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 […]
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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 […]
LONDON: The return of recreational rugby in England has been given the go-ahead by the government after it approved the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) action plan for phased resumption. Due to its very physical nature, rugby union has been one of the sports hardest hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. […]
ROME: Serie A club Juventus have sacked coach Maurizio Sarri after one season in charge, following the team’s elimination from the Champions League in the round of 16 on Friday (Aug 7), the Turin club in a statement. The 61-year-old was dismissed despite leading Juventus to the Serie A title […]
SAN FRANCISCO: TPC Harding Park’s narrow fairways and thick rough have given players fits through the first two rounds of the PGA Championship, but it was the course’s unexpectedly slow greens that caused headaches for Tiger Woods yesterday. The greens are relatively flat, but the combination of second-round hole positions […]
SILVERSTONE, England: Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton set his sights on a second successive home pole position after lapping fastest in final practice for Formula One’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix today. The Mercedes driver set a time of one minute 26.621 seconds at the 5.8-km Silverstone circuit, where he […]
LONDON: Wolverhampton Wanderers will be allowed to register only 23 players instead of 25 if they qualify for the Champions League next season after breaching Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, European football’s governing body has said. In a statement released to British media, Uefa said Premier League side Wolves […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (SRT) Moto Grand Prix (GP) riders ― Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli ― displayed a stellar performance after finishing top two spots in the first two free practice sessions of the Czech Republic GP at the Brno Circuit yesterday. Quartararo, who sits comfortably […]