Baseball | Yankees closer Chapman agrees to accept 30-game suspension

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman agreed to accept a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend last October. The

Olympics | French prosecutors investigating 2016 and 2020 games bids

French prosecutors confirmed they have widened their investigation into corruption in athletics to include the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. “At this stage, we are just making verifications, we

Olympics | IOC to remove itself from doping cases in Rio

  In a major change in the handling of positive drug tests at the Olympics, the IOC is set to remove itself from the process and have a group of independent

Football | Early exit looming for Sanfrecce in Asian Champions League

The first 6,000 tickets for the May 28 match at San Siro in Milan went on sale by lottery yesterday. A further 40,000 seats in the 71,500-capacity stadium will later

Analysis | New FIFA president has big job undoing Sepp Blatter’s damage

  For the first time in nearly three decades global soccer has a leader whose name isn’t Sepp Blatter. After passing sweeping reforms earlier in the day, FIFA’s 207 delegates elected

Motorsports | Two-time Macau winner steps into Mercedes role

Two-time Macau Grand Prix winner and current Euro Formula 3 champion, Felix Rosenqvist, has been named Mercedes-AMG test and reserve driver for the 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DMT) season. The 24-year-old

Olympics | Rio’s challenges, doping in Russia and Kenya top IOC agenda

With five months to go until the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the challenges keep piling up. From the Zika outbreak to severe water pollution, from behind-schedule venues to delayed

Infantino assumes FIFA destiny of banned Platini

New FIFA President Gianni Infantino is like the substitute who came off the bench to score the winning goal in a cup final to stun the favorites. When Infantino stepped on the Zurich

Ronaldo: Madrid could be 1st if everyone was at his level

  Cristiano Ronaldo says Real Madrid could be leading the Spanish league if everyone on the team was at his level. After a 1-0 home loss to rival Atletico Madrid on Saturday

Rugby | Six Nations: More injuries for Italy match against Scotland

  Italy coach Jacques Brunel has again been forced to change his injury-hit side ahead of the visit of Scotland tomorrow, with both teams looking for their first win of the

Cricket | South Africa Bowler Tsotsobe investigated in fixing case

South Africa fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe is reportedly under investigation in a match-fixing case that has already seen one of the country’s former international players banned for 20 years. Tsotsobe told

Golf | American Peter Uihlein takes first-round lead in Perth

American Peter Uihlein shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Perth International. India’s Shiv Kapur, recovering from a shoulder injury, and Romain Wattel

Football | Man United looks to avoid embarrassing Europa League exit

  Louis van Gaal was signing autographs after Manchester United’s victory in the FA Cup on Monday when one voice from a group of mostly young fans wished the Dutchman the

Motorsport | F1 approves new qualifying for 2016, faster car for 2017

FIFA asked presidential candidates to provide details of their intended victory speeches ahead of tomorrow’s election in a bid to keep them on message while the governing body’s tries to

F1 still quiet despite rule change to boost engine sound

  It sounds like Formula One has failed in its attempt to bring back loud engine roars. Some drivers, teams and fans say they did not notice a significant increase in sound

Prince Ali seeks postponement of FIFA presidential election

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali is asking for Friday’s election to be suspended after his request for the use of transparent voting booths was rejected. The Jordanian prince’s lawyers said yesterday

Asian champions league | Wealthy Chinese clubs again favorites as ACL kicks off

Chinese clubs have been making headlines around the world by spending huge amounts of money to attract big-name stars, but with the Asian Champions League starting today, teams from Australia,

Basketball Australia asks club to probe offensive photos

Basketball Australia said it was satisfied with how a Melbourne club is dealing with allegations of racism that surfaced when Liz Cambage identified a national squad teammate on Twitter who had posed

Blatter era ends as scandal-hit FIFA set to elect new leader

  The Sepp Blatter era at FIFA is set to finally end on Friday when soccer’s scandal-scarred world body picks a new president after nine months of crisis. An election meeting designed

Olympics | Rio swim venue may not be ready for April test event

Officials are preparing a Plan B in case the main swimming venue for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is not ready for a test event in April. Cornel Marculescu, the executive

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