The UFC’s “Fight Island” venue comes into operation on Saturday as UFC 251 takes place in Abu Dhabi, with three title fights and a set of health and safety measures in place due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. REUTERS: The UFC’s “Fight Island” venue comes into operation on Saturday as […]
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Four times Tour de France champion Chris Froome will leave Team INEOS at the end of the season, the team said in a statement on Thursday. LONDON: Britain’s most decorated road cyclist Chris Froome will leave Team INEOS at the end of the season, ending a long association with the […]
Norway’s 1992 Olympic slalom champion Finn Christian Jagge, who beat Italian Alberto Tomba to gold at the Albertville Games, has died at the age of 54, the Norwegian Sports Federation announced. REUTERS: Norway’s 1992 Olympic slalom champion Finn Christian Jagge, who beat Italian Alberto Tomba to gold at the Albertville […]
The Asian Champions League will resume in two regional hubs in September and October with a single match deciding the title in early December, the Asian Football Confederation said on Thursday. REUTERS: The Asian Champions League will resume in two regional hubs in September and October with a single match […]
TOKOROZAWA, Japan: Olympic boxing hopeful Arisa Tsubata is used to taking blows in the ring but it is during her work as a nurse that she faces her toughest opponent: Coronavirus. The 27-year-old juggles a brutal training regime in boxing gloves with long, irregular hours in surgical gloves at a […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff may have seen his world champion team claim victory in the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, but he still insists the “gloves are off” when the duel for supremacy with rivals Red Bull resumes on Sunday (Jul 12). Valtteri Bottas gave Mercedes a pole-to-flag […]
MADRID: Barcelona kept their faint title hopes alive and doomed Espanyol to relegation on Wednesday (Jul 8) as Luis Suarez’s goal proved the winner in a pivotal Catalan derby at the top and bottom of La Liga. A cagey contest at Camp Nou exploded into life for six frantic minutes […]
BRIGHTON, England: Mohamed Salah scored twice as champions Liverpool moved on to 92 points with a 3-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Wednesday (Jul 8). The victory kept Liverpool on target to secure a record Premier League points tally, with Juergen Klopp’s side needing […]
PARIS: Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics will review the risk of extra expenditure for the event due to the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the year, sources said on Wednesday (Jul 8). French President Emmanuel Macron, International Olympic Committe (IOC) chief Thomas Bach and the head of the […]
MADRID: Four of Spain’s largest construction firms are competing for a contract to upgrade soccer club Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium, having submitted preliminary offers last week, five sources close to the matter said on Wednesday (Jul 8). Infrastructure heavyweights Ferrovial, Sacyr, FCC and Acciona have each paired up with local […]