Sports

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN – A softball game between Japan and Australia in Fukushima, site of the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 tsunami, kicked off the sports programme at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday (July 21). The event, in a sport…
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TOKYO – United States captain Becky Sauerbrunn said the pain of their 2016 Olympic quarter-final loss to Sweden was driving her on ahead of the opening game between the two countries at the Tokyo Games. Sauerbrunn was part of the team…
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LOS ANGELES – The United States and Mexico both won their groups in the Concacaf Gold Cup on Sunday (July 18), scoring first-half goals that stood as game winners and advancing to the knockout rounds of the football tournament. Shaquell…
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LONDON – Arsenal have agreed a deal in principle to sign Brighton & Hove Albion defender Ben White for £50 million (S$93 million), British media reported on Saturday (July 17). Sky Sports reported Brighton have added a sell-on clause…
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LIBOURNE – Defending champion and runaway leader of the Tour de France Tadej Pogacar can thump his rivals again on Saturday (July 17) on the decisive individual time trial through the Bordeaux vineyards. The UAE Team leader from Slovenia…
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LIBOURNE, FRANCE – Mark Cavendish on Friday (July 16) apologised to his mechanics for a Tour de France strop after video emerged of him complaining about his bike before storming off to the team bus. Footage showed the 36-year-old British…
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SANDWICH, ENGLAND – Former champion Louis Oosthuizen chased down American pace-setter Collin Morikawa then turned on the afterburners to take a two-stroke halfway lead at the British Open with a sizzling five-under 65 under cloudless skies…
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SINGAPORE – Right before the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, gymnast Tan Sze En fractured her left ankle, forcing her to postpone her major Games debut by a year. She competed at the 2018 Asian Games and the 2019 World Championships in…
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PARIS – Paris Saint-Germain said on Wednesday (July 14) that they had completed the signing of Italy’s Euro 2020 goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma on a five-year deal. The 22-year-old, who saved two penalties in the Euro 2020 final and was…
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PARIS – Dan Evans, the top-ranked British man, said on Wednesday (July 14) that he has withdrawn from the Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19. “I will not be able to prepare and get myself ready for the Olympic Games in Tokyo,”…
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