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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
—- 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
—- 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 […]