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[ad_1] UEFA reached a final settlement on Friday with Liverpool supporters who brought personal injury claims relating to their experience at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris. Thousands of Liverpool fans were unable to enter the Stade de France for the final on May 28, which Real Madrid won 1-0, causing a 36-minute delay […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES : Nobody’s March Madness bracket is safe, as lesser known colleges and universities increasingly challenge the traditional powerhouses of the NCAA tournament, NBA great Carmelo Anthony told Reuters. Anthony led Syracuse University to its first NCAA tournament championship in 2003 and the 10-time NBA All-Star said he welcomes the new era of […]

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM : The Netherlands shrugged off a slow start to go on and register an emphatic 4-0 victory over Scotland in their friendly international at the Johan Cruyff Arena on Friday, finishing strongly in a morale-boosting triumph. Tijjani Reijnders blasted home from outside the box in the 40th minute to set the Dutch on […]

[ad_1] LONDON : Swiss SailGP Team’s Sebastien Schneiter is stepping away from the helm for the rest of this season to focus on winning an Olympic medal in sailing’s 49er class with Arno de Planta. Geneva-based Schneiter said he had handed the wheel of the Swiss F50 foiling catamaran to veteran co-driver Nathan Outteridge for […]

[ad_1] DECINES-CHARPIEU, FRANCE : Kylian Mbappe believes he will know which club he will join next season before the European Championship kicks off in June, the France forward said on Friday. Mbappe, who is set to leave Paris St Germain in the summer, said his focus was on representing his national team in the Euros […]

[ad_1] PARIS : Paris 2024 will rely on a 30,000-strong team of volunteers for the Olympics, with 15,000 mobilised for the Paralympic Games, the organising committee said on Friday. Some 20 per cent of the volunteers come from foreign countries after being selected from 300,000 applicants. The vetting process, however, has yet to be completed, […]

[ad_1] MIAMI : World number two Aryna Sabalenka’s much anticipated return to the court on Friday following the apparent suicide of former boyfriend Konstantin Koltsov earlier in the week was delayed when heavy rain prevented the start of play at the Miami Open. In the first match of the day on Grandstand court Sabalenka was […]

[ad_1] LONDON : National flags should not be “messed with”, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday, after Nike’s decision to use an altered design of the St George’s Cross on England’s soccer shirts angered some fans. Nike, which makes the kit for England’s national soccer teams, unveiled its new design this week, which […]

[ad_1] Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati will be expanded to 12-day events next year while there will be 16 ATP 500 tournaments, the men’s tour (ATP) said on Friday. Seven of the nine Masters tournaments will now be held across 12 days each. The Italian Open, Madrid Open and Shanghai Masters were expanded […]

[ad_1] Spain manager Luis de la Fuente believes his team has a responsibility to repair the image of Spanish football through their performances on the pitch as the country’s soccer federation (RFEF) undergoes a corruption investigation. The RFEF fired two executives on Thursday after Spanish police raided its headquarters in Madrid. RFEF said the executives […]