DJ LeMahieu is back in time for Opening Day. He’s not in the starting lineup, but the Yankees put LeMahieu on their roster Thursday prior to their scheduled season-opener against the Nationals in Washington, D.C. Tyler Wade is starting at second base. LeMahieu missed the start of spring training 2.0 after testing positive for COVID-19 as part of MLB’s intake […]

Juventus missed out on the chance to wrap up the Serie A title as they fell to a surprise defeat at struggling Udinese. Juve, who have been Italian champions for exactly 3,000 days, need to win one of their final three games to win their ninth title in a row. They led through Matthijs de Ligt’s powerful drive. But Ilija […]

CHELSEA'S urgent need for a new centre-back has reportedly led them to Atletico Madrid star Jose Gimenez. Declan Rice and Kalidou Koulibaly have also been linked with the Blues following their poor defensive displays this season. Only seven Premier League teams have let in more goals than Chelsea this campaign, hampering their bid for a top-four finish. According to the […]

COLIN MONTGOMERIE has stunned fans with an amazing body transformation that saw him lose a whopping 40lbs. The Ryder Cup legend put his miraculous weight loss down to pilates and simply "not eating as much". Monty, 57, said he needed new shirts to fit him after shedding almost three stone during lockdown. The 31-time European Tour winner was famously mocked […]

BERLIN (AFP) – Having sparred with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) legend Conor McGregor earlier in his career, Germany’s Niklas Stolze now wants to step up and make his own mark in mixed martial arts. The 27-year-old welterweight from Magdeburg fights Russia’s Ramazan Emeev in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday (July 25), when Australia’s Robert Whittaker and England’s Darren Till […]

ARSENAL proved their consistency is inconsistency by following up wins over Liverpool and Man City with a wretched defeat at Aston Villa. But the Gunners are in an FA Cup final next weekend against Chelsea, but first must finish the Premier League season strongly against Watford on Sunday. Off the pitch we have the latest on the Thomas Partey transfer […]

TOKYO • Tokyo Olympics organisers are preparing to host the Games next year even if the global coronavirus pandemic has not eased substantially, organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto told Reuters on Tuesday. The Tokyo Olympics had been scheduled to start tomorrow but were postponed to 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the organisers have been scrambling to […]

Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk wants to set an “untouchable” 400m world record as his legacy. Athletics legend Michael Johnson held the record for 17 years before Van Niekerk beat it in the Rio 2016 final. From the highs of becoming Olympic and world champion in 2017, the South African has missed most of the past three seasons with injury […]

Jamal Adams may have found a way to expedite the execution of his trade demand. In response to a story reporting that Jets owner Woody Johnson was investigated by the State Department inspector general after allegedly making racist and sexist remarks as US Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Adams made his anger toward Johnson known, writing, “We need the right […]

MANCHESTER UNITED will qualify for a Champions League place if they draw both their remaining two games. But if they win their first one and lose the last, despite that resulting in MORE points, they may miss out. That's because United face Leicester in their final game of the season – the other team aiming to bag fourth spot. United […]