LONDON: Neither Trent Alexander-Arnold nor Andrew Robertson have Lionel Messi’s star power, but the buccaneering Liverpool defenders could play just as vital a role as the Barcelona captain in their mouth-watering Champions League semifinal. Virgil van Dijk has hogged the spotlight among Liverpool’s defenders with a superb campaign that earned the Dutch centerback the Professional…
LONDON: Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted he was at fault as Ajax closed in on a first Champions League final for 23 years thanks to Donny van de Beek’s early goal to win the first leg of their semifinal 1-0 on Tuesday. Van de Beek’s opener on 15 minutes was just reward for the Dutch…
LOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant scored 29 points and Klay Thompson added 21 on Tuesday as the Golden State Warriors downed the Houston Rockets 115-109 in a bruising NBA playoff clash. The reigning champion Warriors never trailed, but they had to battle to the end to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round…
LOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant scored 29 points and Klay Thompson added 21 on Tuesday as the Golden State Warriors downed the Houston Rockets 115-109 in a bruising NBA playoff clash. The reigning champion Warriors never trailed, but they had to battle to the end to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference second-round…
MADRID: Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, 37, has suffered a heart attack and has been taken to hospital, Portuguese radio station Renascenca reported on Wednesday, adding that the FC Porto player was out of danger. Casillas, who made 167 appearances as goalkeeper for the Spanish national team on the way to winning a World Cup and two European…
TORONTO: Jimmy Butler had 30 points and 11 rebounds, James Ennis scored 13 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Monday night, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-1. Game 3 is Thursday night in Philadelphia. Down 19 in the first half, Toronto cut the deficit to one…
TORONTO: Jimmy Butler had 30 points and 11 rebounds, James Ennis scored 13 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Monday night, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-1. Game 3 is Thursday night in Philadelphia. Down 19 in the first half, Toronto cut the deficit to one…
WASHINGTON: Kevin Durant scored 35 points to lead the defending champion Golden State Warriors over Houston 104-100 Sunday while Boston ripped Milwaukee in the openers of their NBA second-round playoff matchups. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, each playing despite right ankle injuries, scored 18 and 13 points respectively while Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green each added…
WASHINGTON: Kevin Durant scored 35 points to lead the defending champion Golden State Warriors over Houston 104-100 Sunday while Boston ripped Milwaukee in the openers of their NBA second-round playoff matchups. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, each playing despite right ankle injuries, scored 18 and 13 points respectively while Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green each added…
WASHINGTON: Kevin Durant scored 35 points to lead the defending champion Golden State Warriors over Houston 104-100 Sunday while Boston ripped Milwaukee in the openers of their NBA second-round playoff matchups. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, each playing despite right ankle injuries, scored 18 and 13 points respectively while Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green each added…
LONDON: Alex Hales accused English cricket authorities of going back on their word after the batsman was removed from the host country’s squad for the Cricket World Cup on Monday for undisclosed off-field reasons. Hales’ management company said its client was “devastated” after being told by the England and Wales Cricket Board he would not be…
MANCHESTER: Manchester City moved back ahead of Liverpool to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Burnley, while Chelsea consolidated their place in the top four thanks to another error from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Leicester means Chelsea now hold…
BAKU: Valtteri Bottas held off Lewis Hamilton before cruising to victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday to continue Mercedes’ dominance of the title race.That was the fourth straight one-two finish for Mercedes, the best start to a season by a two-car team in Formula One history.“It obviously means a lot. It’s incredible as…
MANCHESTER: Manchester City moved back ahead of Liverpool to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Burnley, while Chelsea consolidated their place in the top four thanks to another error from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Leicester means Chelsea now hold…
DHAKA: Street children from Bangladesh will fly to the UK later this month to take part in a cricketing first, officials said Saturday. The eight-member team will participate in a street cricket world cup in London, the first event of its kind. Leedo, a Dhaka-based charity that works with street children in the capital, selected…
DHAKA: Street children from Bangladesh will fly to the UK later this month to take part in a cricketing first, officials said Saturday. The eight-member team will participate in a street cricket world cup in London, the first event of its kind. Leedo, a Dhaka-based charity that works with street children in the capital, selected…
DHAKA: Street children from Bangladesh will fly to the UK later this month to take part in a cricketing first, officials said Saturday. The eight-member team will participate in a street cricket world cup in London, the first event of its kind. Leedo, a Dhaka-based charity that works with street children in the capital, selected…
‘Kid was depressed’: Osaka in first clay quarter-final after ‘rough months’ STUTTGART, Germany: World number one Naomi Osaka defeated Hsieh Su-wei 6-4, 6-3 in Stuttgart on Thursday to reach her first career clay court quarter-final and admitted she had been left “depressed” after a “rough few months.”US and Australian Open champion Osaka, who lost to…
From near-death in Libyan desert to Saudi Arabia in 40 years: A history of the Dakar Rally LONDON: A new and exciting chapter in the prestigious history of the Dakar Rally is ready to be written as the world’s biggest and most challenging rally confirmed it will debut in Saudi Arabia in January 2020. 1977:…
OAKLAND: Lou Williams again came off the bench and knocked down big shot after big shot. Patrick Beverley crashed the boards at every chance. Danilo Gallinari drove the lane with authority. The Los Angeles Clippers took the Warriors right out of their comfort zone by beating the two-time defending champions at their own game with…
