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Macau,
The same Netherlands team that humiliated Spain early in last year’s World Cup is fading — and fading fast. After losses to Turkey and Iceland over the last few days, the Dutch
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein gave a strong indication yesterday that he would be standing for the FIFA presidency again. “If the election is done correctly, cleanly and properly, I believe I can win,” the
Lewis Hamilton cruised to his seventh win of the season at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, and nearly doubled his Formula One lead over Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, whose
Thu, 6:25pm Japan v Cambodia H 1.02, D --, A 67 Despite a disappointing start to his tenure as Japan coach, Vahid Halilhodzic has been told by the Japan football association that his
Coach Ange Postecoglou is concerned that a bitter pay dispute between players and Football Federation Australia has impinged on Australia's preparation for Thursday's World Cup qualifying match against Bangladesh. Australian
Some of Kenya's newly crowned track and field world champions returned home yesterday and were ferried to a celebratory breakfast in a convoy of limousines bearing the logo "Hotbed of
Jordan Spieth was gone, but not forgotten, certainly not by Jason Day. In his debut as the No. 1 player in the world, Spieth had back-to-back rounds over par for the
USA capitalized on a rare Russia defeat to move to the top of the rankings at the women’s volleyball World Cup yesterday, beating Argentina 25-16, 25-19, 25-14 in Okayama. That win
Irish racehorse Hurricane Fly has been retired after winning a world-record 22 Group One races. Willie Mullins, Hurricane Fly's trainer, announced the retirement yesterday, saying the 11-year-old gelding is a
Even with its sixth straight title in the men’s 4x400-meter relay, the United States still finished behind Jamaica and Kenya with only six gold medals at this year’s world championships. Jamaica
A fan died after falling from the upper deck into the lower-level stands at Turner Field on Saturday night during a game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees. Lt.
Sunday, 4:30am Real Madrid v Betis H 1.14, D 10.5, A 29 Real Madrid is facing an unusually important home opener in the Spanish league, needing a convincing win over Real Betis on
The Champions League season takes shape today (11:45pm, Macau time) when UEFA draws 32 elite teams into groups in Monaco. The most coveted prize in club football promises the world's best
Usain Bolt returned to the track at the world championships yesterday and eased his way through the preliminary round of his favorite race, the 200 meters. Justin Gatlin also cruised, doing
Manchester City is top of the first Associated Press Global Football 10 of the new season and Pedro Rodriguez is the leading player after scoring on his Chelsea debut. Manuel Pellegrini's
Thursday, 2:45am Club Brugge vs Man Utd H 1.91, D 3.75, A -- FC Astana did not exist when Manchester United became European champion for the third time in 2008. The two teams have
A heart-stopper. A lean at the line. A next-to-nothing margin over a more-than-game challenger. Sure, for Usain Bolt, the winning result, the bow-and-arrow victory celebration and even the setting may have
Pedro Rodriguez scored one goal and set up another early in his Chelsea debut in a 3-2 win over West Bromwich Albion yesterday, helping the defending champions to their first
The head of sailing’s governing body threatened yesterday to move all Olympic sailing events out of polluted Guanabara Bay unless the water is cleaner and floating rubbish is removed for
Doug Bracewell took three wickets on his recall to the team to give New Zealand the advantage in the second one-day international after bowling out South Africa for 204 yesterday. Seamer
After being locked up for 10 months for killing his girlfriend, double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius is scheduled to be released from prison and go into house arrest tomorrow. What his steps
FIFA presidential contender Chung Mong-joon says any ethics committee investigation of his disaster relief donation to Pakistan would be "cynical." The South Korean lawmaker launched his FIFA election campaign Monday
Mardy Fish surprised even himself. Fish opened the next-to-last tournament of his career with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 victory over 20th-ranked Viktor Troicki in the first round of the Western &
Athletic Bilbao ended a 31-year trophy drought with a 1-1 draw at Barcelona yesterday (Macau time), claiming the Spanish Super Cup with a 5-1 aggregate victory over the reigning European
Announcing his bid to run for FIFA president, Chung Mong-Joon pledged to help the governing body clean itself up if he gets elected. Speaking at a news conference in Paris yesterday,
The Chinese soccer association is gaining more independence in the hopes that it can better promote the sport in the world’s most populous country. China’s General Administration of Sports said yesterday
Wednesday, 2:45am Man Utd v Club Brugge H 1.3, D 6, A 13 Manchester United will want more than just a first-leg lead from its Champions League playoff against Club Brugge tomorrow (Macau
Matt Kenseth had little to say about how NASCAR’s rules package affected his race at Michigan International Speedway. “I didn’t see much of the race, which was totally fine with me,”
Tour de France champion Chris Froome will lead Team Sky at the Spanish Vuelta as he looks to become only the third rider to win both of the Grand Tour
The family business, at least on the athletic side of the Finau family, was pro football or basketball. Tony Finau, all 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds of him, was determined to play
Top-ranked Serena Williams stumbled in the Rogers Cup semifinals yesterday (Macau time), falling 6-3, 5-7, 4-6 to Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic. The 18-year-old Bencic became the youngest player to beat Williams
Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas kept a clean sheet in his Portuguese league debut on Saturday, when FC Porto beat Guimaraes 3-0 to start its season. Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar struck
Sunday, 11pm Man City v Chelsea H 2.15, D 3.5, A 3.8 How Jose Mourinho must long for the days last season when Chelsea was being goaded for being “boring.” The start to
Lionel Messi scored twice and set up the winning goal as Barcelona started the season in dramatic style by beating Sevilla 5-4 after extra time to lift the UEFA Super
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