ANTWERP, Belgium: Belgian league leaders Antwerp secured a shock 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan extended their unbeaten run to 23 games as they won 3-0 against Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday (Oct 29), while Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 win over Dundalk. Veteran striker […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s young football sensation Luqman Hakim Shamsudin is continuing his hard work in Belgium in the hope of making Malaysians proud of his achievements. The 18-year-old Kota-Baru-born striker, who signed a five-year contract with Belgian Pro League side, KV Kortrijk said he is pushing himself in training to […]
KUALA LUMPUR: National Moto2 racer, Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah is confirmed continuing his motoring career in the World Motorcycle Grand Prix Championship (MotoGP) next season. Hafizh Syahrin’s personal manager, Razmin Masli said they have completed discussion with a team based in Europe and the rider will continue to be in action […]
SYDNEY: The Tri-Nations kicks off on Saturday when an inexperienced Australia host New Zealand in front of a 40,000 crowd at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium but all eyes at will be on a much older prize — the Bledisloe Cup. The withdrawal from the Rugby Championship of world champions South Africa […]
LONDON: Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil has shown his support for Marcus Rashford’s campaign to end child food poverty by providing 1,400 free lunchtime meals for the rest of the week to schools in London. Manchester United forward Rashford has campaigned for the government to provide food vouchers during school holidays to […]
MADRID: Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned as Barcelona president on Tuesday, along with his board of directors, and left with a bombshell admission that he had accepted a proposal for the club to play in “a future European Super League”. Bartomeu’s departure comes following mounting pressure from fans and his public […]
PARIS: Holders Bayern Munich continued their perfect start to their Champions League title defence on Tuesday as Real Madrid had Casemiro’s late goal to thank for scrambling a 2-2 draw away to Borussia Moenchengladbach. Liverpool and Manchester City also made it six points out of a possible six in Europe […]
NEW YORK: World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman will miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics after being banned for two years for breaching whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday. Coleman, who narrowly escaped a ban last year for missing three doping tests, was provisionally suspended by the […]
BURNLEY, England: Son Heung-min’s prolific start to the season continued with his 76th minute header giving Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win at winless Burnley in the Premier League on Monday (Oct 26) and moving Jose Mourinho’s side up to fifth. The South Korean was left unmarked at the back post […]
SAO PAULO: A Paraguayan football official who was banned for life for match-fixing tried to influence the result of a Copa Libertadores match last year, FIFA said on Wednesday (Oct 21). Marco Trovato, the former Olimpia club president, also tried to fix 11 Paraguayan league matches in 2018 and 2019, […]