OMAHA, United States - Michael Phelps qualified for a milestone fifth Olympics Wednesday, booking his ticket to the Rio Games with a 200m butterfly victory at the US swimming trials.Phelps, whose record 22 Olympic medals include an astonishing 18...
England-slayers Iceland hope to harness their underdog status to put the psychological pressure on Euro 2016 hosts France in Sunday's quarter-final."The pressure was always so much more on England - that was a game for them to lose," said...
Roy Hodgson may be reeling from his resignation as coach of England, but could be handed a lifeline by cash-rich Chinese club football, according the head of China's foremost sports event organiser.Eric Gao, who has pulled off an inadvertent...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro drug dealers are taking the middle word in the Olympic motto "faster, higher, stronger" seriously.Police seized marijuana in a city slums labelled with the logo of the Rio 2016 organising committee responsible...
BUENOS AIRES - Like neurotic parents, Argentines swung from criticism to unconditional love for their star footballer Lionel Messi this week, providing the football-mad nation's many therapists with rich material for psychoanalysis.Fans' frustration at the superstar's missed penalty in...
Whenever she heads overseas for regattas, 470 sailor Jovina Choo's luggage always includes packeted chestnuts, dried mangoes, Asian sauces and instant noodles - small creature comforts that remind her of home.So imagine her delight when she learnt that she...
OMAHA, United States - There was a new face among the thousands who turned out to see Olympic superstar Michael Phelps at the US Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday -- his baby son, Boomer."Boomer was up there tonight, yeah,"...
Senegal striker Sadio Mane has joined Liverpool from Premier League rivals Southampton on a "long-term contract" for an undisclosed fee, the Anfield club announced Tuesday.British media reports suggested Mane had signed a five-year contract in a deal worth some...
Yes: With Argentina, this genius has always fallen just shortThe sight of a grown man crying is never pretty. More so when it comes from a man viewed by many as a footballing god.Faced buried in the chest of...
SEOUL - Former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Seoul, according to local media reports.The 33-year-old Oh died on Monday after his motorcycle collided with a car making a...
