New Zealand will face England in next Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semi-finals after the All Blacks pummelled a flat Ireland 46-14 in Saturday’s last-eight clash in Tokyo. The three-times champions had lost two of their last three matches against the Irish but Saturday’s performance better reflected the All Black’s overall record against the men in […] Read more
French professional football coach and former international player Zinedine Zidane has returned to Real Madrid as manager, the Spanish football club said in a statement. “The Board of Directors has named Zinedine Zidane as the new trainer of Real Madrid effective immediately for the rest of the season and until June 30th 2022.” Zidane, who […] Read more
Martina Navratilova joined Athlete Ally as an ambassador in 2014 The Grand Slam winner says allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sport is “insane” and “cheating”. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been sacked as an ambassador for a group campaigning for LGBT sportspeople over “transphobic” comments. She wrote in The Sunday Times that it […] Read more
By: Sachin Nakrani Fulham’s Aboubakar Kamara has been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm following allegations of a fight at the club’s Motspur Park training ground that has also led to the striker being banned indefinitely from the venue. Metropolitan police were called to Motspur Park shortly after 5pm on Monday following reports of […] Read more
The head of Japan’s Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, has been indicted in France on corruption allegations, Paris’ financial prosecutor’s office spokesperson confirmed to Euronews. Following a request from France, Japanese prosecutors questioned Takeda back in 2017 over his knowledge of suspect payments made by the Tokyo Olympic bid team to a Singaporean company headed by […] Read more
German football club Bayern Munich says it will impose a heavy fine on its midfield player Franck Ribery over a number of profane tweets he posted. The Frenchman made the posts in response to criticism on social media from fans who saw a video of him eating a gold-coated steak. The 35-year-old shared the video […] Read more
Wayne Rooney was arrested on public intoxication and swearing charges in the US before Christmas – but the footballer has blamed sleeping pills. The former Manchester United player, who now plays for US team DC United, was charged on 16 December. According to Virginia court records, Rooney was fined £25 and had to pay £91 […] Read more
A soccer star who was honored as the world’s best female player on Monday was asked to twerk on stage just moments later. Ada Hegerberg, who plays for the Norwegian national team and French club Lyon, was awarded the inaugural Women’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Paris. The 23-year-old was presented the award by […] Read more
The Copa Libertadores final second leg between Argentine clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors is to be played in Madrid in December. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) announced the move on Thursday, after the original clash scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires was postponed due to crowd violence. Boca players were hurt when […] Read more
Two professional freestyle skiers completed an extraordinary run by jumping over several roads on Italy’s highest mountain pass. Germany’s Benedikt Mayr and Italy’s Markus Eder made use of slopes, rail slides and snowcat vehicles to jump over roads as they made the descent. Starting from an altitude of 2,757 metres, Mayr and Eder descended 555 […] Read more
