The International Olympic Committee says there will be no opponent for Thomas Bach’s re-election as president in a vote to be held in March. Being staged in Athens, more than 100 IOC members were told that Bach was the only candidate for the presidential election at their meeting. The formalization of the re-election of the […]
Lionel Messi is the only Argentine who actually survives to be described as the next Diego Maradona, so it was a little surprise that the Barcelona captain would get his late compatriot Osuna to his goal in Sunday’s 4-0 Liga win Should dedicate to Two of Argentina’s iconic players may be of opposite character, but […]
The Kovid-19 epidemic had a serious impact on the salaries of La Liga football clubs. At a virtual press conference earlier this month, La Liga president Xavier Tabes named Valencia as the club that would take the biggest financial hit in terms of pay due to the epidemic. But current financial tensions have not impeded […]
Max Verstappen gave Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton the fastest running time in the final practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix before qualifying on Saturday. The Red Bull driver was .26 ahead of Hamilton and .37 ahead of Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was the fastest in both practice runs on Friday and was […]
After fulfilling his dream of joining the Grand Slam winning club by taking the US Open title this year, Austrian Dominic Thiem is setting his goals for 2021 and hopes to stand on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics. The 27-year-old lost three Grand Slam finals before winning at Flushing Meadows in September, becoming the […]
During the 1980s, Diego Maradona was one of the world’s largest sports superstars. Fans just didn’t get that much legend. Everywhere he went, Maradona mesmerized the audience with skill on the field. During the 1986 World Cup, Maradona was the most talked-about player in the tournament. He had not had the attention of the whole […]
After the second round of voting, New Zealand’s Greg Barclay was elected the new independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He replaces Shashank Manohar of India who stepped in earlier this year. Barclay, an Auckland-based commercial lawyer, has been the director of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) since 2012 and is currently the NZC’s […]
It is very unbelievable that in a virus-curtan tennis calendar — it closed a lot of tournaments, including a grand slam at Wimbledon — Dominic Thiem called for time, space and whistleblowing to demand reform of the Big Four club Found. It is also unbelievable that he did so despite winning the much larger finals […]
Premier League leader Tottenham has reported an annual loss of £ 63.9 million ($ 85.4 million) due to the coronovirus epidemic and fans being out of the stadium. “We are in the midst of one of the most experienced times at the moment,” Tottenham president Daniel Levy said Monday, announcing the fiscal year ended June […]
Javier Tebas, president of the coronovirus epidemic, La Liga, reported earlier this week at a virtual press conference that the salary cap for Spanish league clubs had been slashed by more than $ 700 million. Tabus said FC Barcelona and Valencia CF are expected to get the biggest hits, which could lead to a pay […]