Russia says its athletes want to compete at the Olympics

Russian athletes are overwhelmingly in favor of competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Games despite a ban on the national team, the country’s Olympic committee said yesterday.

La Liga | Ronaldo celebrates Ballon d’Or with 2 goals in Madrid rout

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his fifth Ballon d’Or award by leading Real Madrid to victory on Saturday, while Valencia kept the pressure on Spanish league leader Barcelona.

Football | Manchester Derby: United looks to halt City juggernaut

Monday, 00:30 Man United v  Man City H 3.55, D 3.6, A 2.22 There will be USD1 billion worth of talent on the field,

Under Olympic flag, Russia can win medals

The International Olympic Committee has barred the Russian team from competing in Pyeongchang in February over widespread doping at the last edition of the Winter Games in

Football | Jo leads Brazilian league in scoring, eyes World Cup spot

The player once known as “Lazy Jo” is no more. Jo, who flopped at Manchester City as a youngster, became last weekend the top goal-scorer of

Cricket India extends lead to 355 in third test vs Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli added an unbeaten 25 to his double-century in the first innings, helping India reach 192-4 at tea and extend its lead to 355 runs on

La Liga | Valencia loses to 10-man Getafe, trails Barcelona by 5 points

Barcelona stumbled for the second consecutive week but it still gained ground at the top of the Spanish league. A day after being held to a

Golf | Fowler beats Tiger at home and at the World Challenge

Rickie Fowler isn’t winning as much as he would like. He’s still undefeated against Tiger Woods over the last month. According to Fowler, anyway. They played

Whether soccer or football, US calls the business a crime

It’s confusing enough that the trial involves a byzantine, 24-year conspiracy involving more than a dozen football officials around the globe accused of taking six-figure bribes

Rugby | Macau Bats win 12 games in HK competition

Six teams from the Macau Bats Rugby Club set off for Hong Kong on November 26 for their latest round of competitive games. There, the teams exceeded expectations,

Bird, Rosenqvist win Hong Kong Formula E races

The FIA Formula E Championship sarted on Saturday with a gripping opening contest in Hong Kong. In the first of two races held during the weekend, Sam

Football | Gremio wins Copa Libertadores for the third time

Brazil’s Gremio won the prestigious Copa Libertadores for the third time in its history with a 2-1 victory at Argentina’s Lanus on Wednesday night. After a

Rugby | NZ-born center Parkes to debut for Wales vs Springboks

New Zealand-born center Hadleigh Parkes will make his debut for Wales amid five changes to the starting lineup playing South Africa tomorrow in Cardiff. All

football | World Cup Draw: Guide to eight teams in Pot 1 headed by Germany

GERMANY: The World Cup holders are in good shape to defend their title after being unbeaten in all games in 2017. They have already collected a trophy

The Buzz | Alfa Romeo to return to F1, powered by Ferrari engines

Alfa Romeo, the Italian sportscar unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, will return to Formula One racing after a more than 30-year break as Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne

Football | Russia wants St. Petersburg to host Euro 2020 opening game

The Russian Football Union has asked UEFA to pick St. Petersburg as host for the opening match of the 2020 European Championship. UEFA said on

Juan Antonio Pizzi hired as Saudi Arabia’s 3rd coach in 2017

World Cup-bound Saudi Arabia has hired Juan Antonio Pizzi as coach less than a week after firing Edgardo Bauza. Pizzi, Saudi Arabia’s third coach in 2017, is

US sports leagues are hedging their bets on legal gambling

In court, all four major U.S. sports leagues are fighting New Jersey’s challenge to the federal ban on sports gambling, which the Supreme Court will hear

Briefs | Ajax signs deal with Guangzhou

Ajax will share its experience in nurturing young talent with Guangzhou R&F and help the Chinese football club develop its own youth academy. Four-time European champion Ajax signed

Bale set to return to Madrid’s squad after injury layoff

Gareth Bale is expected to make his return to Real Madrid’s lineup in a Copa del Rey match this week after being sidelined for more than two months

Football | Bundesliga’s 1,000th own-goal helps Hamburg beat Hoffenheim

Helped by the Bundesliga’s 1,000th own-goal, Hamburger SV defeated Hoffenheim 3-0 for its second straight win at home on Sunday. With five defeats from six away

Russia loses Sochi Olympic crown as doping scandal claims medals

Russia lost its top ranking in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the most expensive in history, when it was stripped of two more gold medals

Noah ends ‘losing culture’ as France wins Davis Cup title

Mission accomplished. When he was re-appointed France’s Davis Cup captain two years ago, Yannick Noah said he had a “clear plan.” The former French Open

Cricket | Aussies move within 56 runs of victory in 1st Ashes test

David Warner and Cameron Bancroft compounded an already exasperating day for England by sharing an unbeaten 114-run opening stand to move Australia within 56 runs of

Grand Prix | Mclaren F1 junior Norris expresses intention to return to Macau

After finishing second in the Macau Grand Prix’s F3 race, 18-year-old British racing driver Lando Norris expressed his wish to return for the 2018 GP. The

Football | Heynckes not managing Bayern Munich after the season

Jupp Heynckes has ruled out extending his fourth stint in charge of Bayern Munich beyond this season. Club president Uli Hoeness said on Friday it was

Football | Champions League: History repeats for Mourinho, Man United with loss at Basel

Jose Mourinho brought his team to Basel in the Champions League for the first time in four years. And lost again. Manchester United came to Basel

Rugby | England players not sharing match fees with Samoa players

England’s players have decided not to donate some of their match fee to Samoa’s players on ethical grounds. Veteran prop Dan Cole said it shouldn’t even

Football | Real Madrid, Besiktas advance in Champions League

Daniella Matar Defending champion Real Madrid advanced again to the Champions League knockout stages after beating APOEL 6-0 and Tottenham piled the misery on Borussia Dortmund

Tennis | Grand Slams planning to cut seeds from 32 back to 16 in 2019

Grand Slam tournaments are planning to return to seeding only 16 players, instead of 32, as of 2019, and now will give a player who is

Football | 12 arrested in Thailand in match-fixing investigation

Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompanmuang says five players and two match officials from the top-flight national league are among 12 people arrested for alleged match-fixing.

Sailing | Cup champ Team New Zealand unveils radical foiling monohull

The next America’s Cup will be contested in radical, single-hull boats that will rise up on hydrofoils and speed across the tops of the waves. America’s

Football | World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world football are spilling out. The millions of dollars in “inducements” to secure

F3 | Ticktum wins ‘incredibly eventful race’

Starting at the eighth position from the starting grid, British driver Daniel Ticktum was not one of the favorites to win the F3 race. Yet the Motopark

Football | Bayern leads Bundesliga by 6 points as Heynckes wins again

Robert Lewandowski scored twice to help Bayern Munich stretch its lead in the Bundesliga to six points after beating Bavarian rival Augsburg 3-0 on Saturday.

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