Phil Foden struck twice on Thursday as Manchester City stepped up their bid for a fourth consecutive English Premier League crown with a ruthless 4-0 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion.A day after Liverpool’s title challenge suffered a huge blow with a 2-0 defeat at Everton, City kept up the pressure
The Denver Nuggets on Thurday rallied to push LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs as the Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 50 points from Joel Embiid, clawed back a win against the Knicks.Defending champions the Nuggets erased a 10-point first-quarte
Rafael Nadal on Thursday breezed to a straight-sets victory over 16-year-old Darwin Blanch to reach the Madrid Open second round as he began his farewell appearance in the Spanish capital.The 37-year-old this week said that he was not fully fit, but he demolished his American opponent 6-1, 6-0 in 1
Elias Diaz on Thursday capped Colorado’s six-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking RBI double as the Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 10-9.Elehuris Montero and Hunter Goodman homered for Colorado, which earned a split of the four-game series.Brenton Doyle and Brendan Rodgers each had three of the Ro
CHASING EUROPE: Manchester United survived a scare after twice falling behind against bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United, but won and moved up to sixth place
Juergen Klopp’s hopes of a dream send-off were left in tatters on Wednesday after a 2-0 loss against Everton dealt a major blow to Liverpool’s Premier League title bid.Goals from Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Goodison Park meant Klopp tasted a bitter defeat in his last Merseyside d
Jack Eichel and defending Stanley Cup champions the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday beat the Dallas Stars to take a 2-0 lead in their NHL first-round playoff series.The Golden Knights got exactly what they anticipated and withstood that early hard push in Game 2 by the desperate Stars.The Gold
The Miami Heat on Wednesday unleashed a barrage of three-pointers to score a series-leveling 111-101 upset over the top-seeded Boston Celtics in their NBA Eastern Conference playoff duel.Eighth seeds Miami, playing without the injured Jimmy Butler, produced a battling performance to knot the best-of
The two Taiwanese basketball teams who make it to the 2023-2024 season final series of the P.League+ would secure an East Asia Super League (EASL) slot next season, the international league said yesterday.The two teams would join their counterparts from the Korean Basketball League (KBL), Japan’s B.
TURNAROUND CREW: McDaniels and the Timberwolves dominated the Suns, with Milwaukee’s defense shutting down stars Durant and Booker to lead the series 2-0
Luka Doncic on Tuesday scored 32 points as the Dallas Mavericks battled to a series-tying 96-93 road victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in a tense NBA Western Conference playoff duel.Slovenian star Doncic combined with Kyrie Irving for 55 points to ensure that Dallas would return to Texas with ho
Shohei Ohtani on Tuesday night slammed a 450-foot (137m) homer to the second deck in right field in his first visit to Nationals Park, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals 4-1.Ohtani’s sixth homer of the season was the hardest-hit of his career at 118.7mph (191kph). It was also t
A wine merchant who blind tasted a different glass of wine at each mile of the London Marathon on Sunday has said he feels “honored” his challenge went viral on social media, as he surpassed his fundraising target.Tom Gilbey, nicknamed “the wine guy,” sampled 25 glasses of wine during the race, stop
Kai Havertz and Ben White on Tuesday scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City.Leandro Trossard was also on target in a record win over Chelsea for the Gunners, who moved three points clear o
An idyllic springtime morning in the sleepy village of Stutzerbach was disturbed on Tuesday with hundreds of German police taking on “soccer hooligans” in preparation for UEFA Euro 2024.Birds were chirping and golden sunshine was starting to warm a new day when a train of trouble arrived to shatter
OLYMPICSTriathlete not afraid of SeineAustralian triathlete Matt Hauser said he would gladly swim in the Seine during the Paris Games, despite water quality concerns, after a sewer problem last year led to the cancelation of a pre-Olympics swimming event, along with the swimming legs of triathlon an
ON THE BALL: Murray defied James to match him for points in the final moments, later saying that he wanted to lean on his teammates, but they told him to just keep shooting
Jamal Murray on Monday fired the game-winner at the buzzer as the NBA champions Denver Nuggets erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.The drama in Denver followed a scintillating comeback by the New York Knicks, w
The head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Monday demanded an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) handling of 23 positive tests by Chinese swimmers and welcomed the global body’s threat of legal action.During a nearly two-hour video call with the media, WADA fired back at
Aaron Boone did not tie the record for fastest ejection, but the New York Yankees manager did think it was among the most unjust dismissals.Boone was thrown out of Monday’s 2-0 loss to the Oakland Athletics five pitches in by Hunter Wendelstedt over a remark the Yankees maintained was yelled by a fa
A goalkeeper with one of Iran’s top soccer clubs has been suspended after he embraced a female supporter during a championship match, sports daily Khabar Varzeshi reported on Monday.Hossein Hosseini, 31, who plays for Tehran team Esteghlal, was suspended after the incident on April 12.The Esteghlal
Resplendent in a pink dress with matching sneakers, 14-year-old Arisa Trew on Monday performed a kickflip on her skateboard in a unique red carpet entrance to the Laureus awards ceremony in Madrid before rolling away with a trophy in her category.The Australian trailblazer became the first female sk
Four-time snooker world champion Mark Selby is considering retirement after crashing out at the first round of the world championship 10-6 to qualifier Joe O’Connor on Monday.Defeat capped a dismal season for Selby, who has slipped to fifth in the world rankings.“I will take a long time to think abo