Football | Chapecoense crash survivor returns to pitch at Barcelona

Eight months after surviving the plane crash that killed most of his Chapecoense teammates, Alan Ruschel played his first minutes of football on Monday when his Brazilian

Mourinho: We’d chase Bale if Real Madrid loses interest

Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho issued a challenge to his former club, saying he’d be happy to pursue Real Madrid striker Gareth Bale if it no

Athletics | Bowie gets gold, and Jamaica fails to medal in the 100

The American sprinter took a mighty tumble. Nobody, however, has fallen harder than Jamaica so far at this year’s world championships. The evening after Usain

Football | Community Shield: Arsenal beats Chelsea in ABBA shootout

Arsenal will start the Premier League season on a high note after mastering the experimental ABBA penalty shootout pattern to beat Chelsea to the Community Shield.

Boxing | Vasyl Lomachenko defends belt, stops Marriaga after 7 rounds

Although Vasyl Lomachenko had battered Miguel Marriaga around the ring for 6 1/2 superlative rounds, the Ukrainian star couldn’t break his Colombian opponent’s will until he

Athletics | Kenyan runner Kirui wins men’s marathon title at worlds

Geoffrey Kirui took a quick glance over his shoulder, just to see if his nearest competitor was possibly closing the gap. Nobody remotely in sight. This was

Motorsport | New Formula 3 team to make debut in Macau GP

A new Formula 3 team by the name of BullFrog aims to debut in the Macau Grand Prix later this year. The project is led by a London-based

Football | Neymar provides pre-match show, with PSG debut put on hold

After lapping up the adulation at the Parc des Princes for 20 minutes, Neymar whipped up fans into an even greater frenzy by removing his Paris

Spanish league: Neymar lawyer tries to pay release clause

Neymar has made his first getaway attempt. The Spanish league said yesterday that representatives of Neymar tried unsuccessfully to pay the 222 million euro (USD262

Basketball – Macau | Asia League makes debut this September

The beginning of the new Asian professional basketball tournament will be celebrated in Macau at Studio City Event Center from September 20 to 24, where eight of

Neymar on cusp of record-breaking move to PSG

Neymar is ready to leave Barcelona, and Paris Saint-Germain is ready to put up a record USD262 million to make it happen. The 25-year-old Brazil striker,

Athletics | Bolt says no chance of loss or comeback in farewell worlds

An encore for Usain Bolt? Unthinkable. A loss in his going-away party? Impossible. Track’s fastest man and greatest entertainer made both those points clear

Rugby | European competition adds 2 South African teams

Europe’s Pro12 has confirmed it will add two South African teams dropped from Super Rugby and expand to a 14-team, two-continent competition from this season. Celtic

Olympics | Paris stops short of claiming victory after LA announcement

After failing three times in recent bids, sheer joy was expected from Paris officials when Los Angeles ceded the 2024 Olympics to the City of Lights.

Football | Barcelona has ‘doubts’ about Neymar’s future amid PSG rumors

Barcelona is worried, very worried, that Neymar might be headed to Paris-Saint Germain. The Brazil striker is expected to be at practice on Wednesday, but

Motorsport | Hamilton needs a break in tense F1 title fight with Vettel

Heading into Formula One’s mid-season break, Lewis Hamilton is completely drained. It has been a topsy-turvy 11 races so far, with nine to come after

Football | Ronaldo tells judge he has ‘never tried to avoid taxes’

Cristiano Ronaldo told a Spanish judge yesterday that he has “never tried to avoid taxes.” The Real Madrid forward, who is from Portugal, was questioned to

Albanian drone-flying fan seeks asylum in Croatia

An Albanian soccer fan detained on a Serbian warrant for allegedly flying a drone with a nationalist banner during a high-risk match has asked for political asylum in Croatia

Judge grants bail for Spanish federation president

A Spanish judge granted bail yesterday to the suspended president of the Spanish Football Federation, who is in jail for suspected corruption. Angel Maria Villar was denied

Motorsport | Vettel overcomes steering problem to win Hungarian GP

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel overcame steering difficulties to win a tense Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday and extend his championship lead over rival Lewis Hamilton to 14 points heading

Tennis | Fognini wins Swiss Open final

Fabio Fognini won his fifth career title by beating 170th-ranked qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 7-5 in the Swiss Open final yesterday. The fourth-seeded Italian was always in control,

Cricket | England set S. Africa massive 492 to win

England set South Africa a massive challenge of scoring 492 to win the third test match yesterday. England declared shortly before tea on the fourth day at the Oval,

Motorsport | Hamilton aims to seize momentum in Hungary before F1 break

At the Hungaroring circuit where he secured the first of his many wins for Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton will aim to seize the momentum this weekend heading into

Football | Senior FIFA VP Villar resigns amid another corruption case

The corruption crisis in world soccer has removed another top FIFA official. Jailed in Spain on suspicion of financial wrongdoing as head of the Spanish football federation, Angel

Cricket Australia eyes independent umpire in player dispute

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland wants an independent umpire appointed to arbitrate in the pay dispute with the players’ union if the long- running impasse isn’t resolved

FINA World Championships | Hungary’s proud water polo tradition goes on at home worlds

The spirit of the 1956 Olympics lives on in the Hungary men's water polo team. Some 61 years after the infamous "Blood in the Water" game against the Soviet

Tennis | Djokovic will sit out rest of 2017 because of injured elbow

For more than a year, Novak Djokovic's right elbow hurt when he hit serves or forehands. The pain kept getting worse, and now he's going to give his

Cricket | India 399-3 after Dhawan’s 190

India finished day one of the opening test against Sri Lanka in the commanding position of 399-3 yesterday after a powerful 190 from opener Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan hit

The Buzz | Mayweather-McGregor to be shown live in movie theaters

Movie theaters around the U.S. will show the Aug. 26 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor. The bout between the undefeated boxer and the Irish UFC champion

Motorsport | New IndyCar aero kits bring back retro fit for fans, drivers

The IndyCar Series is going retro. On a day series leaders released the first images of a new generation of cars, they also explained how drivers and fans helped

Football | Brazil’s 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack

Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was

Russia enters 19 for athletics worlds despite doping ban

Russia plans to send 19 athletes to the track and field world championships in London next week despite its suspension from international competition for widespread doping.

FINA World Championships | Peaty breaks 50 breast record; Ledecky sets up big night

He’s done it again. Britain’s Adam Peaty set a world record of 26.10 seconds in the preliminaries of the men’s 50-meter breaststroke at the world

Football | Danilo joins City to provide versatility at back

Danilo will be fulfilling his ambition to play under Pep Guardiola after signing for Manchester City from Real Madrid on Sunday. The versatile Brazilian

Spain’s sports court opens disciplinary procedure vs. Villar

Spain’s administrative court for sport has initiated disciplinary procedures against Spanish football federation president and FIFA vice president Angel Maria Villar after he was arrested and

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