For at least one more year, Josh McDaniels will be back with the New England Patriots. The team’s offensive coordinator was a candidate for the head coaching job with the Packers and interviewed with the organization, but Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur was selected for the position. On Tuesday, McDaniels said in a conference call that he will not be […]

The 20-strong group started chanting racial abuse shortly after boarding a train packed with kids and young families in December. British Transport Police said the fans then started sexually assaulting "a number" of women on board. The disorder happened shortly after Chelsea's 1-0 loss to Leicester at Stamford Bridge, and took place on a Worcester-bound Great Western Railway service from […]

An arbitrator has overturned a ban on taekwondo coach Jean Lopez, setting aside the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s finding that he’d violated its code of conduct for what it called a “decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct.”  The decision Tuesday reinstates Lopez and allows him to resume coaching after SafeSport had declared him permanently ineligible in April. A procedural issue reduced […]

The Arizona Cardinals hired Kliff Kingsbury as their new head coach, becoming the latest team to bet on a high-flying offense to bring them success. Kingsbury, a former head coach at Texas Tech and a proponent of the air raid offense, has worked with Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Johnny Manziel, Case Keenum and other quarterbacks during his time as a […]

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the driver of the truck involved in an accident that killed 16 junior hockey players and left 13 others injured in a 2018 crash, pleaded guilty to all 29 counts of dangerous driving on Tuesday.  In the fatal crash last April, the Humboldt Broncos — a team of 16- to 21-year-olds — were on their way to a playoff […]

How good are this season’s crop of Kelowna Rockets? We’ll find out in roughly 24 hours. This month, the Rockets will face the WHL’s two best teams: the league-leading Prince Albert Raiders and the second-best Everett Silvertips. On Wednesday evening, Everett (31-8-1-1) will visit Prospera Place. The Silvertips lead the Western Conference with 64 points, 26 more than Kelowna (17-18-3-1, […]

Phil Foden scored his first senior goal at the Etihad for his boyhood favourites during the 7-0 FA Cup rout of Rotherham. At about the same time, his close pal and fellow starlet Brahim Diaz was putting the finishing touches to his move to Real Madrid. The young Spaniard's departure was a blow for those who are keen to see […]

Mauricio Pochettino is hoping to end Tottenham's trophy drought, which stretches back to 2008 when they won this competition with a Jonathan Woodgate winner against the Blues. Chelsea saw off Bournemouth in the last round and arrive here having won their last three games on the road. But they have a poor recent record against Tottenham having lost three of […]

Carlos Queiroz's men gained four points in a group of death with Spain, Portugal and Morocco and came agonisingly close to knocking out Cristiano Ronaldo and co in their final match. Meanwhile Yemen are looking to unite their war-torn nation in their first ever Asian Cup appearance. What TV channel is Iran vs Yemen on and can I live stream […]

A Game Of Two Halves | Season 1 | Ep 20: Indian cricket’s historic feat in Australia and Ikhsan Fandi’s Norwegian trial 13:37 mins Synopsis: A Game of Two Halves is The Straits Times’ weekly sports podcast out every Tuesday on all global podcasting platforms – Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts.  Host Sazali Abdul Aziz is joined by his ST […]