It was England’s great escape. Last-wicket pair Monty Panesar and James Anderson saw off 69 deliveries in tandem to earn an unlikely draw for England in the 2009 Ashes opener in Cardiff and leave Australia one scalp shy of victory. It proved a crucial result for the hosts, who went on to win the series 2-1 to regain the urn […]

ARSENAL have been handed a boost in the chase for Thiago Silva. The Brazilian centre-back will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer after eight years in the French capital. In an interview with Brazilian magazine Caras, Silva ruled out a move to former club Fluminense and revealed that he would like to stay in Europe. "Everyone knows the affection I have […]

MAN UTD were beaten by West Brom in a friendly but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got to see Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes in competitive action for the first time. Pogba and Fernandes played in a 2-1 defeat against the Baggies, but United's second string, featuring Odion Ighalo then won 3-1 in their game. Follow all the very latest news from […]

SINGAPORE – Skateboarder John Panugalinog has not been to his usual skate spot at Plaza Independencia in Cebu City, the Philippines, for the past two months because of social distancing measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Determined not to let that stop him from skating, the 19-year-old has converted his home, which he shares with his 10 siblings […]

SINGAPORE – Singapore Pools announced on Sunday (June 14) that online sports betting will resume from Monday (June 15), while punters can bet online on overseas horse races from Wednesday. In early April, Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC) said that they would not be offering betting and wagering until further notice after the Ministry of Health announced […]

Christian Hackenberg is betting on his big right arm to revive his pro sports career. It just won’t be in football. The former Jets quarterback, during an interview with NBC 10 in Philadelphia on Saturday, said he is trying to become a pitcher. According to a social media video posted by the network, Hackenberg was throwing at more than 90 […]

We have not seen one of these in a while. A quarter of a century has elapsed since we were last here. So there has been hesitancy to call what is going on with Major League Baseball what it is, but this is a labor-related work stoppage. It does not fit comfortably into one of the traditional buckets — a […]

The illegal sign-stealing drama that rocked MLB before the pandemic may not be over — and this time it involves the Yankees. A letter from commissioner Rob Manfred to the Yankees detailing the findings of a 2017 investigation into the ball club’s alleged sign-stealing program should be unsealed, a judge ruled Friday, according to The Athletic. The Yankees and MLB […]

BRITISH heavyweight stars Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are finally set to go toe-to-toe in a match-up of vastly different styles as much as personality. In the red corner, the Gypsy King has revealed he has embraced being the "chubby and hairy" fighter who has knocked out adonis after adonis. The next toned boxer to stand opposite him on the […]

JEFF WHITLEY’S gaze grows vacant at the memory of the hell he put his family through at the height of his all-consuming addiction. It was 2007 and the former Manchester City midfielder had been on another booze and cocaine-fuelled bender with neither sleep nor food. Fortunately for him, this proved to be his last. “I caught a glimpse of myself […]