LONDON • Tottenham may be flying high in all competitions but manager Jose Mourinho has conceded that he is unable to keep all of his players happy. Spurs, who had already progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League, beat Antwerp 2-0 after strikes by Carlos Vinicius and Giovani lo Celso. They also sealed... » read more
Aussie Open delayed 3 weeks after long talks MELBOURNE • The Australian Open will start three weeks late on Feb 8, reports said yesterday, with tennis players cleared to train during quarantine following lengthy negotiations with the state authorities. According to Australian media, the start date was announced to players by tournament director Craig Tiley.... » read more
LONDON • Newcastle United’s Premier League fixture at Aston Villa on Friday is under increasing threat of being postponed as the club attempt to deal with a coronavirus outbreak. According to The Guardian, Steve Bruce’s entire first-team squad were asked to self-isolate on Monday, while their training ground was closed and will not reopen till... » read more
LONDON • Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola revealed that his players could not revel in their 5-0 Premier League victory over Burnley on Saturday, as hectic match scheduling had sucked some of the joy out of the sport. The Covid-19 pandemic forced last season to finish late and this campaign to be condensed into a... » read more
MELBOURNE • Australian Open organisers said yesterday that nothing regarding the quarantine for players arriving in the country for the Grand Slam had been decided yet, despite a report in local media that competitors would be able to train while in self-isolation. The Age newspaper reported that the men’s governing body ATP has told the... » read more
KIEV (AFP) – Tuesday’s (Nov 17) Nations League match between Switzerland and Ukraine has been called off, the Ukrainian football association said, after six of its players tested positive for the coronavirus. The association said in a statement that it was informed by continental governing body Uefa the match “cannot take place”, after the Swiss... » read more
BERLIN • Team owners and the National Basketball Association (NBA) players’ association have agreed on a shortened season to allow players to compete in next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. “The owners of NBA teams have agreed with the players’ association on an early and shortened NBA... » read more
LOS ANGELES • Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird believes women’s football players in the United States are more widely supported and favoured than their counterparts in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) because of the public perception of them as “cute little white girls”. Point guard Bird, who won her fourth WNBA title this month, said... » read more