AFP Photo BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund secured their place in the Champions League for next season as Raphael Guerreiro, Marco Reus and Julian Brandt scored in a 3-1 win at Mainz on Sunday. Three days after routing Leipzig 4-1 to win the German Cup final, Dortmund swept aside Mainz in the league. Guerreiro and captain Reus … Read more
GOTHENBURG: Barcelona became the first Spanish side to win the women’s Champions League with a stunning performance to thrash Chelsea 4-0 in Gothenburg on Sunday. The La Liga champions scored all four goals inside 36 minutes as a Melanie Leupolz own goal, Alexia Putellas’s penalty and simple finishes from Aitana Bonmati and Caroline Graham Hansen … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday termed the 2011 World Cup victory as the “best cricketing day of his life” as his biggest dream came true. India had defeated Sri Lanka in the final of 2011 World Cup to lift their second 50-over World Cup title and this year, the 10th anniversary … Read more
ROME: Polish teenager Iga Swiatek crushed Czech ninth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 to win the Italian Open on Sunday. The 19-year-old reigning French Open champion took just 45 minutes to dispatch the 2019 Rome winner two weeks before she opens her title defence in Roland Garros. Swiatek, ranked 15, claimed her third WTA title … Read more
Juan Cuadrado (Reuters Photo) MILAN: Juan Cuadrado scored twice, including a late penalty, as Juventus beat Inter Milan 3-2 to keep their Champions League hopes alive on Saturday in a game where three spot kicks were awarded and both teams finished a man down. Juve moved up to fourth equal on points with third-placed AC … Read more
LONDON: A magnificent long-range strike from Youri Tielemans gave Leicester City their first FA Cup triumph with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday, in front of the biggest crowd in England since March 2020. Leicester had been beaten in all their three previous FA Cup final appearances, most recently in 1969, and … Read more
(AFP Photo) BURNLEY (England): Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison and Rodrigo were all on target as a rampant Leeds United trounced hapless Burnley 4-0 at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Saturday. Poland international Klich finished off a flowing United move to open the scoring in the 44th minute, bending his shot around centre back … Read more
Bredon Rodgers. (Reuters Photo) Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said lifting their first FA Cup on Saturday would be a fitting tribute to the club’s late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his family. Thai-led consortium Asian Football Investments took over Leicester in 2010 and, under the Srivaddhanaprabha family, the Midlands club was transformed as they returned … Read more
ROME: World number one Novak Djokovic was furious with the chair umpire for not suspending play as rain trickled down during his Italian Open second-round match against American Taylor Fritz on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Serb made his feelings clear after he was broken when serving for victory in the second set. “How much do you … Read more
LONDON: Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola’s side are 10 points clear of second placed United and have wrapped up the title with three games to spare. In the midst of a gruelling … Read more