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[ad_1] Spain’s LaLiga posted a record total revenue of 5.69 billion euros ($6.07 billion) for the 2022-23 season as revenues rose 17.8 per cent compared to the previous campaign and surpassed the 5.07 billion made in 2019-20, the league said on Monday. The growth was boosted by record commercial revenues (up 28.6 per cent), as […]

[ad_1] Rafa Nadal has confirmed he will play this week’s Barcelona Open in what will be the Spaniard’s first tournament since January. “I arrived here a bit like in a last minute decision as I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play,” the 22-time Grand Slam champion told a press conference […]

[ad_1] (Corrects third Paragraph to say that partner organisations would not put funds into UK directly (adds “not” to original copy) By Mitch Phillips LONDON :UK Athletics (UKA) has set up a joint venture with the organisers of the London Marathon and the Great North Run which will look to transform the future and growth […]

[ad_1] Britain’s Katie Archibald laid down a marker ahead of the Olympics as she took three gold medals at the Track Nations Cup in Canada – the last competitive event before the Paris Games. The 30-year-old completed her haul at the Milton velodrome by winning the omnium to add to her earlier victories in the […]

[ad_1] PARIS : French President Emmanuel Macron expressed shock on Monday at a “racist” backlash to the possibility of Franco-Malian pop star Aya Nakamura singing at the Paris Olympics opening. Macron said he very much hoped Nakamura, the most listened to French female singer in the world, would be chosen as part of the July […]

[ad_1] West Ham United midfielder George Earthy has been discharged from hospital after sustaining a head injury during their 2-0 defeat by Fulham in the Premier League, the club said on Monday. The match on Sunday was temporarily halted in the 85th minute when academy graduate Earthy, who had just made his league debut as […]

[ad_1] PARIS :France has prepared alternatives to holding the July 26 Olympics opening ceremony on the river Seine should security reasons require, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. Conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as a threat of terrorist attacks have led the French government to raise its security alert to its […]

[ad_1] Manchester City thrive on the pressure of playing when everything is on the line, manager Pep Guardiola said, as last season’s treble winners continue their pursuit of another three titles. City lead the Premier League by two points with six games left, host Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final […]

[ad_1] BEIJING: Organisers of the Beijing half marathon said on Monday (Apr 15) they were investigating after footage shared widely online appeared to show three African runners deliberately allowing China’s He Jie to win. Video clips of Sunday’s race showed the Kenyans Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat, Dejene Hailu of Ethiopia and home runner He […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: The unexpected Oklahoma City Thunder clinched the Western Conference top seed ahead of the defending champion Denver Nuggets as the NBA regular season wrapped up on Sunday (Apr 14). The youthful Thunder rolled past the playoff-bound Dallas Mavericks – who rested Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving among others – 135-86 to emerge […]