February 23, 2021
Sri Lanka names 20-member squad for West Indies tour
Sri Lanka Monday named a 20-member squad for six limited over matches against the West Indies delayed by COVID-19 infections. The cricket board said fast bowler Lahiru Kumara, 24, who tested positive on Monday was being replaced by 33-year-old…
February 15, 2021
Djokovic defies injury to reach the last eight in the Australian Open
Eight-time winner Novak Djokovic fought through what he had described as a tournament-ending injury to beat Milos Raonic and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals yesterday. Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams survived scares to go through but US…
February 9, 2021
Pilot disorientation, flight rule violations blamed for crash that killed Kobe Bryant: NTSB
Federal investigators on Tuesday said the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, including the pilot, crashed last January when the pilot became disoriented after flying in thick fog. The pilot did not follow training,…
December 31, 2020
Masked Olympics will still dominate crowded 2021 in sports
The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be the centrepiece of a crammed sporting year in 2021 as sports administrators who had their calendars wiped away by the novel coronavirus pandemic try to fill the gaps even as a second wave hits. While the Games…
October 20, 2020
Narine’s bowling action cleared by IPL committee
West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been taken off the warning list for suspected bowling action in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the tournament's organisers said yesterday. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) off-spinner was reported for suspected…
October 3, 2020
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane tests positive for coronavirus
(CNN)Liverpool forward Sadio Mane is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, the club announced Friday. Mane is the second Liverpool player this week to return a positive test after new signing Thiago Alcantara. He scored in his side's…
June 2, 2020
Premier League players urged to take a knee in protest at George Floyd’s death
(CNN) After Liverpool players took a knee during training in a show of solidarity following the global outrage over George Floyd's death, NBA star Lebron James tweeted #YNWA -- a reference to the Premier League club's 'You'll Never Walk Alone"…
November 13, 2019
Raheem Sterling dropped by England after altercation with teammate Joe Gomez
(CNN) Raheem Sterling has been dropped for England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro on Thursday after an altercation with national teammate Joe Gomez. Manchester City's star forward said "emotions got the better of me" during a "five to ten…
September 23, 2019
Lionel Messi wins best men’s player of the year
Barcelona's Lionel Messi won the best men's player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world's best,…
June 3, 2019
Dwyane Wade surprises Parkland high school graduates
Retired Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade surprised graduates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Sunday, sending the crowd into an uproar. Wade became one of the school’s biggest supporters in the wake of the 2018 shooting…