German sportswear company Adidas said on Sunday publicity generated by bribery allegations over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar risked damaging soccer, the second sponsor to raise concerns over the issue. Soccer’s governing body FIFA is conducting an internal investigation into the decisions to hold the 2018 World Cup in Russia and […]
Miguel Cotto hopes to benefit from the « Roach factor » when he tries to become Puerto Rico’s first four-division champion against world middleweight champ Sergio Martinez at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. After a bitter 2012 in which he lost championship decisions to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Austin Trout, Cotto joined forces with renowned trainer Freddie […]
Mercedes team mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have made clear that friendship has its limits and theirs is likely to be tested to the full this year as they fight for the Formula One title. The two have been friends and rivals since their early teens, racing go-karts together and following each other through […]
The World Series heads back to Kansas City for another helping of baseball American League style and the Royals hope that familiarity will revive their Cinderella story. The Royals, who opened their first postseason appearance in 29 years with a record eight consecutive wins, are now one loss away from elimination in the best-of-seven championship […]
Substitute Haris Seferovic finished off a breathtaking box-to-box counter-attack in stoppage time to give Switzerland a thrilling 2-1 win over Ecuador in their World Cup Group E opener on Sunday. A brilliant block tackle by Valon Behrami in his own area instigated the break, which was allowed to continue by an excellent decision from Uzbek […]
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Holders United States and dark horses Slovenia eased into the basketball World Cup knockout stages with two games to spare but eastern European giants Lithuania left themselves with work to do after a surprise defeat by Australia on Tuesday. Unfancied Ukraine produced the day’s other upset with a 64-58 defeat of Turkey while the Dominican […]
Download a PDF of this article PolicyBusinessEventsPeopleResearchTrend watchComing up Policy Elections in Canada Research funding agencies in Canada remain unclear about next year’s budget following the toppling of the minority Conservative government. Opposition parties were poised to reject the 2011–12 spending plan, but shortly after it was announced on 22 March, the government was ousted […]
A badly out-of-sorts Tiger Woods missed the fourth major cut of his professional career after again struggling with his game in the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday. At a rain-sodden Valhalla Golf Club playing ultra-long, the American former world number one dropped four shots in his first seven holes before carding a […]
Former Liverpool striker Andy Carroll can dent his former club’s Premier League title chances and virtually seal West Ham United’s top-flight status for next season when the teams meet at Upton Park on Sunday. Carroll did not fit into manager Brendan Rodgers’s plans when the Irishman took over at Anfield and 18 months after becoming […]
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