Football | UEFA chief Platini warns of rising extremism, hooliganism

UEFA President Michel Platini was warned that nationalism and hooliganism is threatening European football. Rising extremism in European society is an "insidious trend (that) can also be observed in our stadiums,"

NBA | Spurs win 114-95 at faltering Hawks

San Antonio won comfortably at Atlanta 114-95 in weekend's clash of two teams with form lines heading in opposite directions leading up to the NBA playoffs. The Spurs have won three

Football | UEFA sets 2018 World Cup qualifying format, eyes 14th entry

Europe's World Cup qualifying process will be based on 13 available places for the 2018 tournament, even though UEFA thinks it deserves a 14th. UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said yesterday

German building firm probes alleged bribes in Brazil

Bilfinger said yesterday it launched a “comprehensive investigation” involving outside auditors and a law office after receiving internal information last year about suspected bribery payments to public officials and employees

Pele embarks on global sponsor tour after renal failure recovery

The 74-year-old, the only person with three World Cup winner’s medals, will travel to Britain, China and Australia to promote companies including sandwich chain Subway. Pele suffered renal failure in December

Boxing | Manny Pacquiao welcomes Tim Tebow to his training camp

Manny Pacquiao welcomed a high-profile visitor to his training camp Saturday with ties to his native Philippines: Tim Tebow. Pacquiao is preparing for his much-anticipated fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Football | EPL: Gerrard sent off as Man United beats 10-man Liverpool 2-1

Steven Gerrard was sent off less than a minute after coming on as Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 yesterday in the Premier League with two goals from Juan Mata. The 34-year-old

Briefs | FOOTBALL : Juventus beats Genoa 1-0 to go 17 points clear in Serie A

Carlos Tevez scored again to help Juventus beat Genoa 1-0 and provisionally move 17 points clear at the top of Serie A. Tevez, who also had a penalty saved at

Football | Ibrahimovic could be the problem at PSG

As Paris Saint-Germain gears up for the final sprint to the finish in the French league, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is becoming a problem for the defending champions. The Sweden international remains

Serie A club Parma declared bankrupt by Italian court

Crisis-hit Serie A club Parma was declared bankrupt by an Italian court yesterday with estimated debts of nearly USD110 million. The hearing in Parma was uncontested and lasted only 10

ANALYSIS | FOOTBAL : Wenger seems further than ever from winning European Cup

Under manager Arsene Wenger, Arsenal has played in the group stage of Europe’s top club competition for 17 straight seasons. The team even reached the final once, losing to Barcelona

Jeter arrives in Japan for charity baseball game

Former major league teammates Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui will take part in a charity baseball game to support survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan — and

Thai club Buriram United maintains lead in Group F

Thai club Buriram United maintained its lead in Group F of the Asian Champions League yesterday after holding J-League champion Gamba Osaka to a 1-1 draw. Hiroyuki Abe gave Gamba the

Basketball | Obama picks undefeated Kentucky to win NCAA title

President Barack Obama is picking the University of Kentucky Wildcats to win the men’s college basketball championship next month. Saying he thinks they can have an undefeated tournament after winning

Parma owner Manenti arrested in new blow to crisis-hit club

Crisis-hit Serie A club Parma suffered another blow yesterday with the arrest of its new owner and president, Giampietro Manenti, accused in a failed hacker credit card scam. Prosecutor Michele Prestipino

F1 | Sauber settles contract dispute with ex-driver Van der Garde

Former Sauber test driver Giedo van der Garde says he has settled his contract dispute with the team for “significant compensation” while accepting his Formula One career is effectively over. Van

Rugby | 6N : Wales forced to change props for Italy test in Rome

  Wales has been forced by injuries to start new props in the Six Nations decider against Italy in Rome on Saturday. Loosehead Rob Evans and tighthead Aaron Jarvis will carryo on

Football | EPL: Advocaat heads to England to save troubled Sunderland

Much-traveled coach Dick Advocaat took his first job in English soccer yesterday when he was hired by Sunderland in the latest late-season change by the perennial Premier League struggler. The 67-year-old

Bhutan | FIFA’s lowest-ranked team advances in World Cup qualifying

The lowest-ranked team in world soccer won again yesterday and advanced to the second round of World Cup qualifying. Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom ranked 209th by FIFA, beat Sri Lanka

Analysis | F1: Mercedes’ dominance has rivals calling for rules reform

Mercedes’ Formula­ One chief Toto Wolff has suggested rival teams “moaning” about his team’s commanding success should put their heads down and work harder, following Mercedes’ domination of the Australian

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