Aston Villa demolished Bologna on Thursday, while Nottingham Forest beat Porto in the UEFA Europa League to set up an all-English showdown in the semi-finals.Leading 3-1 from the quarter-final first leg, Unai Emery’s team swatted aside Bologna with a 4-0 victory at Villa Park.Forest, 12 spots below
Crystal Palace on Thursday went down to a 2-1 defeat against ACF Fiorentina, but nonetheless progressed 4-2 on aggregate to the semi-finals of the UEFA Conference League, where they face Shakhtar Donetsk.On the other side of the draw, RC Strasbourg Alsace pulled off a fine comeback to book a spot in
Racing 92 center Joey Manu said that he would love to play for New Zealand at next year’s Rugby World Cup as the former rugby league star prepares for the Paris derby in the French Top 14 tomorrow.Manu has impressed during his first season at Racing after originally moving from Australia’s National
READY TO SHINE: The Warriors’ comeback victory evoked the brilliance of their golden era after a trying regular season in which they finished 10th in the Western Conference
Stephen Curry on Wednesday night sank seven three-pointers while scoring 35 points, holding every fan at Intuit Dome in his thrall with another dazzling display of his unmatched shooting skill, as the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 126-121 and stay alive in the NBA pl
Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday struck out 10 as the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the team’s 8-2 victory over the New York Mets on Jackie Robinson Day.Ohtani’s 22 swing and misses against the Mets were a career high with the Dodgers. He struck out the side in the sixth inning on 14 pi
Late strikes from Luis Diaz and Michael Olise sealed a dramatic 4-3 win for Bayern Munich over Real Madrid on Wednesday, clinching a 6-4 aggregate victory and setting up a semi-final with holders Paris Saint-Germain, while Arsenal advanced after riding their luck in a nervous goalless draw against S
Brisbane 2032 organizers are not considering alternatives to the Fitzroy River in central Queensland for rowing events, an official said yesterday, despite concerns over a venue renowned for strong tides and crocodiles.The Rockhampton waterway, a natural crocodile habitat about 600km north of Brisba
LIV Golf on Wednesday sought to reassure players and staff that it remains fully funded, as reports circulated that the breakaway tour is on the verge of collapse due to the possible withdrawal of Saudi Arabian financing.The Saudi Arabian-backed tour has bitterly divided the world of golf since its
MIXED MARTIAL ARTSUFC champ loses title beltCarlos Ulberg fought through an injured right knee to capture the light heavyweight title in UCF 327. He said he lost it hours later. The 35-year-old from New Zealand defeated Jiri Prochazka in the main event at UFC 327 by knockout this weekend in Miami to
‘TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES’: As the action between the Hornets and Miami heated up in overtime, Prime’s feed went down, leaving fans and superstar LeBron James in disbelief
LaMelo Ball on Tuesday was hero and villain as the Charlotte Hornets sent the Miami Heat tumbling out of the NBA play-in tournament with a thrilling 127-126 overtime victory, marred for some fans when Amazon Prime Video’s stream went offline.Charlotte had never won a win-or-go-home post-season game
World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean on Tuesday dueled through seven innings, with Kyle Tucker singling in the go-ahead run in the eighth for the Los Angeles Dodgers to edge the Mets 2-1, sending New York to their seventh straight loss.The Mets have been outsc
Denmark’s double Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen, long a rival of Taiwan’s former world No. 2 Chou Tien-chen, yesterday announced his retirement at age 32, saying back problems meant he could no longer “compete and train at the highest level.”Axelsen, who won gold at the Tokyo Games in 202
Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov on Tuesday clinched victory in the Candidates Tournament with a round to spare, drawing with Dutchman Anish Giri to set up a World Championship match against India’s Gukesh Dommaraju.The 20-year-old stormed through the event in Cyprus, winning six of his 13 games
On a street in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, a dozen teenagers using stones for goalposts were immersed in a Sunday game of soccer as traffic wound around them.Haiti has many problems, including political instability, poverty and crime, but through it all, the heart of the nation beats for soccer.Hait
Super Rugby side Moana Pasifika yesterday said that it would fold at the end of the season, becoming the second team in three years to go under because of financial problems.Moana Pasifika, founded in 2020 to provide a top-level pathway for players of Pacific heritage, blamed “financial, operational
BITTER RIVALS: Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez was shown a straight red card early in the second half after pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair
Leeds United’s Noah Okafor on Monday scored twice as his side grabbed a morale-boosting 2-1 English Premier League away win over bitter rivals Manchester United, who had Lisandro Martinez sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Manchester United remain third in the
Quinton Byfield scored twice, Anton Forsberg made 28 saves and the Los Angeles Kings secured a playoff spot with Monday night’s 5-3 win over the Seattle Kraken. Trevor Moore, Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere also scored for the Kings, who won their fifth straight and are playoff-bound for the fifth
Diego Maradona would be happy, his fans say. The childhood home of the late Argentine soccer legend has been transformed into a soup kitchen for people squeezed by Argentine President Javier Milei’s austerity policies.The needy can also ask for clothing at 523 Amazor street in the Buenos Aires subur
A new trial over the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona is to begin today, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide about a year after a previous case collapsed in a mistrial. An enduring presence in Argentina — from towering murals to tattoos — Maradona di
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