Badminton | Three-time champ Lee Chong Wei falls in All England first round

Three-time champion Lee Chong Wei was upset in the first round of the badminton All England Championships. Just when the round seemed set to finish virtually incident-free, the last match of

Sports | Macau organizes ‘celebratory’ triple hockey tournament

The Macau Roller-Skating Association is organizing a major hockey event in the region, which will take place at the newly renamed “Taipa Northeast Sports Centre” pavilion (formerly the Sports Complex

Football | Madrid beats Roma 2-0 to reach Champions League quarters

Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez scored second-half goals to help Real Madrid defeat Roma 2-0 and advance to the Champions League quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive season yesterday . Ronaldo scored

Football | China Super League: As season starts, famous imports a mixed blessing

After the USD300 million splurge on high-profile foreign stars in the preseason transfer window, there was one striking statistic from the opening round of the Chinese Super League. Of the 16

FIFA Scandal | French football HQ raided in Swiss case against Blatter

  Evidence has been seized in a search at the French soccer federation headquarters for a criminal case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Swiss federal prosecutors said yesterday. The office of

World Cup 2006 | More questions are raised about Beckenbauer’s role

From his days as the backbone of the defense to his days roaming the sidelines, Franz Beckenbauer has been synonymous with the best of German soccer. “Der Kaiser” won the World

Tennis | Three sponsors cut ties with Sharapova after positive drug test

  Three of Maria Sharapova’s major sponsors are cutting ties with the Russian tennis star after she acknowledged failing a doping test at the Australian Open. Sportswear giant Nike, Swiss watch brand

American football | Manning changed the way we play and watch the game

  To find the true measure of what Peyton Manning meant to football, don’t bother poring over the highlights from his record 186 wins, or re-watching either of his Super Bowl

Cricket | Big shots, big crowds destined to make World T20 exciting

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was there when India won the first Twenty20 world title, a victory that transformed a relatively new cricket concept into a game-changing phenomenon. He faces enormous expectations again

Football | Mahrez magic puts Leicester 5 points clear in Premier League

  Another goal for Riyad Mahrez. Another victory for Leicester in its bid to become the English Premier League’s most unlikely champion. Hours after seeing fellow title rivals Tottenham and Arsenal draw

Football rule-makers permit video assistance experiments

  Football referees will be assisted by video replays for the first time by next year in trials approved on Saturday as Gianni Infantino started his FIFA presidency by advancing technological

Benfica beats Sporting to take lead

Benfica beat Sporting Lisbon 1-0 in a derby to snatch the lead of the Portuguese league from its city rival on Saturday. Benfica striker Konstantinos Mitroglou scored what proved to be

Super Rugby | Brumbies, Waratahs in key 2nd-round clash

The ACT Brumbies and New South Wales Waratahs will meet today in the most important match of the Super Rugby season to date, buoyed by first-round victories and determined to

Football | Law firm probe into 2006: World Cup to be released today

  A highly anticipated independent report to be released today could throw light into corruption allegations against Germany’s 2006 World Cup organizers and the fate of a dubious payment to FIFA. The

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

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