LONDON: Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi project and the future of UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) rules face a pivotal day on Monday (Jul 13) when the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivers its verdict on City’s appeal against a two-season ban from European competitions. The stakes could not be higher […]
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JOHANNESBURG: Super Rugby club the Golden Lions have intensified competition for the tighthead prop position by resigning former Springbok Ruan Dreyer from Gloucester. The forward capped four times by South Africa in 2017 will compete with another former Springbok, Jannie du Plessis, and young Carlu Sadie for the No. 3 […]
SYDNEY: Former Australia captain and Crystal Palace stalwart Mile Jedinak announced his retirement on Sunday (Jul 12), saying it was “time for a new chapter”. The 35-year-old spent five seasons at the London club, joining from Turkey’s Genclerbirligi in 2011, skippering Palace to promotion back to the Premier League via […]
LONDON: Former Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Barry Geraghty announced his retirement from jump racing on Saturday (Jul 11) at the age of 40. Geraghty, who was Irish champion jump jockey in 2000 and 2004, is the second most successful rider in Cheltenham Festival history with 43 wins, […]
LOS ANGELES: Coronavirus concerns continue to cast a shadow over Major League Baseball’s build-up to a pandemic-shortened season, with the Houston Astros cancelling practice on Saturday (Jul 11) as Kansas City reported a player tested positive for COVID-19. The Astros opted to cancel a day’s worth of training after a […]
BERLIN: Organisers of a Berlin exhibition tennis tournament aimed a thinly-disguised jibe at Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev on Saturday (Jul 11) by declaring: “There’ll be no player parties here.” Germany’s world number seven Zverev was due to be one of the headline acts in Berlin but pulled out last […]
DUBLIN, Ohio: Justin Thomas shot a second consecutive six-under par to seize the lead from Collin Morikawa at the third round of the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio on Saturday (Jul 11). The world number five Thomas remained bogey-free, only the third player ever to do so through 54 […]
NEW DELHI: India’s cricket chief Sourav Ganguly on Saturday (Jul 11) said the national team will tour Australia in December but called for a shortened quarantine period for the players. Australia has checked the spread of the coronavirus except in Melbourne, its second-biggest city, which has witnessed a recent surge […]
MADRID: Atletico Madrid sealed Champions League qualification for the eighth consecutive season by beating Real Betis 1-0 at home on Saturday thanks to a late Diego Costa goal after having a player sent off and seeing two goals ruled out following VAR reviews. Costa scored the only goal of the […]
TURIN, Italy: Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalties, both awarded for handball and the second in the last minute, as Serie A leaders Juventus twice hit back to draw 2-2 with Atalanta to move closer to a ninth successive Serie A title on Saturday. The win took Juventus eight points clear […]