LONDON: Shane Warne believes “heroic” and “courageous” Pakistani-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed can become an unlikely Ashes hero for Australia in England later this...
LONDON: Shane Warne believes “heroic” and “courageous” Pakistani-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed can become an unlikely Ashes hero for Australia in England later this...
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball will seek doping suspensions on about 20 players, including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, in the wake...
MILAN: Dragging cycling from the “mire” of the Lance Armstrong affair will be Brian Cookson’s objective if the British Cycling chief succeeds in...
MIAMI: Two teams that were built to win will meet in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals when Miami Heat defend their title...
MIAMI: When LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined the Miami Heat in 2010, teaming up with Dwyane Wade to form the ‘Big Three’,...
LOS ANGELES: Jonathan Quick made 19 saves and the defending National Hockey League champion Los Angeles Kings defeated Chicago 3-1 yesterday, trimming the...
BOSTON: Boston’s offence exploded for their highest scoring day of the season, the Red Sox pounding the Texas Rangers 17-5 yesterday. The Red...
Iran’s Masoud Shojaei clears the ball during their 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Qualifiers match against Qatar at the Al Sadd Stadium yesterday....
Iraq’s Alaa Abdulzehra (centre) dribbles past Oman’s Ahmed Mubarak (left) and Raed Saleh during their group B Asian zone qualifying match for the...
SAITAMA, Japan: Keisuke Honda fired Japan into the 2014 World Cup yesterday with a dramatic injury-time penalty which salvaged a 1-1 draw with...
DHAKA: Former Bangladesh cricket captain and national hero Mohammad Ashraful (pictured) yesterday admitted match-fixing, further shaking confidence in the game and deepening a...
Treble-winning Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes (centre) Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness (right) and Bayern Munich CEO Karlheinz Rummenigge pose with the German...
MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has denied reports that star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has rejected a new contract from the Spanish club....
MADRID: This month’s Confederations Cup is far from the world’s most prestigious tournament but Spain are eager to complete the set following World...
BEIJING: Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named chief coach of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F, the club said yesterday. Eriksson,...
MOSCOW, Russia: Russia manager Fabio Capello has dismissed the rumours that he was set to take over at French champions Paris St Germain...
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates his victory over Switzerland’s Roger Federer at the end of their French Tennis Open quarter final match at the...
TARARE, France: Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen yesterday saluted his team-mates for helping him secure victory in the Tour de France warm-up the Criterium...
