Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has promised to stay at the club despite its two-year ban from European competitions. City was punished by European football’s governing body for “serious breaches” of club licensing and financial fair play regulations and, as a result, will not be permitted to play in the Champions League for the next…… MORE
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been charged in Switzerland for criminal offenses around the awarding of media rights for various World Cups and Confederations Cups. Former FIFA secretary general Jerôme Valcke has been charged by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) with accepting bribes, several counts of aggravated criminal mismanagement and…… MORE
Rugby is a sport renowned for big hits — but not necessarily the sort rock star Bono is used to churning out. The U2 frontman might not seem the obvious figure to inspire a team ahead of a big game, but coach Andy Farrell is hopeful he can get Ireland’s players singing from the same…… MORE
Roger Federer has pulled out of this year’s French Open after undergoing knee surgery. The Swiss star announced on his Twitter page that he had been dealing with pain in his right knee for a “little while.” The 38-year-old underwent arthroscopic surgery in Switzerland Wednesday which will rule him out for the second grand slam…… MORE
Sports stars often talk about being in the “zone,” that mythical place where good things happen. For Formula E driver Sam Bird, his “zone” moment came in what he calls the “race of my life” in Buenos Aires in 2016. The Briton led from the start and says he was at one with his car,…… MORE
Bundesliga club RB Leipzig outplayed Tottenham Hotspur to take charge of their Champions League last-16 tie. There was another winner from Wednesday’s game in Leipzig coach Julien Nagelsmann, who set up his team from the outset to outrun and outpress Jose Mourinho’s Spurs, as the 32-year-old German further burnished his growing reputation as a manager.…… MORE
He called it the “biggest fight of the last 50 years in the heavyweight division” and the outspoken Tyson Fury was in confident mood ahead of his rematch with Deontay Wilder. The pair will lock horns again for the WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas Saturday following their dramatic draw in Los Angeles in 2018.…… MORE
A woman and her three young children have been killed in a car fire allegedly started by her husband who also died in the incident in Brisbane, Australia. Hannah Baxter, 31, and her family were in a car when 42-year-old Rowan Baxter climbed in and doused it with petrol before setting it alight, according to…… MORE
Chelsea says a large group of Manchester United fans sang homophobic chants during its English Premier League fixture at Stamford Bridge Monday. The club released a statement Tuesday saying a number of away supporters were prevented from entering the stadium while others were ejected from the ground. “This behavior will not be tolerated at Chelsea…… MORE
Racing car driver remains just a dream job for many people, but now fans can live the electrifying chaos of the cockpit from the comfort of home. Formula E has introduced the Driver’s Eye camera, an innovation in onboard camera technology which films from the pilot’s perspective. Viewers are immersed in the “dynamism” of the…… MORE
A lot of terms were used to describe the man that opened fire on Republicans members of Congress at their baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday. “Bernie Sanders supporter”, “left wing extremist”, “disturbed”, and “troubled” were the most common used by those investigating the matter, those who were among the targets and those who…
Usually us curmudgeons like to go on and on about how sports, music and movies were better in “our day”. I think that you can add Congressional hearings to that list as well. That’s what I was thinking during both the James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions testimony the last couple of weeks. While…
While James Comey was sucking up all the oxygen in the room, there was a pretty major science announcement last week. It turns out that the human species might be much older than we originally thought. Fossils found in Morocco place our earliest ancestors on the planet as far back as 350-thousand years ago. Until…
Welcome to US Open week here in Wisconsin. Many of you will be venturing down to Erin (or Hartford or Richfield–I’ve seen all three used to describe the location of the course in stories) for practice rounds the next three days–or for the competitive rounds Thursday through Sunday (and possibly Monday–more on that later). Here…