DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund stormed into the Champions League semi-finals with a rip-roaring 4-2 home win over Atletico Madrid after hitting back from a 2-1 defeat in the first leg to win the tie 5-4 on aggregate. The German side scored twice in the first half […]

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BARCELONA: Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe scored twice in the second half to help guide his side to a 4-1 comeback win at 10-man Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final, second leg to wrap up a 6-4 aggregate revenge victory. Raphinha gave Barca the lead in […]

MADRID: The Spanish league recorded total revenue of €5.69bn for the 2022-23 season as revenues rose 17.8pc compared with the previous campaign and surpassed the €5.07bn from 2019-20. The LaLiga growth was boosted by record commercial revenues (up 28.6pc), as well as growth in matchday […]

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 […]

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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 […]