NEW YORK: Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies for the late Kobe Bryant and other 2020 inductees have been postponed to May 13-15, 2021 due to COVID-19 issues, officials announced. The organization had been trying to set up an October 2020 date for ceremonies, which will be staged at Mohegan […]
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LONDON: Arsenal’s head of football Raul Sanllehi is leaving the club with managing director Vinai Venkatesham set to take over, the Premier League side announced today. Sanllehi, who was formerly Barcelona’s director of football, was initially appointed the club’s head of football relations before taking on the role of head […]
MADRID: Lionel Messi’s body language said it all as Barcelona were sent into full-blown meltdown in their historic Champions League quarter-final humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich yesterday. He could only look on helplessly as the club to which he has brought so much glory succumbed to a record […]
LISBON: For the first time in 13 years, there is no Spanish team in the semi-finals of the Champions League and the way in which Barcelona were dumped out, with an 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich, emphatically ended the era of La Liga supremacy. There was one basic similarity in […]
IPL 2020 is all set to roll from September 19 and millions of cricket fans will be tuning in. However, in case you did not know, Hotstar, the official streaming partner for the Indian Premier League (IPL) has decided to move the match live streams behind a paywall this season. […]
SYDNEY: Former England and Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler claimed on Saturday (Aug 15) he was wrongfully dismissed by Brisbane Roar, saying the Australian club “turned gangster” on him and assistant Tony Grant. Fowler was appointed coach last year and overhauled the squad, lifting them to fourth in the A-League before […]
MIAMI: Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba has been ruled out for the NBA playoffs after leaving the quarantine bubble for comprehensive post-coronavirus evaluation, the club announced Friday (Aug 14). The Magic are set to face Eastern Conference top seed Milwaukee in the first round of the playoffs starting Tuesday, where […]
BRACKLEY, United Kingdom: Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff cast fresh doubt on his future on Friday (Aug 14) while signalling that the champions were now prepared to sign a new deal with commercial rights holders Liberty Media. The Austrian had said at Silverstone last week that Mercedes were not […]
Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton went fastest in a searingly hot second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday with Mercedes again dominant after losing out to Red Bull last weekend. BARCELONA: Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton went fastest in a searingly hot second practice for the Spanish Grand […]
SILVERSTONE, England: Valtteri Bottas pipped championship-leading Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position for Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone with a flying final lap today. Super stand-in Nico Hulkenberg qualified his Racing Point an eye-opening third as a replacement for absent Mexican Sergio Perez, in quarantine after […]