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Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:13

Saudi stadiums open for women in a first to watch soccer

Saudi women were allowed into a sports stadium for the first time Friday to watch a soccer match between two local teams - though they were segregated in the stands from the male-only crowd with designated seating in the so-called "family section." The move was the first of Saudi Arabia's social reforms planned for this year to ease restrictions on women, spearheaded by the kingdom's 32-year-old crown prince. The kingdom has also announced that starting in June women will be allowed to drive, lifting the world's only ban on female drivers. More than just an incremental step toward greater rights,…

Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:12

WBC heavyweight champ Wilder to face unbeaten Ortiz

WBC heavyweight championship Deontay Wilder is set to meet unbeaten Luis Ortiz on March 3 at Barclays Center. Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is coming off a first-round knockout of Bermane Stiverne in November. He and Ortiz were initially supposed to fight on that card, but the Cuban was scratched because of a positive drug test. This will be Wilder's seventh title defense. Ortiz (28-0, 24 KOs) is being billed as his toughest opponent. Wilder has had impressive wins at Barlays, including the knockout of Stiverne and a 2016 knockout of Artur Szpilka. Before the first scheduled bout, Ortiz was found…

Thursday, 11 January 2018 03:10

England to play Nigeria, Costa Rica in World Cup warm-ups

England will prepare for the World Cup with friendlies against Nigeria and Costa Rica before flying to Russia. Gareth Southgate's side will play Nigeria at Wembley Stadium on June 2 and head to northern England to take on Costa Rica five days later. Southgate says a 0-0 draw against Brazil in a November friendly "acted as a reminder that we need to challenge ourselves in different ways as a team." England opens its World Cup campaign on June 18 against Tunisia in Volgograd and also plays Panama and Belgium in the group stage. Southgate says "we want to expose the…

Wednesday, 10 January 2018 02:47

Twitter, Snapchat tie up with Fox to provide coverage of FIFA World Cup

Twenty First Century Fox Inc's Fox Sports is partnering with Twitter Inc to stream a live show and Snap Inc's Snapchat to showcase stories with matchday highlights on the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament to be hosted in Russia later this year. Fox Sports would produce the show, which will be streamed from Moscow's Red Square on each match day and provide previews, recaps and near real-time video highlights for each game, the company said. Fox said the coverage of the tournament, taking place from June 14 to July 15, will be available in the United States and can be…

Monday, 08 January 2018 04:04

Holders Arsenal crash out of FA Cup to Nottingham Forest

FA Cup holders Arsenal suffered their first third-round defeat for 22 years as they crashed to a 4-2 defeat by second-tier Nottingham Forest in a sizzling City Ground clash on Sunday. The Gunners, fielding a much-changed side from the one that drew with Chelsea in midweek and with manager Arsene Wenger watching from the stands because of a touchline ban, trailed 2-1 at halftime after Eric Lichaj scored twice.Penalties by Ben Brereton and Kieran Dowell sealed victory for Forest who sacked manager Mark Warburton a week ago. Per Mertesacker had equalised for Arsenal in the first half and Danny Welbeck…

Saturday, 06 January 2018 04:40

Wenger invited to Weah's inauguration as Liberia's president

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has been invited to former footballer George Weah's inauguration as Liberia's president. But Wenger, who signed Weah when he was Monaco coach in 1988, expects to be too busy to make the trip from London for the Jan. 22 ceremony. Weah, a former FIFA World Player of the Year, was elected president last week in Liberia's first democratic transfer of power in more than 70 years. Wenger says "it's down to the fact that one thing that was common in George's attitude is being strong mentally, absolutely unbelievably convinced that he has a mission."…

Friday, 05 January 2018 05:02

Egypt's Mohamed Salah wins African Player of the Year

Mohamed Salah won African Player of the Year on Thursday, a reward for success on all fronts in 2017 for the Egypt forward after he inspired his country to a long-awaited World Cup place and had a phenomenal start to his career at Liverpool. Salah won ahead of Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Borussia Dortmund and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the other finalists at the Confederation of African Football awards ceremony in Accra, Ghana. The 25-year-old Salah had a memorable year, first as part of the Egypt team that made the African Cup of Nations final in February.…

Wednesday, 03 January 2018 03:32

One-legged Egyptian soccer players aim for a league of their own

A group of Egyptian soccer players have formed a team for one-legged players, hoping to start league for disabled players in the country. "The Miracle Team," consists of twenty-five players from across Egypt who meet twice a week to train on a pitch in Cairo. While the team began training in freestyle soccer - a non-competitive art where players perform tricks with a ball - they soon decided to aim higher. "I started bringing the people in and coach Yousry, the team coach, called me to start training me on freestyle football," team captain Mahmoud Ibrahim Tawfik, who lost a…

Wednesday, 03 January 2018 03:30

Normal service resumed as Man City move 15 points clear

Manchester City returned to winning ways and restored their Premier League lead to 15 points with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Watford at their Etihad Stadium stronghold on Tuesday. As Tottenham Hotspur moved back into fifth, leapfrogging London rivals Arsenal with a 2-0 victory at bottom club Swansea City, Manchester City marched on as in-form Raheem Sterling set up their win with a goal after 38 seconds. Swansea's plight under new manager Carlos Carvalhal looked as precarious as that now also facing West Bromwich Albion's Alan Pardew, as Andy Carroll scored twice in West Ham United's 2-1 comeback win over…

Tuesday, 02 January 2018 04:25

Klavan gives Liverpool last-gasp victory, United beat Everton

Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan's 94th-minute header snatched a 2-1 victory at Burnley on Monday as the visitors coped without the injured Mohamed Salah and Philippe Coutinho and made up ground on their rivals near the top of the Premier League. With Chelsea and table-topping Manchester City playing later in the week, Liverpool registered their second win in 48 hours after the Estonian popped up with his first league goal. On the blue half of Merseyside, Manchester United climbed back up to second in the table after second-half goals by Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard earned a 2-0 victory at Everton…

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Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:19

Man City beat Newcastle 1-0 and move 15 points clear in EPL

Manchester City moved 15 points clear at the top of the English Premier League as it extended its winning run to 18 games at Newcastle on Wednesday. Raheem Sterling's 31st-minute strike was all the leaders had to show for a dominant display in front of a crowd of 52,311 at St James' Park. The Magpies' ultra-conservative approach frustrated them despite their wealth of possession. But ultimately the 1-0 win was enough on a night when Rafael Benitez's men slipped to a fifth consecutive home defeat for the first time since 1953. "I'm happy with a lot of clean sheets," City…

Monday, 25 December 2017 03:15

Serena Williams set to launch comeback in Abu Dhabi

Twenty-three time grand slam champion Serena Williams will play her first match since the birth of her daughter when she faces off against French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi next week. The match with be the 36-year-old Williams' first in almost a year as she prepares to try to defend her Australian Open crown in January, a title she captured earlier this year while pregnant. "I am delighted to be returning to the court in Abu Dhabi for the first time since the birth of my daughter in September," Williams said in…

Sunday, 24 December 2017 04:07

Barcelona pile more misery on Real Madrid with 3-0 'Clasico' win

Barcelona exploited a lacklustre Real Madrid to win the 'Clasico' 3-0 on Saturday as goals from Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal gave the Catalans a 3-0 win and moved them 14 points clear of their biggest rivals in La Liga. Barca outplayed the champions in Real's Santiago Bernabeu fortress to also extend their lead to nine points at the top over their nearest challengers Atletico Madrid, who were beaten 1-0 by Espanyol on Friday. Barca's weekend was made complete by third-placed Valencia then stumbling to a 1-0 defeat at home to Villarreal on Saturday which leaves them 11…

Sunday, 24 December 2017 04:06

Man City make it 17 straight wins and a 13-point lead

Manchester City extended their winning sequence to 17 and their lead at the top of the Premier League to 13 points with a 4-0 thrashing of Bournemouth on Saturday as Manchester United were held 2-2 at Leicester City and champions Chelsea suffered a goalless stalemate at Everton. Pep Guardiola's City slickers began their unprecedented run of domestic league triumphs away to Bournemouth in August when a 97th-minute winner from Raheem Sterling sealed the points. They found the south coast side an easier nut to crack this time with Sterling again on target as City continued to turn the title race…

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