Change at FIFA is “important for foot-ball,” UEFA President Michel Platini said yesterday in a recorded video interview two months before the world soccer body’s presidential election. Platini, a FIFA vice
Fast bowler Wahab Riaz played his first limited-overs cricket international in 2008, in a vastly different era for cricket in Pakistan. A terrorist attack just over a year later in
China’s Cabinet released a reform plan yesterday aimed at raising the level of football in the country, where poor international showings have been blamed on a history of corruption and
Lewis Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg in a one-two finish for Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday, as the team extended it 2014 dominance into the opening race of
Anyone who tells you this new Formula One season will be a classic, packed full of thrilling uncertainties, is stretching the truth. The outcome — Mercedes’ super-quick cars again scooping
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao agreed to blood and urine testing ahead of their May 2 world- championship welterweight boxing match. A plan to have Mayweather, 38, and Pacquiao, 36,
Exiting the Champions League was painful for Jose Mourinho but there was no sense of injustice. The Chelsea manager was uncharacteristically restrained, with no attempt to excuse an abject performance
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has shaken up his side by making eight changes from the team which lost 20-13 at home to Wales for Sunday’s trip to play Italy —
Kumar Sangakkara's record-setting performance at the Cricket World Cup just might help Sri Lanka move past its runner-up status at the last two tournaments. Sangakkara, who scored 124 runs yesterday against
An investigation into alleged "ghost races" and faked results in endurance racing in the United Arab Emirates has been ordered by the International Equestrian Federation. The governing body said yesterday it
On a cold night on Tobacco Road, North Carolina and Duke went back and forth in an overtime college basket-ball thriller. It was gripping, edge-of-your seat stuff. Tense down to
Former Arsenal striker Park Chu-young is returning to his native South Korea to rejoin his former team, FC Seoul, in a move that could rejuvenate his career and boost the
Argentina won the decisive singles match against Brazil on Monday to close out a dramatic Davis Cup encounter marred by reports of racist taunts by spectators during the longest singles
Olympic gold medalist Camille Muffat had retired from swimming to focus on her personal life, boxer Alexis Vastine had some unfinished business after two disappointing Olympics, and the beloved sailor
India beat Ireland by eight wickets at the Cricket World Cup yesterday, remaining unbeaten after five matches to clinch its place atop Pool B while stalling Ireland’s celebrated push for
No competition is more important for Real Madrid than the Champions League, and the squad will hope to ease recent doubts about its winning mindset when it hosts Schalke at
England’s forgettable World Cup is all but over after a 15-run loss to a Bangladesh lineup destined to become stars in their homeland after reaching the quarterfinals for the first
The 24 year-old “Macau Kid” rose to 7-0 with 3KOs in his super welterweight six-rounder, increasing his KO rate to 42.86 percent. “I feel great to win, but also feel I
The next boxing world title attempt by a local favorite has been scheduled for July 18 at the Cotai Arena. Hong Kong’s “The Wonder Kid” Rex Tso will be challenging
When the announcer declared victory for the defending champion, Zou Shiming still carried his Chinese flag and waved to the home audience. The flag-bearer for Chinese boxing lost his first title
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