Sports

Soccer clubs to help refugees

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 9 (Reuters) — The initiative from FC Porto proposing that European soccer clubs should help refugees has been adopted unanimously by the European Club Association (ECA) after the election of a new Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday (September 8). As Europe struggles with a migration crisis with 380,000 people arriving in the continent by sea this year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), European clubs have decided to […]

Continue Reading →

South Africa prepare for the Rugby World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 8 (Reuters) — The South African rugby squad continued their World Cup preparations in Johannesburg on Monday (September 7), four days before they depart for England. South Africa will rely on players who have seen it all before as they bid to become the most successful nation in rugby World Cup history at this year’s tournament. Coach Heyneke Meyer has included nine players from the Springboks’ winning squad of 2007 as […]

Continue Reading →

Gilas Pilipinas beats New Zealand in OT in Jones Cup

MANILA, Sept. 4 (PNA) – Gilas Pilipinas returned to winning ways with a 92-88 overtime victory over New Zealand in the ongoing Jones Cup in Taipei on Friday. Veteran Dondon Hontiveros hit three triples in extra five minutes as the Filipinos completed a huge comeback from 16-point down for their fourth win against two losses. New Zealand led by as many as 16 points in the third quarter but Gilas Pilipinas rallied behind Jayson Castro. […]

Continue Reading →

Gilas loses to Iran, 65-74

NEW Taipei City, Taiwan (Eagle News) – The Philippine team, Gilas Pilipinas suffered its second defeat in the 37th William Jones Cup, when the Iranian national team defeated them with a score of 65-74. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)

Continue Reading →

Water will be clean in time for Games – Rio 2016 chief

The water quality at the Olympic sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro is a serious issue but will be resolved by the time the Games begin next year, Rio Organizing Committee president Carlos Nuzman said on Tuesday (September 1). A scientific report carried out last month said the waters were so contaminated with high levels of bacteria and viruses from human sewage that athletes could become ill and unable to compete at the Games, the […]

Continue Reading →

Tennis fans flock to opening day of US Open

SEPTEMBER 1 (Reuters) — Tennis fans crowded their way into the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center on Monday (August 31) for the start of the US Open. The masses have all turned their focus towards and support towards Serena Williams, who is on the brink of the grandest achievement in tennis, the single season Grand Slam. The 33-year-old American, with the 2015 Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon trophies already on her crowded […]

Continue Reading →

Yachts set off on round-the-world race

SEPT. 1 (Reuters) —  Crews competing in the Clipper round-the-world race set off on their 40,000 nautical mile, 11 month journey in heavy rain off South-end near London on Monday (August 31). Spectators sheltering under umbrellas watched from the town’s famous pier as the starting cannon began the first stage of the race, a 5,186 nautical mile trip across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for the 12 competing yachts. LMAX Exchange, skippered […]

Continue Reading →

Van Gaal wary of Bruges

AUGUST 26 (Reuters) — Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal said on Tuesday (August 25) Bruges are capable opponents as they prepare to take on the Belgian team in the second leg of their Champions League play-off. United are going in to the match with a 3-1 lead after the first leg at Old Trafford on August 18, but van Gaal was not sitting comfortably ahead of Wednesday’s (August 26) match. “It’s a preliminary round […]

Continue Reading →

Wallabies name uncapped Smith and McMahon in World Cup squad

AUGUST 21(Reuters) Australia coach Michael Cheika has on Friday (August 21) named uncapped Melbourne Rebels prop Toby Smith and promising flanker Sean McMahon in his 31-man World Cup squad. The pair have not featured in the 2015 international season, but may be thrust onto the game’s biggest stage in England next month for the Wallabies’ Pool A matches against Fiji, Wales, Uruguay and the hosts. Loosehead prop Smith was born in Queensland but raised in […]

Continue Reading →

Former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer tries to commit suicide

 AUGUST  21 (Reuters) Former National Football League quarterback Erik Kramer tried to commit suicide by shooting himself at a motel in the Los Angeles area, NBC News reported. Kramer’s former wife, Marshawn Kramer, told NBC News late on Wednesday (August 19) that he suffered from depression, which she thought was linked to his playing days in what could be another case of a retired player being plagued by head injuries after retirement. She could not […]

Continue Reading →

Murray downs Djokovic to win Rogers Cup

Aug 17 (Reuters)  Andy Murray ended a long drought against Novak Djokovic when he beat the Serbian 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Sunday. The British world number three ended an eight-match, 25-month slump against the world number one. He had not beaten Djokovic since the 2013 Wimbledon final. They embraced at the net after their three-hour match that left them exhausted because of lengthy games and courtside […]

Continue Reading →

IOC confident over Rio games amid water quality issue

AUGUST 13 (Reuters) — Rio de Janeiro can be “proud” of the four Olympic test events held so far in the city, the head of the Rio 2016 coordinating committee said on Wednesday (August 12), as officials once again played down concerns over athletes’ safety in the city’s polluted waterways. Recent tests commissioned by the Associated Press found levels of disease-causing viruses as much as 1.7 million times the level that would be considered hazardous […]

Continue Reading →
1 … 354 355 356 357 358 … 391