Showing 1 - 10 of 25
Barca thrash Athletic to inaugurate rebuilt Camp Nou in style
AFP, Published on 23/11/2025
» BARCELONA - Barcelona made a triumphant return to their rebuilt Camp Nou stadium on Saturday following two-and-a-half years in exile with a 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao to go joint top of La Liga.
Barca Liga homecoming against Valencia reduced to tiny stadium
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» BARCELONA - After three weeks on the road to start the La Liga season champions Barcelona play their first home match on Sunday, although it won't be the glorious return to the rebuilt Spotify Camp Nou they had hoped for.
Blatter and Platini back in Swiss court in long-running legal saga
AFP, Published on 03/03/2025
» LAUSANNE - Sepp Blatter, the former head of FIFA, and Michel Platini, the ex-president of UEFA, will be back in a Swiss court on Monday for another examination of the charges of fraud that knocked them off the summits of global football.
Robinho arrested in Brazil to serve rape sentence
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2024
» BRASILIA - Former football player Robinho was arrested by Brazilian federal police on Thursday to serve out a nine-year prison sentence for rape after a court decision this week authorised the transfer of the sentence from Italy.
IOC backs return of Russian athletes as individuals, no timeline for Paris Olympics
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» LAUSANNE - Olympic chiefs on Tuesday recommended the return to competition of Russian and Belarusian athletes as individual neutrals, but refused to give a timeline on their potential participation at next year's Paris Olympics.
Spartan Thailand attracts bumper field
Sports, Published on 15/07/2022
» Around 4,000 participants from more than 30 countries are expected to take part in the Spartan Thailand 2022 Chiang Mai next month, organisers said.
Europe's clubs caught between a financial pit and hallowed grounds
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» PARIS - As European football clubs struggle to make up for revenue lost in the pandemic, one untapped source of revenue is stadium naming rights, but exploiting them may not be straightforward.
Crawford crushes Brook with fourth-round TKO
AFP, Published on 15/11/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Unbeaten Terence Crawford won his first fight of 2020 on Saturday by defending his World Boxing Organization welterweight title with a stunning fourth-round knockout of Kell Brook in Las Vegas.
Coronavirus deaths in Latin America hit global high
AFP, Published on 08/08/2020
» MONTEVIDEO - Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the sombre step of recording over two million infections.
Manchester City's European ban quashed on appeal
AFP, Published on 13/07/2020
» LAUSANNE:- Manchester City are free to play Champions League football next season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday lifted a two-season ban from European competitions imposed by UEFA.