Lindsey Jacobellis captured America’s first gold medal of the Olympics on Wednesday, riding hard to the line in her snowboard cross final a full 16 years after a mistake cost her the title. The 36-year-old racer was in her fifth Olympics and captured the first US win of what has been an otherwise dismal Games […]
American sensation Chloe Kim gave a snowboarding masterclass as she successfully defended her Olympic halfpipe title at the Beijing Games on Thursday. The 21-year-old had the title in the bag after only the first of three runs, scoring a whopping 94.00 points to give her a virtually unassailable lead. She clutched her helmet and fell […]
The 15-year-old figure skating star Kamila Valieva, who led the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to team gold at the Beijing Olympics this week, tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Games, Russian media have reported. The positive test could cost the ROC the team gold and also threatens Valieva’s participation in the individual […]
Manchester City surged 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win against Brentford, while Tottenham’s top four bid suffered a blow in a dramatic 3-2 defeat against Southampton on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s side extended their unbeaten run in the league to 14 matches thanks to Riyad Mahrez’s first half […]
Romelu Lukaku scored a much-needed goal as Chelsea beat Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Club World Cup final against South American champions Palmeiras. Chelsea’s club-record signing had failed to score in five games before arriving in Abu Dhabi, and the Blues are looking for the 28-year-old to find his […]
In a reversal of fortunes from the last Olympic Games, American Nathan Chen scored a world record in the figure skating short programme in Beijing on Tuesday, giving him a massive lead over a shocked Yuzuru Hanyu in their quest for the gold medal. At the Pyeongchang Games in 2018, Chen – also a gold-medal […]
Hong Kong alpine skier Audrey King gave it her all but failed to finish her slalom run in her maiden Olympics on Wednesday. A tearful King, 19, told TVB afterwards that her main target was to finish her run in the women’s slalom event at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on Wednesday morning, but […]
Manchester United dropped out of the English Premier League’s top four after a damaging 1-1 draw against struggling Burnley, while Newcastle boosted their survival bid with a crucial 3-1 win against Everton on Tuesday. Ralf Rangnick’s side slipped down to fifth place after Jay Rodriguez cancelled out Paul Pogba’s opener at Turf Moor. West Ham […]
Ren Ziwei led a home one-two to take the gold medal in the short track speed skating 1,000 metres in a chaotic finish at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Ren appeared to grab Hungarian Liu Shaolin as both threw their skates to the line in the tightest of finishes, but Liu, who crossed the line […]
Canadian and ROC women ice hockey players wore medical face masks on Monday during their Beijing Winter Games match, which also started an hour late, because of a delay in Covid test results. Canada ended up dominating the match, winning 6-1. The ROC players were on the ice for the scheduled start time but their […]
Teenager Su Yiming made history on Monday when he became the first male snowboarder from China to reach the Olympic podium. Su, 17, took silver in the men’s snowboard slopestyle at the Beijing Winter Games. Max Parrot of Canada, who was in hospital fighting cancer three years ago, won gold with a score of 90.96. […]
Teenager Ailing (Eileen) Gu won a spectacular gold for China at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday as she triumphed in the inaugural women’s freeski Big Air at the Winter Games. This was China’s third gold medal in the Beijing Olympics. After a strong opening jump, the 18-year-old saved her best for her last leap when […]
Football chiefs from the UK and Ireland announced on Monday they had decided not to bid to stage the 2030 World Cup and would instead focus on a joint campaign to host Euro 2028. The football associations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have concluded that the European Championship represents […]
Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi won ski jumping gold on the men’s normal hill at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, holding his nerve while his main title rivals lost theirs. Kobayashi, who becomes the first Japanese ski jumper to win Olympic gold on foreign snow, led after the first round and sealed the deal with his second […]
China claimed a record-extending ninth Women’s Asian Cup title after staging a dramatic second-half comeback to hand South Korea a 3-2 defeat in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Xiao Yuyi scored three minutes into injury time to cap a late title-winning resurgence from the Chinese, who had trailed to strikes from Choe Yu-ri and Ji So-yun […]
“Super-proud” snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history for New Zealand after winning their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday but bad weather played havoc with the eagerly anticipated men’s downhill skiing. Six golds were up for grabs on the second full day of competition in the Chinese capital, as the sports took centre […]
Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah’s Egypt 4-2 in a shoot-out to win their first Africa Cup of Nations title after Sunday’s final finished goalless at the end of extra time. Mane had seen Mohamed Abou Gabal save his […]
Nottingham Forest knocked holders Leicester out of the FA Cup as the Championship side powered to a shock 4-1 win, while non-league Boreham Wood upset second tier Bournemouth with a 1-0 victory on Sunday. Leicester’s disappointing season hit a new low with the dismal fourth round loss against their midlands rivals at the City Ground. […]
China’s speed-skaters won the country’s first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics, claiming the short track speed skating mixed team relay title in dramatic fashion on Saturday. Italy were second and Hungary finished third. Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu clocked two minutes 37.348 seconds over 2,000 metres in the final […]
Six gold medals will be awarded on Saturday as competition kicks into high gear at the Beijing Winter Games. The first gold medal of the Games went to Norway’s Therese Johaug, who stormed ahead of the competition in the women’s 7.5km-plus-7.5km skiathlon cross-country skiing. Johaug, the clear favourite ahead of the event, finished the course […]
Frank Lampard made a winning start to his Everton reign as Brentford were beaten 4-1 in the FA Cup fourth round, while non-league Kidderminster were seconds away from causing a huge upset before West Ham escaped with a 2-1 victory on Saturday. Lampard was hired on Monday to replace the sacked Rafael Benitez and Everton […]
Scotland launched their Six Nations campaign with a dramatic 20-17 win over England at Murrayfield on Saturday as they recorded consecutive Calcutta Cup victories over their arch-rivals for the first time since 1984. England were 17-10 ahead, with fly-half Marcus Smith having scored all of their points, when Scotland were awarded a penalty try 15 […]
Ireland laid down a marker for the Six Nations title easing to a convincing 29-7 victory over champions Wales at Lansdowne Road on Saturday for their ninth successive Test win. Two tries early in the second-half for Andrew Conway gave the hosts the breathing space they needed having led 10-0 at half-time. The victory sets […]
Justin Langer has resigned as coach of the Australian men’s cricket team, his management company said on Saturday. “DSEG confirms that our client Justin Langer has this morning tendered his resignation as coach of the Australian men’s cricket team,” Dynamic Sports & Entertainment group tweeted. “The resignation follows a meeting with Cricket Australia last evening. […]
Manchester United suffered a shock FA Cup fourth round exit as Middlesbrough won 8-7 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Friday. Ralf Rangnick’s side crashed out after Anthony Elanga blazed his spot-kick over the bar in a nerve-jangling shoot-out. Jadon Sancho had put United ahead in the first half, but Matt […]
West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Bruce insists he has not been scarred by his miserable spell at Newcastle United as he sets his sights on promotion to the Premier League. Bruce was sacked by Newcastle in October following the arrival of the club’s new Saudi-led owners. A boyhood Newcastle fan, Bruce’s dream job had quickly […]
Captain Wang Shanshan scored a late equaliser as China edged out holders Japan 4-3 on penalties to reach their 11th Women’s Asian Cup final on Thursday. The epic semi-final ended 2-2 after extra time and Chinese goalkeeper Yu Zhu saved the first and fifth penalty in Pune to eye a record-extending ninth title. They will […]
Mohamed Salah’s Egypt are through to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating hosts Cameroon 3-1 on penalties at the end of a goalless 120 minutes in Yaounde on Thursday. Goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal was the Egyptian hero, saving from both Harold Moukoudi and James Lea-Siliki in the shoot-out at the Olembe […]
The mixed doubles curling competition kicked off the 2022 Winter Olympics on Wednesday with Sweden’s Almida de Val throwing the first rock of the preliminary round at the National Aquatics Centre. Teams walked out to the rink with “Scotland The Brave” blasting on the bagpipes before De Val and Oskar Eriksson took on world champion […]
Senegal are through to a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations final after breaking Burkina Faso hearts in their last-four tie in Yaounde on Wednesday, Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Sadio Mane scoring second-half goals to secure a 3-1 victory. Africa’s top-ranked national team, Senegal will find out their opponents in Sunday’s final on […]