BILBAO, Spain — Europe’s midseason soccer transfer window is open this month. For teams battling relegation, and potential financial ruin, it brings a last, vital chance to strengthen a leaky defense or fortify a goal-shy forward line ahead of the second half of the season. Among those teams is Athletic Bilbao, which is in 17th place in La Liga, the […]

JT Ryan made Manitoba curling history on Monday. Ryan became the first curler ever to skip his team to three straight Manitoba Junior Men’s titles in the more than 70-year history of the tournament. Ryan and his rink from the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club pulled off the three-peat as they defeated Jordon McDonald in the championship game of the Junior […]

At the beginning of November, the USOC announced that it was taking the first step towards decertifying USA Gymnastics. This was a direct if belated response to the national governing body having spent two years repeatedly failing in virtually every facet related to the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. The former team doctor abused hundreds of young women, including some […]

A hit-and-run Friday evening has left a Mendon, New York family heartbroken as they mourn the loss of Ed — a retired racehorse and descendant of the 1978 Triple Crown winner.  Ed, whose papered name was "Fairly Exceptional," is a grandson of Affirmed, who won the Triple Crown races — the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes — in 1978. But Ed was more than […]

Local lad Gary Moore cut his teeth round this quirky circuit and was spot on when he christened the cracking novice chase run there on Sunday as “the Plumpton Arkle". French ace Master Dino (6-4 to 11-10) caught a ferry over for the afternoon and had a proper scrap with Gazza’s rock-hard front-runner Knocknanuss before putting the race to bed […]

Jackson Irvine and Chris Ikonomidis have made strong cases to start Australia's next Asian Cup clash with Palestine after injecting some much-needed life into the team with their substitute appearances against Jordan. Changes appear inevitable for Friday's Group B assignment in Dubai after a poor all-round performance from the Socceroos in their 1-0 loss, which should prompt coach Graham Arnold […]

Lukaku had struggled upfront for United this season, scoring just six goals in 23 games under former boss Jose Mourinho. But things have changed dramatically since Solskjaer took over thanks to what the £75million striker describes as the new boss's “total analysis of my game”. The 45-year-old scored 91 goals in 235 appearances for United and the current crop of Old […]

Ejaria, 21, will have a medical this morning ahead of a six-month loan to the Madejski Stadium. He returned early from his season-long move to Rangers after growing unsettled in Scotland but is now heading to the Championship. The London-born midfielder was highly rated by Steven Gerrard at Ibrox but allowed him to return when the move did not work […]

The Los Angeles Lakers might be struggling without injured leader LeBron James, but a former star isn't worried. After a blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday in which they had their worst shooting performance of the season, the Lakers fell to 1-5 without James, who suffered a strained left groin in a Christmas Day game. Second-leading scorer Kyle Kuzma […]

DALLAS — Whether they are trying to keep their 34-year-old playmaker Jose Juan Barea spry or aiming to help their 19-year-old phenom Luka Doncic dodge the infamous rookie wall, the Dallas Mavericks turn to the same resource: A blood test. It is not just any blood test. The Mavericks import frequent testing from the Irish company Orreco, which is in […]