Gabriel Martinelli’s 93rd-minute equalizer on Sunday saved Arsenal’s English Premier League title bid from a damaging defeat to Manchester City, while Aston Villa remain winless after a limp 1-1 draw at 10-man Sunderland.The Gunners were heading to a second defeat in five Premier League games due to
Inter on Sunday followed up on a positive start in the UEFA Champions League by beating US Sassuolo 2-1 to put their Serie A season back on track.Federico Dimarco and Carlos Augusto scored Inter’s goals in a largely humdrum encounter at the San Siro which ended with Cristian Chivu’s team creeping in
Imperious Belgian Remco Evenepoel on Sunday claimed a third consecutive time trial title at the Road Cycling World Championships in Rwanda, as Tadej Pogacar agonizingly missed out on a medal by less than two seconds.Despite starting the 40.6km race against the clock two-and-a-half minutes after Poga
India captain Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday played down the hype around the cricket rivalry with Pakistan after beating their bitter rivals by six wickets in the Asia Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.India rode on a blazing 74 from opener Abhishek Sharma as they chased down a target of 172 in 18.5 ov
DOUBLE: Harry Kane has now netted 12 goals in six games, scoring his second hat-trick this season after Bayern’s opening Bundesliga match against Leipzig last month
That man again.Harry Kane scored his second hat-trick of the season on Saturday to steer Bayern Munich to a 4-1 win at Hoffenheim for the best Bundesliga start any team has made after four rounds.The England captain scored before the break and converted two penalties after it to take his club tally
Taiwan won the top four spots in the women’s marathon at the World Speed Skating Championships in China yesterday, with Liu Yi-hsuan (劉懿萱) winning gold.Shih Pei-yu (施沛妤) took silver, Li Meng-chu (李孟竹) bronze, and Li Chiao-jung (李巧容) fourth in the longest distance race of the championships, which
Joji Nasova scored two tries and Fiji captured a second consecutive Pacific Nations Cup men’s rugby title yesterday by defeating Japan 33-27 at Salt Lake City, Utah.Fiji seized a 33-10 lead on Nasova’s try early in the second half, then held off a furious Japan rally over the final minutes in a rema
A tenacious Iga Swiatek battled back from the brink of defeat to capture the Korea Open title yesterday, surviving a fright in the first set before taming Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-5.Swiatek, who cruised through her first three matches in Seoul, looked out of sorts in the opening
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won his first Berlin Marathon yesterday in a season’s best time of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in three races over the distance, but his world record attempt failed on a humid day.Japan’s Akasaki Akira was a surprise second after a powerful second h
Nations in Asia, including Taiwan, are on the radar of World Rugby, former All Blacks coach Ian Foster said at an event in Taipei on Saturday, although local administrators face structural issues to capitalize on the opportunity.Foster was in Taiwan to speak at the Taipei Rugby Dinner at the America
Team World’s Taylor Fritz jolted Team Europe’s campaign at the Laver Cup on Saturday, stunning world number one Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 6-2 before his doubles colleagues extended their commanding lead to 9-3 heading into the final day.The big-hitting Fritz mixed up his game and broke for a 3-1 lead in th
A young man rides a cart pulled by two bulls during the Karapan Sapi bull racing competition in Bangkalan on Madura island, East Java province, Indonesia, yesterday.
‘IMPRESSIVE’: Canada’s victory over New Zealand was only the Black Ferns’ third time losing in the tournament, as well as their first World Cup loss in 11 years
The Women’s Rugby World Cup will have a new queen.New Zealand’s eight-year reign as world champion was terminated by Canada in a stunning 34-19 semi-final victory in Bristol, England, on Friday.Canada flew to a shocking 24-7 lead by half time, added a fifth try by captain Alex Tessier straight after
Spaniard Maria Perez collected her second gold medal of the world championships in the 20km walk yesterday to secure an unprecedented double-double, while Caio Bonfim gave Brazil its first global walk title in the men’s race.Perez, who successfully defended her 35km title in searing heat last week,
Rwanda is to take center stage from today as the first African country to host the cycling world championships, in its latest use of sports to improve the country’s reputation. As it prepares for 5,000 cyclists and 20,000 spectators, Rwanda has spruced up its roads, created a network of cycle lanes
India’s players need to block out the noise as they prepare to again face rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup amid controversy over their previous clash, skipper Suryakumar Yadav said yesterday.The eight-team tournament has been dominated by headlines about India and Pakistan’s first meetings on the pit
Iga Swiatek blazed into the Korea Open final after bad weather forced her to play two matches yesterday, winning both in a combined time of two-and-a-half hours.The Polish six-time Grand Slam champion thrashed the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova 6-0, 6-3 in a quarter-final moved from Friday beca
Russians would be allowed to compete at next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Games, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday said it had never discussed banning Israel.The IOC confirmed after an executive board meeting in Milan that it would follow the system it used at the Paris Summer G
McLaren’s Australian driver Oscar Piastri drives during a practice session of the Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Baku on Friday. The race is to take place today.
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