Jude Bellingham on Wednesday saluted Real Madrid’s winning “mentality” after the Spanish side held their nerve in a penalty shoot-out to end Manchester City’s reign as UEFA Champions League holders.Bellingham scored one of Madrid’s penalties in the 4-3 shoot-out victory following a 1-1 draw in a dra
Mikel Arteta on Wednesday admitted that Arsenal paid the price for making one big mistake as Bayern Munich’s 1-0 victory sent his side crashing out of the UEFA Champions League.Joshua Kimmich’s second-half header punished slack marking by Arsenal and ended their hopes of reaching the semi-finals for
The Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 23 points from NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid, on Wednesday rallied to beat the Miami Heat 105-104 and book a first-round playoff clash with the New York Knicks.Embiid, still struggling for peak form after missing two months following knee surgery, stepped it
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur.The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled w
‘HATS OFF’: The striker scored twice during his team’s 4-1 thrashing of Barcelona, but it was his all-round contribution that impressed team manager Luis Enrique
Kylian Mbappe struck twice on Tuesday as Paris Saint-Germain battled back to beat 10-man Barcelona 4-1 and book a place in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with a 6-4 aggregate triumph.Raphinha fired Barcelona ahead early on, but Ronald Araujo’s 29th-minute red card turned the tide in PSG’s fav
Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday fought back to beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 in their quarter-final second leg, securing a 5-4 aggregate victory and their first UEFA Champions League semi-final since 2013.Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, goals from Julian Brandt and Ian Maatsen had Dortmund 2-0 up at halfti
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday held off a furious late rally to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-106 and book a first-round NBA playoff clash with the defending champion Denver Nuggets.Four-time NBA champion James scored 23 points with nine rebounds, nine assists and three steal
Four-time NBA all-star DeMarcus Cousins arrived in Taiwan with his family early yesterday to finish his renewed contract with the Taiwan Beer Leopards in the T1 League.Cousins initially played a four-game contract with the Leopards in January.On March 18, the Taoyuan-based team announced that Cousin
Rafael Nadal on Tuesday said he had limited expectations at the Barcelona Open as he made a triumphant return from injury, beating Italy’s Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 6-3.The 22-time Grand Slam champion had not played a competitive match since January, but eased past the 62nd-ranked Cobolli in 85 minutes to
The Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) has pledged to strengthen the supervision of its road-running events after video of Sunday’s Beijing half-marathon showed three runners appearing to slow down to allow China’s He Jie to overtake them and win.He, last year’s Asian Games marathon gold medalist,
ROOKIE MAKES HISTORY: Michael Busch homered for the Cubs leading off the second inning, his fifth straight game with a home run, equaling the franchise record
Nico Hoerner on Monday scored the tying run from second base on a wild pitch in the ninth inning, then delivered the go-ahead single in the 11th as the Chicago Cubs rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2.“His baserunning play in the ninth was spectacular,” Chicago manager Craig Counsell said. “We
The sacred flame for the Paris Olympics was lit yesterday in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games, in a ceremony inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid multiple global crises.“In ancient times, the Olympic Games brought together the Greek city states, even — and in
Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino on Monday should have been beaming after his team destroyed Everton 6-0, but rather than celebrating Cole Palmer’s remarkable four-goal display he instead fumed about his players arguing on the pitch.Chelsea were leading 4-0 after Palmer’s first-half hat-trick and a
Caitlin Clark, who smashed records on and off the court in a dazzling US college career, on Monday was selected first in the WNBA draft amid expectations she would have a transformative effect on women’s professional basketball.The Indiana Fever made it official, taking the 22-year-old Iowa Hawkeyes
After breaking the Indian Premier League’s highest total record for a second time this season by racking up 287 runs on Monday, Sunrisers Hyderabad are now looking to breach the 300-mark, their in-form opener Travis Head said.Hyderabad set a new mark last month by posting 277-3 against Mumbai Indian
‘NOT DONE YET’: Bayer 04 Leverkusen are through to the final of the DFB-Pokal and have a 2-0 lead in their Europa League quarter-final with West Ham United
Bayer 04 Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso on Sunday said that his unbeaten side was “not done yet” after winning their debut Bundesliga title with a treble still possible this season.Leverkusen’s 5-0 win over Werder Bremen at home on Sunday, including a second-half hat-trick from Florian Wirtz, sealed a
Reigning champions TSG-Tainan on Sunday were held to a 1-1 draw at home, while Taiwan Leopard Cat were the only team to claim three points in the opening round of Taiwan Football Premier League matches.Starting their title defense at home at Tainan City Soccer Field, TSG took on Taichung Futuro in t
The unexpected Oklahoma City Thunder clinched the Western Conference top seed on Sunday ahead of defending champions the Denver Nuggets as the NBA regular season wrapped up.The youthful Thunder rolled past the playoff-bound Dallas Mavericks — who rested Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving among others — 13
Aston Villa on Sunday struck twice late on through Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey to inflict a huge blow on Arsenal’s English Premier League title challenge with a 2-0 win at the Emirates as Liverpool also stumbled in a shock 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace.Manchester City were the big winners of the da
SLOWLY RISING: Wrexham’s march to promotion glory continues, after they won a spot in the third tier, which co-owner Ryan Reynolds said had him ‘crying tears of joy’
Manchester City on Saturday moved to the top of the Premier League as lowly Luton Town were eased aside 5-1 at the Etihad, while Newcastle United thrashed Tottenham Hotpsur 4-0.Amid a grueling schedule, Pep Guardiola could hardly have wished for a kinder fixture in between the two legs of his side’s