BUENOS AIRES: Argentine football star Diego Maradona is recovering well from a brain operation and post-surgery complications and should be discharged over the next couple of days, his personal physician said yesterday. “Diego wants to go home and we are evaluating his discharge,” Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the hospital […]
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BARCELONA: Barcelona forward Ansu Fati will be sidelined for four months after undergoing knee surgery, the La Liga club said yesterday. Fati, who turned 18 last month, ruptured the internal meniscus in his left knee during Barcelona’s 5-2 home win over Real Betis on Saturday. “Ansu Fati has been operated […]
LONDON: Paul Pogba “cannot be happy” with the situation he finds himself in at Manchester United, France head coach Didier Deschamps said yesterday. The French midfielder has started just four of United’s seven Premier League games this season, and just one of three in the Champions League. Pogba’s future at […]
AUGUSTA: Rory McIlroy’s quest to complete a career Grand Slam continues for a sixth consecutive year at the Masters this week and the Northern Irishman feels he could benefit from playing Augusta National in cooler autumn temperatures without spectators. The Masters is usually held in April as the first major […]
LONDON: Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford said VAR was “ruining football” after he was harshly denied a goal because of a mystifying offside decision at Crystal Palace on Saturday (Nov 7). Bamford thought he had made it 1-1 with a well-taken finish but his effort was checked by VAR and […]
LONDON: Tomas Soucek’s stoppage-time goal earned West Ham United a 1-0 win over Fulham 1-0 in the Premier League but Ademola Lookman spurned a glorious chance to earn a point for the visitors with a botched last-gasp penalty. Big Czech Soucek had been largely anonymous in the London derby but […]
LONDON: Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday there were no guarantees he would be in Formula One next season. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff recognised that was a possibility but told reporters separately that he expected the Briton to stay with a team that has now won a […]
MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a brace on his return from coronavirus as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory against promoted Spezia on Sunday. The champions ended a run of three consecutive draws to move third in Serie A, […]
LONDON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang condemned Manchester United to fresh misery at Old Trafford as his penalty clinched a 1-0 win for Arsenal, while Gareth Bale was the match winner with his first goal since returning to Tottenham in a 2-1 win over Brighton on Sunday. Aubameyang ended a five-game goal drought […]
LONDON: The cancellation of England’s game against the Barbarians because of COVID protocol breaches made rugby a laughing stock and his team have a responsibility to put the smile back on fans’ faces, England coach Eddie Jones said on Thursday. On the day the RFU was bringing charges against the […]