■ Soccer
Fans attack clubhouse
Scores of fans of Greek soccer club Iraklis attacked the club's headquarters in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Monday, setting fires and damaging property. The fans started a fire with petrol bombs, damaging the building's entrance, before entering the building and ransacking several offices, police said. No one was injured during the incident and no arrests were made. Iraklis supporters' groups are angry at the failure by the club's management to attract new private investors to relieve debts. Iraklis finished in 13th place last season in the 16-team league. The bottom three teams were relegated.
■ Athletics
Powell coming to Rome
World record holder Asafa Powell, who is recovering from a groin injury, has entered the 100m race at Friday's Golden Gala meet in Rome. Powell has not run the 100m since getting injured while still winning at the Jamaican championships on June 23. He withdrew from the Golden League meet in Paris last week. Yesterday, Powell was expected to anchor Jamaica's 4x100m relay team in Lausanne, Switzerland. Despite his return, Powell won't be running against Tyson Gay. Amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is also coming to Rome. He was invited to run a 400 "B" race before making his official international debut in Sheffield, England, two days later. Pistorius runs with carbon fiber blades below both knees.
■ Soccer
Pavel Nedved may retire
Pavel Nedved may retire after negotiations with Juventus to raise his salary didn't produce any results on Monday. "I'm a little disappointed," Nedved said as he walked out of Juve's offices. "I'm going to go home and think things over." Nedved has one more season remaining on his contract but he is seeking a higher salary. "Three years ago Pavel cut his salary in half," Nedved's agent Mino Raiola told the ANSA news agency without revealing financial details. "And now he finds himself lagging behind compared to other Juventus players. If the proposal remains what it was today, Nedved will quit."
■ Soccer
Victoria Beckham on the air
Victoria Beckham insisted that she's "just a normal girl from London" who happens to be "living quite a surreal life" with her soccer star husband David and their three young boys. Americans will get to judge for themselves when her one-hour network television show, Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, is broadcast on NBC network stations from July 16. It will follow Victoria Beckham as she prepares to move from Europe to the US for her husband's July 21 debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy. "It's funny. People really get to see what I'm really like."
■ Rugby League
Roosters coach quits
Sydney Roosters coach Chris Anderson has quit after the club's 56-0 thrashing by Manly at the weekend, citing stress, chief executive Brian Canavan said yesterday. Anderson will be replaced by assistant Brad Fittler in a caretaker role as the club languishes second last in the table after winning just five of their 16 games this year. "It was a shock, I got a phone call from Chris approximately 7.30pm last night," Canavan told a Sydney radio station. "Chris has always been very honest and very straightforward and he just said he was ringing to let me know he was stepping down from the job [saying] it's a job for a younger coach."
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Arne Slot has denied that Darwin Nunez was dropped from Liverpool’s win against West Ham because of a training-ground row with a member of his coaching staff. The Liverpool head coach on Sunday last week said that Nunez was absent from the 2-1 victory at Anfield, having felt unwell during training the day before, although the striker sat behind the substitutes throughout the game. Speculation has been rife that the Uruguay international, whom Slot criticized for his work rate against Wolves and Aston Villa in February, was left out for disciplinary reasons. Asked on Friday to clarify the situation, Slot said: “He
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