Dakar Rally spectators injured in car accident in Argentina

Several spectators were injured during the Dakar Rally on Saturday after a Mini Cooper plowed into the crowd before the start of the race in Argentina. The accident occurred at kilometer 6.6 of

2015: A year of sports scandals with a silver lining

For the past 12 months, scandals off the field of play eclipsed exploits on it. Beyond the usual cases of doping and cheating that are sadly common in modern sports, shocking

Bach: Sports bodies must clean up to protect credibility

Sports organizations must work harder than ever in 2016 to clean up their act after a year of corruption and doping scandals that tarnished the Olympic movement, IOC President Thomas Bach said

Resorts find new way to pamper skiers

Ski resorts are upping the ante, finding new ways this season to pamper guests who barely want to leave the slopes. Ski-in, ski-out used to just refer to prime lodgings that

Swiss freeze USD80m, hand over FIFA case evidence

Swiss authorities have frozen roughly USD80 million worth of assets and handed a batch of bank documents to their U.S. counterparts to be used in criminal proceedings against high-ranking functionaries

EPL | Arsenal moves top, Van Gaal says he won’t leave United

Arsenal moved top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win against Bournemouth on Monday, while Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said there was “not any reason” for him

2015 year in review | Football’s dark year: From bribery arrests to suicide attacks

Dawn had just broken in Zurich when a man was spotted being dragged out of an opulent hotel’s side entrance. Raising a single white sheet, hotel staff made an inadequate

Olympics to boost Japan by as much as 30 trillion yen

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will boost the Japanese economy as much as 30 trillion yen (USD249 billion) by 2020, according to a report by the Bank of Japan released on yesterday. Construction investment triggered

Baseball | Former outfielder Dave Henderson dies of heart attack at 57

Henderson died early Sunday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a statement from the Mariners, one of five teams Henderson played for in his career. Henderson had

World Sailing to probe Israeli visa refusal in Malaysia

World Sailing said yesterday it will investigate reports that two Israeli windsurfers and their coach have been refused visas to compete at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia,

EPL | Van Gaal could quit United; Arsenal routed by Southampton

Arsenal and Manchester United were embarrassed and Chelsea drew on another erratic day in the Premier League. And despite losing at Liverpool, Leicester’s surprise lead was maintained on Saturday. Man United

Ice Hockey | Pominville, Coyle score for Wild in 2-1 win over Canadiens

Darcy Kuemper began last season as Minnesota’s primary goalie, until Devan Dubnyk’s arrival denied him the opportunity to establish some consistency and play out of his slumps. A relief role has

Cricket | Aussie captain Smith named test player of year, de Villiers ODI

Australia captain Steve Smith has been named the International Cricket Council test player and cricketer of the year while South Africa’s A. B. de Villiers has been awarded the best

Olympics | Brazil attorney general alleges bribes tied to Rio games

Brazil’s attorney general is investigating allegations that bribes were paid to a powerful lawmaker to help secure contracts for the building of venues and other works for next year’s Olympics

Barcelona beats River Plate 3-0 to take Club World Cup title

A double strike from Luis Suarez and a controversial opening goal from Lionel Messi fired Barcelona to its third Club World Cup title on Sunday as the European champion beat South American

FIFA ethics court bans Blatter, Platini for 8 years

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

Jose Mourinho sacked

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

Suarez hat trick sends Barcelona into Club World Cup final

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 refuses to attend FIFA ethics case hearing

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

FIFA reports 1.01 billion viewers for 2014 WC final

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

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