, chief executive Bill Sweeney said. Elite sport in England was given the green light […]
REUTERS: World 400 metres champion Salwa Eid Naser was provisionally suspended for registering four “whereabouts failures”, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Sunday (Jun 7). The Bahrain athlete, who won gold at the World Championships in Doha last year, pleaded her innocence despite being suspended by the AIU on […]
LEVERKUSEN, Germany: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich showed their support for the Black Lives Matter protests on Saturday (Jun 6), following the death of black American man George Floyd last month. As thousands assembled in Berlin and Munich to demonstrate against police brutality and for racial equality, Bayern became the highest-profile […]
As international cricket returns with England-West Indies Test match in July, iconic fan club wants its chants on PA system. When international cricket returns to the stadium for the first time next month after the Covid pandemic shut down all sporting activity, its most iconic fans want to make their […]
Sammy has already taken his protest against racism to the ICC, urging the game’s global body to open its eyes and speak up. Darren Sammy alleged that he was called “kalu” while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy alleged that he was […]