LONDON: The League Managers Association has appointed Martin O’Neill as new chair to succeed Howard Wilkinson who retires at the end of this season. O’Neill began his playing career in Northern Ireland before moving to England in 1971 where he spent most of his playing career with […]
MADRID: LaLiga leaders Real Madrid’s pursuit of a record-extending 36th Spanish title gathered momentum after Jude Bellingham scored a goal in added time to secure a 3-2 comeback win over Barcelona. Real twice fought back from a goal down and before Bellingham smashed in the […]
LONDON: Liverpool rekindled the fire in their Premier League title chase by hitting back from a goal down, to defeat Fulham 3-1 at Craven Cottage and pull level on points with leaders Arsenal. Jurgen Klopp’s men have a far inferior goal difference but more important […]
KEIR RADNEDGE at WEMBLEY: Erik ten Hag can breathe again. The Manchester United manager’s job hung in the balance after his team dropped a three-goal lead before defeating second-tier Coventry 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 extra-time draw in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. […]
FRANKFURT: Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann has extended his contract until the conclusion of the next World Cup in 2026. Nagelsmann replaced Hansi Flick as Germany coach last September and had initially signed a contract to the end of Euro 2024, which Germany will host in […]
LONDON: The 2024 TCS London Marathon will set a world record for the biggest annual one-day fundraising event, with more than £67m raised from this year’s event already. Enthuse, the official online fundraising partner of the London Marathon, has announced £27m has been raised so […]
LONDON: Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir produced a stunning surge outside Buckingham Palace to sprint to victory in the TCS London Marathon in a women-only world record time of 2:16:16. The previous best time of 2:17:01 was also set here in London by Jepchirchir’s compatriot Mary Keitany […]
—- Mondo Duplantis set the 2024 Wanda Diamond League season off to a stunning start in Xiamen on Saturday, elevating his world pole vault record to a new high of 6.24m*. Sweden’s 24-year-old Olympic and world champion sailed over the bar at the first attempt, adding 1cm […]