Published On: June 28, 2017 08:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
Football players who are guilty of doping should be named and punished, Germany coach Joachim Loew said on Wednesday after FIFA said it was investigating allegations concerning Russian footballers.
Published On: June 28, 2017 07:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, June 28: Prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against six people including ex-police chiefs over the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium crush in which 96 fans died, Britain's worst sporting disaster.
Published On: June 27, 2017 05:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
Olympique Lyonnais have signed Chelsea's Burkina Faso forward Bertrand Traore on a five-year contract for 10 million euros (8.79 million pounds), the French club said in a statement on Monday.
Published On: June 27, 2017 05:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
Liverpool are unlikely to face disciplinary proceedings from the Premier League after being accused by Southampton of making an illegal approach to sign their defensive lynchpin Virgil van Dijk.
Published On: June 27, 2017 06:23 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 27: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by reviving parts of a travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries that he said is needed for national security but that opponents decry as discriminatory.
Published On: June 26, 2017 08:26 PM NPT By: Reuters
Crystal Palace have appointed former Ajax Amsterdam and Inter Milan coach Frank de Boer as their new manager on a three-year contract, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Published On: June 26, 2017 05:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
Chile's high-octane style of play has made them one of the world's most entertaining teams to watch but coach Juan Antonio Pizzi has admitted that it comes with a price.
Published On: June 25, 2017 08:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
Global football body FIFA is still investigating allegations that footballers were among the Russian athletes who were involved in or benefited from an elaborate state-sponsored doping scheme, it said on Sunday.
Published On: June 25, 2017 05:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
MANILA, June 25: Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as ever about crime.
Published On: June 25, 2017 08:58 AM NPT By: Reuters
MOSUL( IRAQ), June 25: Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the quarter from Islamic State militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their self-declared caliphate.
Published On: June 24, 2017 08:23 AM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI/DOHA, June 24: Four Arab states that imposed a boycott on Qatar have issued an ultimatum to Doha to close Al Jazeera television, curb ties with Iran, shut a Turkish base and pay reparations, demands so far reaching it would appear to be hard for Doha to comply.
Published On: June 23, 2017 05:55 PM NPT By: Reuters
Proceeds from a clash between London football giants Arsenal and Chelsea will go to support people caught up in the Grenfell Tower fire, the Football Association said on Friday.
Published On: June 23, 2017 05:50 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, June 23: A fire that killed at least 79 people at a London tower block started in a Hotpoint fridge freezer, and the outside cladding engulfed by the blaze has since been shown to fail all safety tests, London police said on Friday.
Published On: June 23, 2017 03:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
Spain's state prosecutor would accept substituting a fine of 255,000 euros (224,554 pounds) for the 21-month prison sentence handed down by a Barcelona court to soccer player Lionel Messi for tax fraud, Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia reported on Friday.
Published On: June 22, 2017 05:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang has agreed to buy a 60 percent stake in Italian side Parma, which has just been promoted to the second tier, the club said on Wednesday.
Published On: June 22, 2017 04:58 PM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, June 22: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday China should do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear program and he would call on President Xi Jinping to 'lift all measures' against South Korean companies taken in retaliation against Seoul's decision to host a U.S. anti-missile defense system.
Published On: June 22, 2017 03:31 PM NPT By: Reuters
PHILIPPINES, June 22: Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging, the military said on Thursday, as the five-week battle for control of Marawi City raged on.
Published On: June 21, 2017 04:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar looks set to face a disciplinary hearing over his involvement in a brawl that marred his Shanghai SIPG side's 1-1 draw with Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League at the weekend.
Published On: June 21, 2017 04:20 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, June 21: Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been admitted to hospital with an infection and will miss the formal opening of parliament but he remains in "good spirits", a spokesman for Buckingham Palace said.
Published On: June 21, 2017 09:23 AM NPT By: Reuters
BRUSSELS, Jun 21: Belgian counter-terrorism police are probing the identity of a suspected suicide bomber shot dead by troops guarding a Brussels railway station after he set off explosives that failed to injure anyone.