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[ad_1] DORTMUND, Germany : Paris St Germain and Borussia Dortmund served up plenty of entertainment in the Champions League quarter-finals, and their meeting in the semis promises more of the same, PSG manager Luis Enrique said on Tuesday. Both sides came back from first-leg defeats to reach the semi-finals, PSG winning 4-1 in Barcelona after […]

[ad_1] LONDON : British track cyclist Katie Archibald will target three gold medals at this year’s Paris Olympics but this time her trusty team mate Laura Kenny will not have her back. The career of 30-year-old Archibald has been closely entwined with Kenny, Britain’s most-decorated female Olympian with five gold medals in her collection. Scotland’s […]

[ad_1] This year’s Open will feature the longest hole in the tournament’s history after Royal Troon’s sixth was extended as part of moderations for the 152nd edition of the major. The sixth was already a whopping 601 yards when the tournament was last played on the Ayrshire links in 2016 but this year it will […]

[ad_1] BRUSSELS : Some of world soccer governing body FIFA’s rules on player transfers may breach EU rules as they hamper players seeking to move to another team and clubs looking to hire players, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Tuesday. The case before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union […]

[ad_1] DORTMUND, Germany: Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marcel Sabitzer and forward Donyell Malen are likely to be fit in time for Wednesday’s (May 1) Champions League semi-final first leg at home against Paris St Germain, coach Edin Terzic said on Tuesday. Dortmund will have Emre Can and Ian Maatsen back from suspension while Sabitzer, who was […]

[ad_1] MADRID : Spain’s government on Tuesday appointed former national squad coach Vicente del Bosque as head of a new committee supervising the country’s scandal-ridden RFEF soccer federation, Sports Minister Pilar Alegria said. Spain, which will co-host the 2030 World Cup, last week announced the creation of a special committee to oversee RFEF until the […]

[ad_1] Manchester City forward Erling Haaland has become a playable character in popular mobile video game “Clash of Clans”, game developer Supercell said on Tuesday. Haaland’s character is called “Barbarian King” and is the first in the game – downloaded more than 2 billion times – to be based on a real person. The 23-year-old, […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden said the German brand could not match Nike’s offer for Germany’s national soccer federation sponsorship, after the U.S. company beat Adidas on its home turf last month to end its 70-year partnership with the federation. Nike outbid Adidas to become the official supplier for the German Football Association […]

[ad_1] CAPE TOWN : South Africa have included fast bowler Anrich Nortje and the uncapped duo of batter Ryan Rickelton and seamer Ottniel Baartman in their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies from June 1-29. Nortje, 30, has not played a T20 international for over a year […]

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore national football team faces a Herculean task to reach the third round of Asia’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Not only must the Lions win their two remaining Group C games – at home against powerhouses South Korea and away to Thailand – they will also have to overcome a double-digit goal difference to stay […]