From a smashed mirror and crashes to unusually severe penalties, there were plenty of hazards at the Qatar Grand Prix. Max Verstappen steered clear of them all to follow up his Formula One drivers’ title with his ninth win of the year on Sunday. Lando Norris, Verstappen’s closest title rival until h
Dozens of people were killed on Sunday in clashes between fans at a soccer match in Nzerekore, Guinea’s second-largest city, hospital sources said, describing scenes of mass carnage. “There are bodies lined up as far as the eye can see in the hospital. Others are lying on the floor in the hallways.
TSG (Taiwan Steel Group) Tainan won the Taiwan Football Premier League (TFPL) title for a fifth straight season on Sunday, while the Kaohsiung Attackers a week earlier emerged as champions for the first time in the women’s league. In the final round of the TFPL, TSG rested most of their important pl
HISTORIC VICTORY: Botafogo are the last of the four big Rio clubs to win the Copa Libertadores and they earned a spot in next year’s FIFA Club World Cup
Botafogo on Saturday overcame playing with 10 men to win their first Copa Libertadores title after beating fellow Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro 3-1 in the final at Estadio Monumental. After just 30 seconds, midfielder Gregore, one of Botafogo’s best players, hit the head of Fausto Vera with his fo
Ireland on Saturday fought back from a halftime deficit to mark a 150th anniversary with a scruffy 22-19 victory over Australia, sealing the victory in the last eight minutes and denying their former coach Joe Schmidt a winning return. The home side, celebrating Irish rugby’s birthday, were 13-5 dow
England yesterday romped to an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test in Christchurch, New Zealand, to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and bring the Black Caps thudding back to earth after their recent triumph in India. Big batting, notably Harry Brook’s 171, and a fine di
US skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she sustained an abrasion on her left hip and that something “stabbed” her when she crashed during her second run of an Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. Shiffrin stayed down on the edge of the c
CLASH OF MANAGERS: Brighton’s Fabian Hurzeler and Russell Martin of Southampton accused each other of disrespect, while both were booked
Southampton on Friday were denied a priceless victory by a controversial decision as they drew with hosts Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Premier League.Kaoru Mitoma spectacularly headed Brighton into a first-half lead and Flynn Downes hammered home an equalizer an hour in.Minutes later teammate C
About 2,500 cyclists from 32 countries yesterday joined two Grand Tour cyclists for the first-ever L’Etape du Tour de France in Taiwan.Seven-time Grand Tour champion Christopher Froome and recently retired all-time great Mark Cavendish, who in July achieved a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stag
Patrick Mahomes on Friday passed for 306 yards and became Kansas City’s career leader in touchdown passes as the Chiefs clinched an American Football Conference playoff spot with a 19-17 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Raiders.Kansas City (11-1) have played in a slew of close games this season a
Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Huang Hsiao-wen on Friday secured a spot in the gold-medal bout at the World Boxing Cup Finals in Sheffield, England.Huang defeated Tatiana Chagas of Brazil 5-0 in the women’s 54kg division. Three judges called the bout at 30-27 in favor of Huang, while two had it at 29
De’Andre Hunter on Friday scored 23 points off the bench as the Atlanta Hawks beat the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers to advance in the NBA Cup.The Hawks, who on Wednesday handed the Cavs their first home defeat of the season, came out on top at home, parlaying a 52-50 halftime lead into a 117-1
EUROPA LEAGUE: Man United maintained their unbeaten record in Europe this season with the first win of coach Ruben Amorim’s tenure against a spirited Bodo/Glimt side
Rasmus Hojlund scored twice as Manchester United fought back to beat Norwegian team Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday to give new manager Ruben Amorim a victory in his first game at Old Trafford.Hojlund also set up the opening goal scored by Alejandro Garnacho in the opening minut
Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary, Motorcycle Mary, has died, her family said. She was 87.“McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing have inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps,” her f
Paris Saint-Germain find themselves in familiar territory following their midweek defeat against Bayern Munich, as a side that is too strong for its domestic rivals in France struggles in the UEFA Champions League.However, there is perhaps a difference this time — while PSG have often not lived up t
World No. 1 and five-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ), the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Thursday.Swiatek tested positive in an out-of-competition sample in August, but
OLYMPICSCanberra announces funding Australia’s sporting bodies have welcomed A$385 million (US$250.6 million) in federal government funding over the next 18 months announced yesterday by the Australian Sports Commission. The Win Well and Play Well schemes would offer funding for 70 sports with 95 pe
‘FAIR RESULT’: After losing 2-0 at Anfield, European giants Real Madrid have an uphill battle to qualify for the second round of the UEFA Champions League
Liverpool is 100 percent on top of the UEFA Champions League after dumping title holder Real Madrid into an almost unbelievable 24th place in the 36-team standings on Wednesday.No one felt the embarrassment of Madrid’s 2-0 loss at Anfield more than Kylian Mbappe, the superstar added in the offseason
A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that does not have a missile-sized hole in its roof.After 56 hours of travel to Calgary, including a 24-hour bus ride from the Ukrainian city of Dnipro to Warsaw, Poland, that required an army escort for a por