FA Cup replays scrapped from first round in 2024-25
LONDON: FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition. All rounds of the Emirates FA Cup will also be played on weekends, including the fifth round which has been played in midweek for the past five seasons. The […]
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Nerveless Madrid to face Bayern after edging holders City on penalties
LONDON: Manchester City’s bid for the double treble is over after Real Madrid beat them on penalties in their Champions League quarter-final second leg. The English champions and FA Cup holders recovered from going behind to Rodrygo’s early strike to lay siege to Real’s goal, […]
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE End of the road for Arsenal as Kimmich heads Bayern into the semi-finals
MUNICH: Joshua Kimmich powered in a 63rd-minute header to give Bayern Munich’s a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the Champions League and send them through to the semi-finals for the first time in four years with a 3-2 aggregate win. Germany international Kimmich timed his […]
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Spain at risk from FIFA pressure over federation corruption chaos
MADRID: Spain’s government has said it will decide whether to suspend the frontrunner to lead the country’s soccer federation while it determines with world governing body FIFA how to reform an organisation mired in a corruption scandal. Jose Manuel Rodriguez Uribes, president of the state-run […]
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Olympic revolution as World Athletics decides to pay prize money to Games gold medallists
—- Pierre de Coubertin, creator of the modern Olympics, might be turning in his two graves after World Athletics said it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Games – rewarding athletes financially for achieving the pinnacle of sporting success, […]
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German football in mourning for 1974 World Cup winner Holzenbein
FRANKFURT: German football is in mourning for 1974 World Cup-winning left winger Bernd Hölzenbein who has died at 78 after a long illness. Hölzenbein was the victim of the foul in the final against Netherlands which earned an equaliser for West Germany on their way […]
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AFC
Qatar seal Knockout berth, Indonesia stun Australia SUPERB INDONESIA DEFEATAUSTRALIA FOR HISTORIC WINDoha: Debutants Indonesia pulled off their first ever win in AFC U23 Asian Cup™ history after edging Australia 1-0 on Thursday evening at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium as Komang Teguh’s first-half header, […]
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Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Games is lit in Ancient Olympia
ATHENS: On the eve of 100 days to go, the flame for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 has been lit. It was ignited at the historic birthplace of the Olympic Games in Ancient Olympia in Greece. The Olympic flame, embodying peace and hope, will now […]
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Alekna breaks the discus world record with 74.35m in Oklahoma
—- Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna broke the longest standing men’s world record, throwing an incredible 74.35m* to smash the discus mark at the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting in Ramona. That throw improves the world record of 74.08m set by Jurgen Schult in 1986 – 16 years […]
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London Marathon already topping £63m for entrants’ charities
LONDON: The 2023 TCS London Marathon, the world’s biggest annual one day fundraising event, has already raised £63m for thousands of charities. It is the highest total since 2019 (the last edition of the London Marathon prior to the pandemic) and brings the cumulative total […]
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