LONDON • With a 9-5 head-to-head advantage over Dominic Thiem, Rafael Nadal will be the favourite in today’s London 2020 group clash at the ATP Finals. However, the pair have never played on an indoor hard court – their past two encounters were on outdoor hard courts with one win apiece – so the world... » read more
BASEL (Switzerland) • Spain captain Sergio Ramos is used to grabbing headlines for the right and wrong reasons. He did just that on Saturday against Switzerland, becoming the most capped European player and then the first Spain player to miss two penalties in a game. Ramos broke Italy great Gianluigi Buffon’s record by making his... » read more
RACE 1 (1,650M) 4 Wonderful Tiger won third-up last campaign. He gets an excellent chance to repeat with a lovely run from Gate 1 for Chad Schofield. 1 Humble Steed returns to Class 5, where he is a two-time winner. He just has to overcome a wide draw. 5 Smiling Success gets a favourable draw... » read more
LOS ANGELES • Fresh off his maiden Major win, power-hitting golfer Bryson DeChambeau finds himself in a rarest of circumstances: He is feeling relaxed. It is a welcome reprieve for the meticulously data-driven world No. 6, who overhauled his body this year to add power to his drives and claimed the US Open crown by... » read more
In his last fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Anderson Silva suffered a fourth-round technical knockout defeat by Uriah Hall in Las Vegas on Saturday. The mixed martial arts great still holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days.
BERLIN • Coach Zinedine Zidane insisted that Real Madrid deserved a point after Casemiro scored a last-gasp equaliser, as the Spanish giants fought back from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw at Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday to avoid a fourth straight Champions League defeat. Marcus Thuram’s double put Gladbach on course for a... » read more
LOS ANGELES • Justin Thomas fired a second successive seven-under 65 for the halfway lead at the Zozo Championship on Friday, but he was not a happy man despite being in prime position for a 14th PGA Tour title. “I played well. But I’m not very pleased with the finish. The last six holes I... » read more
MUNICH (AFP) – Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman picked up where he left off last season with two goals in a 4-0 home rout of Atletico Madrid on Wednesday (Oct 21) as the holders got the defence of their Champions League campaign off to a winning start. Coman, whose header settled last season’s Champions League... » read more
PARIS • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was full of praise for his “excellent” Manchester United side on Tuesday after Marcus Rashford’s late strike saw them win at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League for the second time in three seasons. “The performance was good and we deserved to win it. It was a better performance than... » read more
NEW YORK • Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, whose tweet last year supporting Hong Kong freedom led to a China rift with the National Basketball Association (NBA), is stepping down. He is leaving on his own accord after guiding the Rockets basketball operations since the 2007-2008 season, making the decision after the Houston were... » read more