Tag: Sports

Organisers say they plan a ‘safe and secure’ Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they mark 100 days to the opening ceremony…

Postponing or cancelling games set for July would have ‘limited impact’ on Japan’s growth, says IMF official. Cancelling the Tokyo…

The 31-year-old Irishwoman rode Minella Times to a landmark victory in the 173rd edition of the famous steeplechase in Liverpool.…

Benzema’s winner takes Real Madrid to top of the Spanish football league with city rivals Atletico set to play on…

Brazilian football club says it plans to buy vaccines for players, officials and fans with paid membership. Athletico Paranaense fans…

Pandemic-delayed Summer Games are due to open on July 23 in Tokyo, but a surge in cases in parts of…

Players, coaches blast rival group that took over Pakistan Football Federation HQ last month. FIFA said the latest suspension will…

Investigators believe Woods inadvertently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal while speeding around a curve. Tiger Woods looks…

Last year’s tournament was shifted to UAE but the 14th edition returns to India, where COVID-19 situation has worsened in…

Mouctar Diakhaby accuses Cadiz defender Juan Cala of racially abusing him during a Spanish league match. Valencia said Diakhaby later…

In Istanbul, Kenya’s world marathon champion sliced almost half a minute off the previous best mark. Chepngetich breaks the previous…

The MLB pulled the All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia, after civil rights groups, legislators and companies criticised the state’s new…

The tussle for control of Pakistan football takes another turn after PFF head office attacked and officials forced to hand…

German players staging their protest ahead of kickoff in the World Cup qualifier [Tobias Schwarz/Reuters] Footballers are staging on-field protests…

Maidan Market was named Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy Market when it opened in 1954 [Annesha Ghosh/Al Jazeera] Kolkata, India –…

Tendulkar tests positive as infections continued to surge in the world’s second most populous country. Tendulkar, who will turn 48…

Sportsman says behaviour online ‘too toxic to ignore’ as he calls on social media giants to address guilty anonymous account…

Libyan football fans enjoy the return of international football, despite their side’s 5-2 defeat to Tunisia in Benghazi. The loss…

Some 10,000 runners will now carry the flame across Japan’s 47 prefectures over the next 121 days [Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool via…

FIFA says Blatter and former secretary-general Valcke banned for six years and eight months for financial wrongdoing. Sepp Blatter, the…