Football | FIFA wants to charge hosts of planned 24-team Club World Cup

FIFA wants to charge hosting fees for staging 24-team Club World Cup tournaments worth at least USD3 billion each and planned to kick off in 2021.

The buzz | Neymar ‘recovering well’ after injury, on course for WCup

The Paris Saint-Germain striker had surgery in March on a cracked fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Neymar told a TV Globo variety show that

Football | Late Ronaldo penalty keeps Madrid alive in Champions League

Just when it looked like Juventus would pull off another stunning Champions League comeback, Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up once again. Ronaldo converted a penalty kick deep

Football – Champions League | Determined Dzeko delivers a ‘Romantada’ over Barcelona

Edin Dzeko surprised a lot of people when he turned down a lucrative offer from Premier League champion Chelsea in January to stay with Roma. Pledging

Football – Champions League | Madrid has depleted defense for second leg against Juventus

Thursday, 2:45am Real Madrid v Juventus H 1.64, D 4.5, A 5.6 Scoring hasn’t been a problem for Real Madrid recently, especially with Cristiano Ronaldo in top

Football | Fabio Capello retires from coaching, no interest in Italian job

After a career spanning five countries and countless titles both as a player and a coach, Fabio Capello announced his retirement early yesterday . The former

South African court dismisses Pistorius appeal

Legal experts say Olympian Oscar Pistorius has finally run out of options to appeal his 13-year prison sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. South Africa’s highest court dismissed

Football – La Liga | Griezmann cancels Ronaldo’s goal in crucial Madrid derby

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for the 650th time in his career yesterday but Antoine Griezmann responded with a goal of his own to leave Atletico Madrid

La Liga | Messi nets 3, Barca equals record of 38 games unbeaten

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and ensured Barcelona equaled a Spanish league record of 38 matches without a loss after beating Leganes 3-1 on Saturday.

Bundesliga | Bayern wins record-extending 6th straight title

It’s hard to believe there was a time this season when Bayern Munich didn’t look like a champion side. Less than two months into a lackluster

Rugby | Fiji wins 4th straight Hong Kong 7s beating Kenya in final

Fiji won a fourth successive Hong Kong Sevens after pouncing on Kenya’s ill-discipline and errors to take the final 24-12 yesterday. The most successful team in

Football | Hiroshima stays undefeated and in top spot in J-League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 to remain undefeated and in top spot in the J-League yesterday. Defender Sho Sasaki beat Kashiwa ‘keeper Kazushige Kirihata with

NHL | Stanley Cup saying goodbye to names like Richard, Hull, Howe

Jimmy Golen, Boston So long, Gordon Howe. Bye-bye, Robert Hull. Au revoir, M. Richard. Those Hockey Hall of Famers and the rest of the players

After a drenching, Commonwealth Games open on a bright note

Prince Charles delivered a message from Queen Elizabeth II to officially open the Commonwealth Games before fireworks exploded on cue. The opening ceremony finished on

Briefs | 7 countries interested in hosting 2026 Winter Olympics

Seven countries are interested in hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics. Cities in Austria, Canada, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey have submitted formal expressions of interest to the

21st Commonwealth Games | Behind the Gold Coast’s sun, surf and sand is innovation

For people of the Commonwealth, today will be like catching up with a dear old friend celebrating a 21st birthday. And what a party it is

Football | Guangzhou held to 1-1 draw in Asian Champions League

Guangzhou Evergrande will have to wait another two weeks to find out if it will advance to the second round of the Asian Champions League. The

2018 Asian Games | Indonesian official: All venues to be ready by June

A senior Indonesian minister assigned to supervise the nation’s preparation for the 2018 Asian Games said yesterday that all venues for all sports at the upcoming multi-sport

Football | Premier League pay gap is bigger than HSBC, Goldman

Football players’ multimillion-pound salaries have made the male-female pay gap at England’s Premier League clubs the biggest in the U.K., even larger than the disparity at

Football | Champions League Dominant at home, Europe where Bayern & City measure success

Three of the teams in the Champions League quarterfinals are in a luxurious position, and running away with their domestic competitions allows them to concentrate on

Commonwealth Games | Male athletes to watch at the Australian edition

More than 6,600 athletes and officials from across the world will converge on the Gold Coast for the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, the multi-sports event

Football | With World Cup looming, Messi sees Argentina lose to Spain

Trailing 6-1, Lionel Messi had seen enough. The injured Argentine left his seat overlooking the field at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the final minutes

Basketball – NBA | Amid protests outside arena, Mavericks beat Kings 103-97

Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes didn’t see the group of protesters making their way to Golden1 Center for a second round of protests yesterday . He only

Cricket | Australia calls for reinforcements amid cheating probe

Matt Renshaw hit the winning runs to help Queensland state clinch the domestic cricket title before rushing to South Africa to reinforce an Australia squad mired in

Tennis | Venus, Sloane advance to Miami Open quarterfinals

Sloane Stephens’ loudest fan kept shouting advice and encouragement from the upper deck yesterday , perhaps providing the nudge she needed to shake a post-U.S. Open

Olympics | National committees get glimpse of Tokyo 2020 venues

A dozen national Olympic committees have been given a quick look at Tokyo’s venue preparations for the 2020 Summer Games. Mark England of the British Olympic

Cricket | Scratching the surface reveals Australian cricket cheaters

The cheating confession that scandalized a nation has triggered an investigation destined to go way deeper than merely scratching the surface of the culture within Australia’s

F1 | Vettel holds off Hamilton to win Australian GP

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel captured his third Australian Grand Prix yesterday, taking advantage of a well-timed, mid-race safety car to take the lead and holding off his

Cambridge sweeps Boat Races for first time in 21 years

Favorite Cambridge stormed to victory in the Boat Race to hand coach Steve Trapmore a farewell triumph on the River Thames on Saturday. Cambridge’s three-length win

Q&A – Loren Zitomersky| Known on social media as ‘Backwards Guy’: ‘You use 33 percent more energy running backward than forward’

Loren Zitomersky has gotten used to the jokes: “Hey, you’re running the wrong way!” Slamming straight into trees he didn’t see behind him? Not so much.

Rugby Academy | 300 players, coaches and Bats fans in HK festival

Close to 300 players, coaches and supporters from the Macau Bats Rugby Club made the trip to Hong Kong last Sunday for the last

Auto racing | NBC lands Indy 500 and promises IndyCar increased exposure

The Indianapolis 500, an American staple on ABC for 53 years, will have a new television home next season. In fact, the entire IndyCar package is

Football | Egypt looking wobbly ahead of Portugal, Greece warmups

Egypt’s first World Cup warmup will be against Portugal, a match that could have two of the most prolific scorers in soccer going up against each other.

Figure Skating | Kostner’s potential farewell subplot to world championships

Olympic champion Alina Zagitova is without question the heavy favorite heading into figure skating’s world championships, especially after the sprightly Russian’s training partner and rival Evgenia Medvedeva

Football | Brazil coach Tite looks for rhythm in last friendlies

Going into his first World Cup as Brazil coach, Tite is looking for some rhythm. It’s the one thing, surprisingly, he thinks his team

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