Barcelona conceded twice in 68 seconds and Real Madrid were three down at half-time as La Liga’s two title favourites were each stunned by surprise defeats on Wednesday night. Barca’s 2-1 loss to relegation fighters Leganes was the greater shock…
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS: WORLD CHAMPION FINED £100,000 FOR ‘SICKENING’ VIDEO
British WBO middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders has been fined £100,000 by the British Boxing Board of Control for a social media video that police described as “sickening”. Saunders, 29, has apologised for the video, in which he tells…
PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS: LAWRO V DAME JESSICA ENNIS-HILL
League, Tottenham will attempt to get back on track when they visit Brighton in Saturday’s late kick-off. The Seagulls have already beaten Manchester United at the Amex Stadium this season, however, so can they claim another major scalp this weekend?…
ELEVEN AND HELL: CRISTIANO RONALDO’S 11 RED CARDS
Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for the 11th time on Wednesday on his Champions League debut with Juventus at Valencia.Here, AFP Sport takes a look at all of the Portuguese star’s dismissals. 1. Saturday, May 15, 2004, Aston Villa 0…
GARY SPEED: OLD LETTER HINTED THAT ‘MAYBE MENTAL ILLNESS WAS ALWAYS THERE’
The widow of late Wales manager Gary Speed says a letter he wrote as a teenager hinted at mental health problems. Louise Speed found him dead at home in November 2011 and at the inquest the coroner said he was not…
FEARSOME SHARNI LAYTON WELL SET TO JOIN ELITE BAND OF SPORT-SWITCHERS
September is upon us and the swooping season has begun. No magpie has taken up the challenge as seriously as former Australia netballer Sharni Layton, who has dived into a new career at the same club by joining Ashleigh Brazill…
CRISIS ROCKS NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES, FOUR EDO ATHLETES STRIPPED OF GOLD
Delta, Bayelsa, Lagos lead medal table A major crisis is brewing at the ongoing National Youth Games in Ilorin, Kwara State, following an alleged disqualification of four athletes from Edo State after they won four gold medals in the gymnastics…
DRAMA AT THE US OPEN AND A STINGING DEFEAT FOR SERENA WILLIAMS
Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese tennis player to win a grand slam. It happened in the strangest of ways. In the finals at the US Open, the 20-year-old Osaka defeated 36-year-old Serena Williams mainly with a commanding display of precociousness that is most reminiscent…
FIFA BEST PLAYER: SCHMEICHEL PREDICTS WHO’LL WIN AWARD
Manchester United legend, Peter Schmeichel, has predicted that Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, will win this year’s FIFA Men’s Player award. He said that the player is most likely to break Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s stranglehold of the prestigious…
HOW SHORT TENNIS PLAYERS COMPETE IN A SPORT OF GIANTS
When Laura Siegemund, who once reached 26th in the women’s tennis rankings, had to drop down to the I.T.F. Pro Circuit as she came back from an injury, she noticed a significant difference in the players there that went beyond…