Sports,Football
High-flying Girona reclaimed top spot in LaLiga after beating champions Barcelona 4-2 away on Sunday, condemning Xavi Hernandez’s side to their second league defeat of the season.ArtemDovbyk and Miguel Gutierrez both scored for Girona in the first half, either side of Robert Lewandowski's ...
Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish scored three minutes apart as Manchester City came from behind to beat Premier League newcomers Luton Town 2-1 on Sunday and breathe a collective sigh of relief with their first victory in five league games.The win kept the champions -- who were missing striker...
Sports,Tennis
Novak Djokovic turns 37 next year but the Serbian says his appetite for success will only increase with young challengers awakening the "beast" in him.The world number one enjoyed an extraordinary 2023 by winning three out of the four Grand Slams to take his tally to 24, two more than his ...
Palestinian club Jabal Al Mukaber have withdrawn from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup as a result of the Israel-Gaza conflict, the region's governing body has announced.A statement on the AFC's official website said the Palestine Football Association had informed the Kuala Lumpur-...
Lionel Messi’s arrival in the U.S. this year helped Major League Soccer shatter attendance records at home while elevating its profile abroad, commissioner Don Garber told Reuters.“His impact has been unimaginable,”Garber said in an interview on the same day Messi was named Time...
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 1,200th professional match with a goal and an assist as he helped his Saudi League side Al-Nassr to get a 4-1 win over Al-Riyadh on Friday.“Cristiano Ronaldo has now played in 1,200 professional matches,” the Saudi League posted on the X platform, as the ...
Real Madrid players Vinicius Jr. and Eduardo Camavingaare expected to return to training after LaLiga's winter break ends in January, manager Carlo Ancelotti said.Forward Viniciushas been sidelined with an injury to his hamstring and tendon since last month, while midfielder Camavinga has missed...
Juventus delivered an efficient performance as they moved back to provisional top spot in Serie A on Friday, securing a 1-0 home win against a wasteful Napoli thanks to a header from Federico Gatti.Six minutes into the second half, Juve broke the deadlock when Gatti collected an Andrea Cambiaso cros...
World
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would run for president again in the 2024 presidential election, a move expected to keep him in power until at least 2030.Putin, who was handed the presidency by Boris Yeltsin on the last day of 1999, has already served as president for longer than ...
Novak Djokovic tightened his iron grip on men's tennis in 2023 but fans got another glimpse of the sport's future flagbearers as Carlos Alcaraz stopped the Serb from sweeping the Grand Slams and Jannik Sinner landed a late blow.Playing some of his best tennis at 36, and having crossed a reco...
When Lionel Messi got up on stage at Paris's Theatre du Chatelet to receive his record eighth Ballon d'Or for best player in the world in October, there was a feeling of an era coming to an end.The 36-year-old achieved the milestone by narrowly surpassing much younger competitors like Erling...
Sports
There is no "plan B" for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games, the French sports minister said on Monday, after a man armed with a knife and hammer killed a German tourist and left two people wounded near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.“We have no plan B, we have...
Anything is possible for Italy at Euro 2024, according to manager Luciano Spalletti who said they would need to be at their best after being drawn in a demanding group for next year's tournament in Germany.The reigning European champions were drawn in Group B and will face Spain, Albania, and Cr...
Sports,Cricket
Sam Curran took three wickets and Jos Buttler scored a half-century to help England claim a six-wicket victory over West Indies in the second one-day international on Wednesday, levelling the three-match series at 1-1.Set a target of 203 for victory in North Sound, Antigua, England romped home in le...
Pele’s former club Santos were relegated for the first time in their 111-year history on Wednesday following a 2-1 home loss to Fortaleza in the final round of Brazil's Serie A.The costal city team were one of three clubs, along with Sao Paulo and Flamengo, never to have been relegated fro...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been named Time magazine's Athlete of the Year for 2023 after winning the Ballon d'Or for a record-extending eighth time and elevating the profile of the sport in the U.S. with his move to Inter Miami.Messi played a key role in guiding Argentina to their fi...
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has not given up hope of playing Test cricket again and says his record in the subcontinent could earn him a recall for the first time in more than seven years when the team tour Sri Lanka in early 2025. The subcontinent has been a happy hunting ground for Maxwell, wh...
Indonesia will declare its interest to football's world governing body FIFA in jointly holding the 2025 Under-20 World Cup with Singapore, its president said on Monday, despite his country being stripped of the hosting rights to this year's tournament.President Joko Widodo said the two count...
Barcelona's Joao Felix scored in the first half to secure a hard-fought 1-0 home win against his valiant parent club Atletico Madrid in a compelling LaLiga clash on Sunday.The Portuguese, on loan at Barca after a bitter split with Diego Simeone's side, netted with a fine dinked finish over g...
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