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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were each banned for eight years by the FIFA ethics committee yesterday in a stunning removal of world soccer’s most powerful leaders. FIFA President Blatter and his one-time protege Platini
A 2-1 loss at Leicester on Monday was Chelsea’s ninth in 16 games, the worst-ever start for a defending champion team in the Premier League. “Both Jose and the board
Luis Suarez made up for the absence of Lionel Messi and Neymar, scoring a hat trick yesterday as Barcelona beat Guangzhou Evergrande 3-0 to advance to the final of the
Michel Platini will not attend his FIFA ethics committee hearing tomorrow in protest because he believes his case has been pre-judged. Platini’s lawyers said in a statement Wednesday that the
More than 1 billion people watched the 2014 World Cup final, according to FIFA figures published yesterday. A total of 1.013 billion saw at least one minute of Germany’s 1-0
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision to uphold Pete Rose’s permanent ban for gambling should come as no surprise. Even for those who think the ban should be lifted
The global association of Olympic athletes says it’s unfair that all Russia’s track and field athletes have been banned from international competition because of allegations of state-sponsored doping. The World Olympians
Jose Mourinho’s belittling post-match tirade against his team wasn’t even needed to underscore the crisis that has enveloped Chelsea. That was abundantly clear in the performance and actions of his players
Two groups competing for the lucrative contract to build the new Tokyo Olympic stadium have disclosed their design proposals. The Japan Sports Council released the designs yesterday and said the winner will be
The Champions League draw produced some familiar pairings yesterday with defending champion Barcelona facing Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain again taking on Chelsea. Barcelona eliminated Arsenal in the 2010 quarterfinals and in
Lorenzo Camplese won the CIK FIA Asia-Pacific KZ Championship, which was held on the weekend at the Macau Karting Circuit in Coloane. The Italian racer was the best of the 24
Arsenal left its best performance for the last game of the Champions League group stage, advancing to the round of 16 with a remarkable 3-0 victory at Olympiakos yesterday. Chelsea also
Louis van Gaal is 18 months and USD375 million into his “process” of rebuilding Manchester United. What’s it got him? So far this season, a playing squad lacking balance and depth,
World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury struck trouble on two fronts yesterday, with a police investigation launched into his comments about homosexuality, and reports that he had been stripped of
Wednesday, 3:45am Wolfsburg v Man Utd H 2.4, D 3.46, A 3.25 English soccer went through a period of introspection last season after the Premier League failed to have a representative in the
The team that calls itself the best in the world is entangled in an ordeal that only amateur clubs are used to dealing with. Real Madrid inexplicably fielded an ineligible player
Brazil’s World Cup-winning striker-turned- senator Romario supplied the evidence that led to football’s governing body opening a corruption probe into the country’s football association president, Marco Polo del Nero. Del Nero
A major investment from a Chinese consortium gives Manchester City a good chance of gaining ground on English Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal for popularity in the world’s
Not long ago Chelsea losing to Bournemouth in the Premier League would have been inconceivable. Actually impossible. For much of the 21st century Chelsea has been collecting every major trophy in
Saturday, 11:00pm Swansea v Leicester H 2.85, D 3.55, A 2.7 Record already in hand, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is ready to make the most of every chance he gets in his pursuit
Speaking publicly for the first time since becoming embroiled in a blackmail scandal, Karim Benzema said yesterday he wants to play again for France and win the 2016 European Championship
England and Wales will meet at Twickenham on May 29 in a warm-up before leaving for rugby tours in the southern hemisphere of Australia and New Zealand respectively. In announcing their
Bode Miller being Bode Miller, he will of course try to go as fast as he can in a downhill training run yesterday. Doesn’t matter if there’s nothing at stake
America’s Cup skipper Franck Cammas of Groupama Team France was seriously injured Monday when he fell off his high performance catamaran and the rudder sliced into his right ankle. The
Manchester City announced yesterday that a Chinese consortium is investing USD400 million to buy 13 percent of the Premier League club’s umbrella organization in a deal that values the business
The heats include the Asian Karting Open Championship (AKOC) Formula 125 Open Senior, Junior and Veteran Class; Rotax Max Junior and Senior; Mini Rok; Rok Senior; Formula Cadet; AAMC Cup
Kobe Bryant has decided that this season will be his last, posting a “Dear Basketball” farewell poem on the Players’ Tribune Sunday afternoon. Among even those of us who are
He threatened to walk away from boxing if he lost to Wladimir Klitschko, or even if he won. Now the always unpredictable Tyson Fury says he intends to be a
After 20 years in a Lakers uniform and a lifetime in basketball, Kobe Bryant determined that his aching body and his passion for the game had both grown weaker than
Nico Rosberg completed a hat trick of victories to end the Formula One season when he won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday, profiting from a questionable tire strategy by
Rarely has a goalless stalemate satisfied Jose Mourinho so much. Chelsea’s draw at Tottenham yesterday left the Premier League champions 15 points behind leader Manchester City and still without back-to-back
Andy Murray gave Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles yesterday. The win gave
Tuesday, 4:00am Napoli v Inter Milan H 1.73, D 3.85, A 5.8 Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain will have an added incentive in his side’s top-of-the-table clash at home to Inter Milan on Monday. Higuain
Aksel Lund Svindal doesn’t feel old and certainly doesn’t race like it. Still, the Norwegian great sees some of his contemporaries leaving the World Cup scene for other endeavors and this
GROUP A Bearing the slogan “Je suis Paris” (I am Paris) on their shirts in solidarity with the French capital following the Nov. 13 attacks, Paris Saint-Germain’s players secured qualification for
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