LONDON • Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward insisted on Thursday that the club remain committed to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer despite a poor start to the season. United are languishing in 14th in the Premier League table and a fine start to their Champions League campaign came unstuck with a 2-1 defeat by Istanbul... » 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
BARCELONA • Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said Lionel Messi had agreed to start as a substitute against Real Betis on Saturday, after the Argentina forward came off the bench to net twice for a 5-2 La Liga win. The captain had not failed to make the team’s first XI since a defeat by Granada in... » read more
NEW YORK • The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) on Thursday tentatively approved the league’s plan to start the 2020-21 season on Dec 22, which would require players to report to their teams for training camps in less than a month – barely seven weeks after the end of the pandemic-disrupted previous season. The union... » read more
LONDON • Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font is staking his election bid on bringing Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola back to the Nou Camp. Former president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the entire board of directors at the La Liga club resigned earlier this week, leaving a power vacuum that will only be filled after the... » read more
LONDON • Jose Mourinho will not countenance Tottenham ever “being considered title contenders” despite being two points off leaders Everton after Monday’s 1-0 Premier League win at Burnley. Spurs fans could be forgiven for thinking otherwise after the narrow win at Turf Moor not only propelled them up to fifth in the table, but also... » read more