ALCAÑIZ, Spain: Despite not having won a race since 2017, Spain’s Joan Mir is edging closer to the MotoGP world title as the championship enters its 2020 end-game this weekend. The 23-year-old Mir has a wafer-thin advantage of just six points over France’s Fabio Quartararo ahead of the Teruel Grand […]
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LONDON: The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) said a report that Europe’s top teams are in talks to become founding members of a new competition shows “billionaire owners are out of control” and proves football cannot regulate itself. A Sky News report said more than 12 teams from the top five […]
AMSTERDAM: Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum branded the challenge from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford that injured Virgil van Dijk as “stupid” and called for the England number one to be punished. Van Dijk looks set to miss the rest of the season after suffering cruciate ligament damage in a contentious 2-2 […]
LONDON: Former Australia international Harry Kewell, who is in charge of England Football League Two side Oldham Athletic, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and entered self isolation, the club said. The 42-year-old Socceroos great, who played for Leeds United and Liverpool in the Premier League, felt unwell at […]
PARIS: Rafael Nadal announced today that he will compete in the Paris Masters next month, despite previously saying he might not play again this season. The 34-year-old won a record-extending 13th French Open title earlier this month with a one-sided final victory over world number one Novak Djokovic at Roland […]
PARIS: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was full of praise for his “excellent” Manchester United side on Tuesday after Marcus Rashford’s late strike saw them win at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. “The performance was good and we deserved to win it. It was […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (SRT) principal Datuk Razlan Razali is optimistic that the team’s rider, Fabio Quartararo, will be able to rise to the challenge in the remaining four races to win the World Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) for the first time. Razlan said the French-born rider […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Super League champions Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) ended the season unbeaten when they notched their ninth win by thrashing Melaka 5-0 at Stadium Hang Jebat tonight. JDT’s Argentinian import Leandro Velazquez converted a penalty in the 70th minute to start the goal rush. Four minutes later Muhammad Syafiq […]
LONDON: Poland’s President Andrzej Duda was among those offering congratulations as the nation celebrated on Saturday after 19-year-old Iga Swiatek won the French Open, becoming the first Pole to win a Grand Slam singles title. Swiatek, ranked 54th in the world at the start of the tournament but now into […]
LONDON: Mikel Oyarzabal pounced on a horror slip by Swiss captain Granit Xhaka to seal a 1-0 victory for Spain in the Nations League on Saturday. The night’s other League A Group 4 match saw Germany beat Ukraine 2-1 in Kiev. At the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Madrid, usually […]