LONDON: Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane launched a stinging criticism of the club’s players, saying they could get manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sacked if they continue to underperform. United suffered a 6-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, their joint worst loss in the Premier League […]
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LONDON: Gareth Southgate said Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho face a battle to win their spots back after the England manager was impressed by the performance of the experimental side he fielded in Thursday’s 3-0 victory against Wales. Abraham, Chilwell and Sancho missed the friendly at Wembley Stadium […]
REUTERS: Lewis Hamilton is one win away from matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time record 91 and the Mercedes Formula One driver will be favourite to get the job done in Russia on Sunday (Sep 27). Some felt Schumacher’s tally might never be equalled when the seven-times world champion celebrated his last […]
American sports investment company ALK Capital LLC is in talks to purchase Premier League club Burnley, sources with knowledge of the negotiations have told Reuters. BURNLEY, England: American sports investment company ALK Capital LLC is in talks to purchase Premier League club Burnley, sources with knowledge of the negotiations have […]
Frenchman Benoit Paire said on Wednesday that he was allowed to play in the Hamburg Open despite testing positive for COVID-19 because the “rules are different” in Germany. REUTERS: Frenchman Benoit Paire said on Wednesday that he was allowed to play in the Hamburg Open despite testing positive for COVID-19 […]
West Ham United may not sign any more players before the transfer window shuts on Oct. 5 as the bids made for targets named by manager David Moyes have not been accepted, the Premier League club’s co-owner David Sullivan has said. REUTERS: West Ham United may not sign any more […]
TOKYO: Olympic athletes could face strict controls on movement and repeated COVID-19 tests under measures discussed Wednesday (Sep 23) by a task force charged with finding ways to safely hold the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games. With less than a year until the Olympics, organisers and Japanese officials met for the […]
TOKYO: Organisers of next year’s delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID-19 tests of foreign athletes upon their arrival in Japan, but may not mandate a two-week quarantine period, according to draft measures released on Wednesday (Sep 23). Japanese athletes and other participants living in Japan would face similar requirements when […]
MARSEILLE: The lead rider of a Tour de France team caught up in a doping investigation said he had “nothing to hide” after two unnamed members of the French outfit were briefly detained before being released. Colombian rider Nairo Quintana, 30, leader of the Arkea-Samsic team and winner of the […]
BERLIN: Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists the German giants are eager to stop Thursday’s (Sep 24) UEFA Super Cup showdown in Budapest turning into a super spreader event due to a high infection rate of the coronavirus there. On Monday, Bavaria’s premier minister Markus Soeder warned against the match […]