LIVERPOOL: Missing out on the Premier League title despite a record-breaking campaign was eased by winning a sixth European Cup for Liverpool last season, but ending a 30-year wait to be crowned English champions is now more important than ever on Merseyside. Jurgen Klopp’s men are expected to strike first blood in the title race when…
MONTREAL: Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem advanced into the third round of the ATP Montreal Masters on Wednesday, with Thiem achieving a personal best in Canada. Top-seeded holder Nadal suffered through a two-hour rain interruption before dismissing Britain’s Daniel Evans 7-6 (8/6), 6-4. Austrian second seed Thiem, who claimed a clay title at the weekend at…
JEDDAH: The world has a new richest race, with the announcement of the creation of the $20 million Saudi Cup, to be run at King Abdul Aziz Racetrack in Riyadh on Feb. 29, 2020. Details of the contest were announced by Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal, chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, at…
JEDDAH: The world has a new richest race, with the announcement of the creation of the $20 million Saudi Cup, to be run at King Abdul Aziz Racetrack in Riyadh on Feb. 29, 2020. Details of the contest were announced by Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal, chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, at…
JEDDAH: The world has a new richest race, with the announcement of the creation of the $20 million Saudi Cup, to be run at King Abdul Aziz Racetrack in Riyadh on Feb. 29, 2020. Details of the contest were announced by Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal, chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, at…
DOHA: Qatar giants Al-Sadd and Al-Duhail produced a tense 1-1 draw as they squared off for the very first time in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday. The round of 16 match was played at the brand new Al-Janoub Stadium built for the 2022 World Cup. In the second match of the day, Bafetimbi Gomis scored…
DOHA: Qatar giants Al-Sadd and Al-Duhail produced a tense 1-1 draw as they squared off for the very first time in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday. The round of 16 match was played at the brand new Al-Janoub Stadium built for the 2022 World Cup. In the second match of the day, Bafetimbi Gomis scored…
LONDON: Australia took an early lead in cricket’s oldest regular international series when they rallied from 122-8 in the first innings to win the first Ashes Test by a huge 251 runs against England on Monday. The teams meet at Lord’s for the second of five Tests starting Aug. 14. Here’s what we have learned so…
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad have one foot in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League after Ziyad Al-Sahafi’s 72nd-minute goal handed Iran’s Zob Ahan their first defeat in Asia’s premier tournament this year on Monday.Al Ittihad, who won back-to-back Asian titles in 2004 and 2005, beat Zob Ahan 2-1 in the first leg of…
PARIS: Last season’s Champions League semifinalists Ajax recovered to earn a 2-2 draw on their trip to PAOK Thessaloniki in Tuesday’s first leg of the third qualifying round.Dutch champions Ajax came within seconds of reaching the final last term but again must come through a series of qualifiers despite landing a 34th national title in…
LONDON: Former England captain Wayne Rooney is to leave Washington-based DC United after agreeing a deal to become player-coach of English Championship side Derby County.The 33-year-old — the record goalscorer for both his country and Manchester United — signed an 18-month contract with the second-tier side, who under Rooney’s former England teammate Frank Lampard reached…
BIRMINGHAM, England: Australia won the first Ashes test by a huge margin of 251 runs on Monday after dismissing England for 146 in its second innings on the final day.Offspinner Nathan Lyon was often unplayable with 6-49 and passed 350 test wickets in a remarkable turnaround for the Australians, who had been reduced to 122-8…
HUNGARORING, Hungary: Lewis Hamilton regained the momentum in the world championship with a memorable strategic victory on Sunday when he overcame young rival Max Verstappen with three laps to go in a tense Hungarian Grand Prix.The 34-year-old defending five-time world champion started third on the grid in his Mercedes and, after stalking the 21-year-old Dutch…
JEDDAH: Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, has officially completed his takeover of Spanish football club Almeria, according to reports. “After continuous speculation, Almeria have been sold to Turki Al-Sheikh after the operation went through for about €20 million ($22.26 million),” Spanish paper Marca said on its website. Al-Sheikh will…
BIRMINGHAM: Steve Smith hit his second century of his comeback Test on Sunday as Australia set England a daunting 398 to win the Ashes opener at Edgbaston.Ashes-holders Australia, bidding to win their first Test series away to England in 18 years, made 487-7 declared in their second innings as they capitalized on the absence from…
LONDON: Manchester City fired the first shot in their battle for supremacy with rivals Liverpool on Sunday as they snatched the Community Shield with a 5-4 penalty shoot-out win after a 1-1 draw at Wembley.Raheem Sterling gave City a first half lead before Joel Matip grabbed a late equalizer for Liverpool in the annual curtain-raiser…
HUNGARORING, Hungary: Lewis Hamilton regained the momentum in the world championship with a memorable strategic victory on Sunday when he overcame young rival Max Verstappen with three laps to go in a tense Hungarian Grand Prix.The 34-year-old defending five-time world champion started third on the grid in his Mercedes and, after stalking the 21-year-old Dutch…
LONDON: Pep Guardiola has urged Manchester City to prepare for the “incredible challenge” of battling Liverpool for the Premier League title by landing an early blow against their rivals in Sunday’s Community Shield. Guardiola’s side pipped Liverpool to the Premier League by one point last season after a thrilling title race went down to the last…
LONDON: Pep Guardiola has urged Manchester City to prepare for the “incredible challenge” of battling Liverpool for the Premier League title by landing an early blow against their rivals in Sunday’s Community Shield. Guardiola’s side pipped Liverpool to the Premier League by one point last season after a thrilling title race went down to the last…
JEDDAH: Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, has officially completed his takeover of Spanish football club Almeria, according to reports. “After continuous speculation, Almeria have been sold to Turki Al-Sheikh after the operation went through for about €20 million ($22.26 million),” Spanish paper Marca said on its website. Al-Sheikh will…
