EPL | Spurs seek temporary home while building stadium

The English Premier League club will move away from White Hart Lane for a season to shorten the time required to build the new stadium adjacent to the current site. Tottenham

Ferrari president Montezemolo to leave the company

After more than two decades presiding over one of the biggest and most successful teams in Formula One, Luca Di Montezemolo is stepping down as president of Ferrari. The 67-year-old Montezemolo

OLYMPICS | Bach reflects on busy 1st year as IOC president

Thomas Bach has been moving at breakneck speed in his first year as IOC president. Yet even he didn’t expect to secure support for his Olympic reforms so quickly. It’s been

Ferrari’s fall in F1 causing corporate concern

For the first time since 2008, Ferrari failed to a land a car on the podium in its home race. Fernando Alonso retired Sunday due to a mechanical problem on

BOXING | Pacquiao has Algieri next, but Floyd is out there

Even as Manny Pacquiao prepares for undefeated junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri, the name Floyd Mayweather is never far away. Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight crown on No. 22 in

High expectations at the Macau Bats Junior Rugby Club

The club promoters say that the creation of the U10 rugby team follows “two years of rapidly growing interest among the city’s youngest local players. Now into their third year,

BRIEFS | TENNIS: Japanese fans rejoice in Nishikori’s US Open win

Japanese fans celebrated Kei Nishikori’s stunning win over top-ranked Novak Djokovic at the U.S. Open, staying up to the wee hours of yesterday morning to catch a moment of tennis

Attorneys ask for support in World Cup turf fight

The law firm that represents soccer players who object to playing on artificial turf at next year’s Women’s World Cup said Wednesday that a FIFA-commissioned survey of players shows that

Asian teams turn focus from Brazil to Asian Cup

Less than three months after Asia’s teams earned just three points at the World Cup, Australia, Japan and South Korea are back in action and ready to put Brazil behind

North Korea athletes on mission for political gold

It’s a hot, sunny morning at the newly refurbished Sosan Football Stadium in Pyongyang. Two women’s soccer teams head to the sidelines of the artificial turf, leaving only a row

FOOTBALL | Record English spending dwarfs rivals in Europe

English Premier League clubs spent a record 835 million pounds (USD1.38 billion) on players during the summer transfer window, almost twice as much as any of Europe’s other top leagues. A

Football | FIFA opens talks on 2022 World Cup dates in Qatar

FIFA will step up the search for new dates to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at talks with football officials next Monday. Consultation was promised last year after

World Championship | Marin stuns Li to win world badminton final

Ninth-seeded Carolina Marin pulled off a huge badminton upset by defeating Li Xuerui, the top-seeded Olympic champion, in the world championship women’s singles final on Sunday. The 21-year-old lefthander came from

Tennis study finds unusual bet patterns in 3 Wimbledon matches

Swings in betting odds suggest an average of 23 professional tennis matches might be fixed each year, according to a study that found suspicious patterns in three matches at Wimbledon. The

Falcao heading to Man United on loan

Radamel Falcao is set to join Manchester United on loan after the Premier League club agreed to a loan deal with Monaco, a person with knowledge of the deal said

Pacquiao eyeing World Peace for his hoop team

Manny Pacquiao has expressed interest in recruiting former NBA All Star Metta World Peace to the Filipino boxing champion’s newest venture — professional basketball. Pacquiao has become playing coach of the

MOTORSPORTS | Will Power wins IndyCar series title behind Kanaan

Australian driver Will Power won his first IndyCar Series championship Saturday, finishing ninth in the final race and claiming the season title after a career filled with agonizing misses. Tony Kanaan

GOLF | Venetian Macau Open | Ernie Els looking to get more wins next year

With a career spanning over two decades, renowned South African golf player Ernie Els is looking to get more wins under his belt next year, he said in a media

Platini: Europe deserves 1 extra World Cup place

Europe deserves an extra team at the next World Cup, UEFA President Michel Platini said yesterday. Platini pledged to ask FIFA for the extra spot because Germany’s World Cup victory

FOOTBALL | EPL Serious questions for United after cup humiliation

Louis van Gaal has always said it could get worse before it gets better at Manchester United. He couldn’t have thought it would get this bad. Barely two months ago,

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