Golf | Spieth takes road less to traveled to British Open

The start was not what anyone expected out of Jordan Spieth. All that mattered to him was how he finished the British Open. And that

Sports | Cricket tournament proceeds despite morning typhoon

How many to win?” a Hong Kong cricketer called out. “Brother, you are dreaming,” came the reply from the Taipa Thunder batsman during the second

‘Artistic swimming’ | Britain’s Daley beats Chinese off big tower

The Chinese divers were marvelous. Tom Daley was even better. Banishing the memory of his Rio disappointment, the British diver captured his first individual medal

Cycling – Tour de France | Froome wins No. 4 with marginal gains, great teammates

In many ways, winning a fourth Tour de France title was all about making the most of marginal gains for Chris Froome. Not as dominant as

MMA | ONE Championship gets cash for major growth

ONE Championship has secured a major equity investment from venture capital firm Sequoia India and investment firm Mission Holdings, positioning the ascendant mixed martial arts promotion

Football | Villar appears before judge after arrest in corruption probe

The president of the Spanish Football Federation and his son appeared before a judge yesterday, two days after being arrested in an anti-corruption probe. Two

Cricket | Kohli says he doesn’t feel added pressure

Virat Kohli said yesterday he did not feel the added pressure of captaining India as he gears up for the upcoming series in Sri Lanka

Sailing | Team NZ likely to defend America’s Cup in 2021

Team New Zealand has indicated it will likely host the next America’s Cup regatta and challenger selection series in Auckland in early 2021. In a

Golf | Rory McIlroy hoping to catch his wave at British Open

Just three years ago, Rory McIlroy was the best player in the world without a trace of argument. He won the final two majors of

Football | FIFA’s second most senior official arrested in graft probe

Police arrested the head of Spain’s soccer federation, throwing the leadership of the sport in the World Cup-winning nation into disarray a year before the next

Golf – British Open | Lego scene recreates Justin Rose’s Birkdale moment

Royal Birkdale is where it all began for Justin Rose. Now, there’s a Lego scene to prove it. Rose was a slight 17-year-old golfer

Cycling – Tour de France | Matthews wins Stage 16, Froome keeps yellow jersey

Michael Matthews won a sprint to the line on Stage 16 of the Tour de France as Britain’s Chris Froome kept the yellow jersey yesterday

Tennis | What we learned at Wimbledon: Never count out Federer

Never count out Roger Federer. Seems obvious, right? Especially after he won his record-breaking eighth Wimbledon championship and second Grand Slam title of this resurgent season.

Formula E | With engines whirring, electric car racing comes to Brooklyn

The roar of the engine was replaced by a furious whirring as the future of motorsports came to Brooklyn. Formula E took over part

IAAF provisionally suspends Fredericks in payment probe

Four-time Olympic medalist Frank Fredericks has been suspended from duty by track and field’s governing body, the IAAF, while he is investigated for alleged corruption suspected of

Tennis | Federer wins 8th Wimbledon title, beating Cilic in final

Roger Federer’s wait for No. 8 at Wimbledon is over. He is once again the champion of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, now more often than any

F1 | Hamilton wins British GP, cuts Vettel’s lead to 1 point 

Lewis Hamilton slashed Sebastian Vettel’s Formula One championship lead to one point by winning a record-equaling fifth British Grand Prix yesterday as his title rival was

Opinion | Can’t somebody speed up the game of baseball?

That didn’t last long. A day after basking in the glow of the most watched All-Star Home Run Derby in nearly a decade, reality intruded on baseball. Though

Boxing | McGregor makes fun of Mayweather’s tax problems

UFC star Conor McGregor played to a partisan Toronto audience and made fun of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s tax problems at the second stop of

East Timor football official gets life ban over fixed matches

The Asian Football Confederation has banned former East Timor technical director Orlando Marques Henriques for any football-related activity for life, after he accepted money to lose a match

Tennis – Wimbledon | Past, not crowd, favors Williams against Konta

If past success were all that mattered when Venus Williams faces Johanna Konta in the Wimbledon semifinals, the matchup would be quite a mismatch.

Boxing | Pacquiao disagrees with re-score, says no plans to quit

Manny Pacquiao still disagrees with the unanimous decision that resulted in him losing the WBO world welterweight title to Jeff Horn, despite an independent re-scoring of

Olympics | LA, Paris present plans ahead of 2024-2028 decision

After Los Angeles and Paris laid out their Olympic hosting plans yesterday, their mayors said they could work together on a deal to ensure both

Tennis – Wimbledon | 2-time champ Nadal loses 15-13 in 5th set

First, Rafael Nadal erased a two-set deficit. Then, he erased four match points. Nadal could not, however, erase the fifth. After digging himself out of

Boxing | Mayweather-McGregor set for T-Mobile after deal with Big3

Floyd Mayweather’s boxing match against Conor McGregor will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after promoters reached an agreement with Ice Cube to move the

Football | Bayern Munich signs James Rodriguez

Bayern Munich has signed Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez on a two-year loan from Real Madrid with an option to make the loan permanent. The Bundesliga

Football – EPL | Rooney in emotional Everton return after 13 years at United

Wayne Rooney no longer has to hide his nighttime secret. Although the striker left Everton in 2004 in pursuit of glory with Manchester United, the

Formula One | Valtteri Bottas wins Austrian GP; Sebastian Vettel second

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas made a great start from pole position to win the Austrian Grand Prix yesterday, while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished just behind in

Tennis | Flying ants invade Wimbledon on warmest day of tournament

They were buggin’ out at Wimbledon this week. Hundreds of flying ants swarmed around various courts at the All England Club, distracting players during their matches,

Football | Germany back atop FIFA rankings

Germany leads the FIFA rankings again after the 2014 World Cup winner added the Confederations Cup title on Sunday. Victory by a second-string squad lifted Germany

Football | Vissel Kobe has high expectations for Podolski

Japanese club Vissel Kobe rolled out the red carpet for German striker Lukas Podolski yesterday, hoping the high-profile signing will improve their fortunes in the

Football | New league, very different challenges for Capello in China

As he won league titles as head coach of Real Madrid, Milan and Juventus, Fabio Capello never had to contemplate relegation. In his first foray

Real Madrid’s Modric questioned for alleged perjury

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric was questioned yesterday by Croatia’s state attorney amid accusations that he falsely testified about his financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb

Tennis | Federer, Djokovic benefit from Wimbledon retirements

Novak Djokovic’s first-round match at Wimbledon lasted all of 40 minutes Tuesday. Roger Federer’s, which was next in the All England Club’s main stadium, went

Boxing | Pacquiao backs call for WBO review of his loss to Horn 

Manny Pacquiao asked the WBO to act on a request by Philippine sports officials for a review of his welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn, saying

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