Asian Games | Silver lining for young and old athletes

There was a silver lining for seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina at the Asian Games. The 43-year-old Uzbekistan gymnast took silver in the vault, one-tenth

Playing bridge at the Asian Games: ‘Athletics of the mind’

What’s left of Finton Lewis’ thinning hair is spiked and dyed an orange-red color. The 64-year-old Lewis says the haircut keeps him feeling younger on the outside,

Asian Games | Japan ends badminton drought; India crushes Hong Kong

There’s no disputing this was a gold medal that ranked up there with a world title. Japan’s drought-breaking win over China in the women’s team badminton

Football | Pogba’s future at Man United mired in uncertainty

By placing the captain’s armband on Paul Pogba, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho might have thought he would quell growing speculation about the World Cup-winning midfielder’s

Asian Games | Swimming: Liu breaks 50-meter backstroke world record

Liu Xiang swam a world-record time of 26.98 seconds to win the women’s 50-meter backstroke gold medal yesterday night at the Asian Games. The 21-year-old Liu,

Asian Games | Sun Yang unfurls another win after flag flap

Sun Yang won his second gold medal in as many nights at the Asian Games and this time he was rewarded with the raising of a red

Four Japanese players kicked out after ‘night out with women’

Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home yesterday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they “spent the night in

Football | Messi scores Barcelona’s 6,000th league goal

Barcelona scored its 6,000th goal in the Spanish league after another ingenious strike by Lionel Messi got its title defense off to a winning start. Messi

Paulo Bento appointed as South Korea head coach

South Korea has appointed ex-Portugal manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the national team. The 49-year-old Bento is charged with leading the national team to

Hand-in-hand, Koreas grab spotlight at Asian Games opener

First it was the athletes parading side-by-side in matching uniforms behind the “unification” flag carried by South Korean basketballer Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju Kyong

Asian Games | Sun up early for China with first gold medal

Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games with an acrobatic victory in wushu’s changquan discipline ahead of local hope Edgar Marvelo.

Football | Spanish league plans to play regular-season match in US

A regular-season Spanish league game is coming to the United States, possibly as early as this year, but a "clasico" between Real Madrid and Barcelona is

Football – La Liga: Preview | With Ronaldo gone, only Griezmann can hope to stop Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure from Real Madrid has left a gaping hole at Real Madrid and in the Spanish league. How will Madrid ever replace the

Football | All former European champions advanced to CL play-offs

AEK Athens eliminated Scottish champion Celtic in the third round of Champions League qualifying. The three other former European champions in action all advanced as Benfica, Ajax

Football – Italian League 2018-19 | Ronaldo, other new signings to watch out for

The shortened transfer window in the Italian league will close on Friday, the day before the season starts. Here is the pick of the signings so

Motorsports | Harvick wins at Michigan for NASCAR-high 7th victory of year

Kevin Harvick capped off his father-son weekend by dominating a race and putting 6-year-old son Keelan in the passenger seat to hold the flapping, checkered flag out

Football activist says political rhetoric stirs racist chants

So much still frustrates the man at the forefront of eradicating discrimination from English soccer. While teams are more diverse, there remains a distinct lack of

Cycling | Former Tour champion Ullrich arrested over alleged attack

Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich was arrested early Friday and is being investigated for attempted manslaughter after allegedly attacking an escort at a Frankfurt

Football | Chelsea, Tottenham dispel doubts with winning starts in EPL

Chelsea and Tottenham dispelled doubts about their readiness to make winning starts to the Premier League on Saturday. A week after being swatted aside by Manchester

Swimming | Ruck wins 200 at Pan Pacific, Ledecky gets third

Taylor Ruck almost psyched herself out before the race even started. Knowing she was swimming against five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky in the 200-meter freestyle yesterday

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