CRISTIANO RONALDO told his Real Madrid team-mates he wanted to quit the club BEFORE the Champions League final and they think he’s played his last game for the club, according to explosive claims in Spain. Ronaldo put his future in doubt after Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the Champions League final last weekend by hinting at a move. But […]
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him the club until the end of 2018/19. The 35-year-old has showed no signs of slowing in his 11th season with the record German champions, becoming the fifth player in history to win eight Bundesliga titles after Bayern legends Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Oliver Kahn and Mehmet Scholl. […]
There is a sense Real Madrid could be sleepwalking towards a hammering in the Champions League final but Liverpool showed against Roma they cannot be trusted either There was a point on Tuesday night when the thought occurred that this Real Madrid are like Brazil at the 2014 World Cup, a gifted but complacent side who could […]
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — John Isner punctuated his unexpected run to the Miami Open title with a surprising display of agility, dancing across the court while basking in a breakthrough. The 6-foot-10 Isner looked twice as tall skipping about with a grin brighter than the Florida sunshine. He had just won the biggest title […]
ALEXANDER ZVEREV VS. JOHN ISNER Much like the women’s final, the men’s title match will feature two very good players who, after sputtering out of the gates in 2018, few expected to make season-changing turnarounds in Miami. The 32-year-old Isner and the 20-year-old Zverev are players from different generations, but they have a long history together. It […]
Former world number one Maria Sharapova fell 6-4 6-4 against Japanese number one Naomi Osaka in the first round at Indian Wells. It is a second opening round loss in succession for the 30-year-old after she was knocked out of the Qatar Open last month. Sharapova made six double faults, won only 25% of her […]
They know a thing or two about time in Switzerland — their cuckoo clocks, expensive wristwatches and unerring railway timetables are proof of that. Yet it is the Alpine nation’s favourite son, Roger Federer, who has apparently mastered the art of reversing it. The Peter Pan of men’s tennis took his time machine to Rotterdam […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The first step in Serena Williams’ comeback underscored how far she has to go after spending over a year away from the game. In Williams’ first competition since giving birth five months ago, she and sister Venus lost 6-2, 6-3 to Lesley Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands in a […]
Five-game slide — which ended Sunday — an eye-opener of sorts for Rockets The vagaries of an NBA season make almost every team look like Sasquatch one week and a Who in Whoville the next. The Houston Rockets looked invincible in November, winning 12 of 13, and snapped off 14 straight over the end of November and […]
Stephen Curry is taking all the appropriate steps to return to the court as soon as possible. That, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr insists, is exactly why he will not play on Christmas against the Cleveland Cavaliers in a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals. “The guy hasn’t even had a 3-on-3 game, right?” Kerr told reporters […]