Sports

Las Vegas, May 8 (AFP/APP): Unbeaten Dmitry Bivol retained his WBA light-heavyweight world title with a unanimous point’s decision over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on Saturday, handing the Mexican superstar just the second defeat of his career. Russia’s Bivol, 31, improved to 20-0 with 11 knockouts […]

Seoul, May 8 (AFP/APP):Final leading scores Sunday after the fourth round of the Asian Tour’s Maekyung Open at Namseoul Country Club, South Korea (KOR unless stated, *demotes amateur, par 71): 275 – Kim Bi-O 67-68-68-72 277 – Cho Ming-yu 69-70-68-70 278 – Moon Kyong-jun 69-71-71-67 […]

London, May 7 (AFP/APP): English Championship table after Saturday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 90 — champions Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 88 — promoted —————————— Huddersfield 46 23 13 10 […]

London, May 7 (AFP/APP): Chelsea confirmed on Saturday that a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly has won the battle to buy the Premier League club in a £4.25 billion ($5.2 billion) deal. Owner Roman Abramovich put Chelsea on the market in early […]

PARIS 06 May (ONLINE): A third all-English Champions League final in four years seemed to be on the cards but Real Madrid’s incredible late comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday has set up a rematch between the Spanish club and Liverpool in Paris on May […]

HANGZHOU 06 May (ONLINE): Asian Games: scheduled in September at Hangzhou city, has been postponed due to increasing Covid-19 cases in the city, organizers told on Friday. The event was scheduled in September 10 to 25 at Hangzhou, located at the distance less than 200 […]

Visegrád, Hungary, May 6 (AFP/APP): Dutch Alpecin rider Mathieu van der Poel won the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday, a 195km run from Budapest to the hilltop citadel at Visegrad. Van der Poel edged Eritrean Biniam Girmay and Pello Bilbao to the […]

New York, May 6 (AFP/APP): NBA scoring champion Joel Embiid has cleared league concussion protocols, the Philadelphia 76ers said Friday, but the Cameroonian center could still miss a crucial playoff game against Miami. Embiid took part in a morning shooting practice session with the Sixers […]