The U.S. men’s national basketball team will not medal in a major international competition for the first time since the 2002 FIBA World Championship, when an embarrassing performance inevitably led to a complete revamping of the program. Led by NBA players Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier, France snapped Team USA’s streak of 58 straight victories in non-exhibition games internationally, defeating […]

VINCENT KOMPANY has had to drop out of his OWN testimonial because of injury, the Manchester City hero has confirmed. As the Belgian heads towards the end of a playing career in which he battled a number of knocks, even he admits it is a rather typical way to mark his City stay. Wednesday sees Kompany's select XI made up […]

LAND a Marvellous win on the first day of Doncaster’s St Leger meeting. TIS MARVELLOUS (3.00, Nap) got blocked several times when travelling well in the Beverley Bullet last time. He crossed the line full of running and can make up for that disappointment. LOXLEY (4.45 Doncaster, nb) has been off six months but goes well fresh and has held […]

FANS are convinced that Jadon Sancho has ended Marcus Rashford's England career – and reckon he could do the same at Manchester United. The 19-year-old scored his first goal for the Three Lions against Kosovo before he doubled his tally just one minute later. Sancho was named in Gareth Southgate's staring XI ahead of the Manchester United striker – who […]

Cobourg will be in the national hockey spotlight as one of the locations featured during the annual Rogers Hometown Hockey tour. The sixth season will include 25 stops in communities across Canada and will visit Cobourg on Jan. 4-5. The event features a weekend of live entertainment, NHL alumni, hockey-themed activities and a live outdoor viewing party of an NHL […]

The Raiders beat the Broncos 24-16 to open the season, winning the final Monday night game in Oakland before the team moves to Las Vegas next year. Throughout the game, fans chanted “F— A.B.!” voicing their displeasure with the superstar wide receiver who left the team before ever playing a down with the Raiders. The Raiders win was made possible […]

EXCITEMENT is starting to rise for fight fans as we head into a packed boxing schedule. Tyson Fury looks to be in good shape ahead of his showdown with Otto Wallin, whilst Anthony Joshua has come face-to-face with Andy Ruiz Jr ahead of their huge rematch on December 7. Follow all of the news from the world boxing right here… […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Rugby World Cup favourites New Zealand had their first training run in Japan on Tuesday (Sept 10) with the players quickly having to adjust from the winter temperatures of back home to the sweltering heat of their Kashiwa base. The All Blacks arrived in Tokyo on Monday and were able to get to their hotel in Kashiwa, […]

NABIL FEKIR has revealed he was hurt by "lies" about the alleged knee injury that saw his dream move to Liverpool fall apart. The French winger, 26, was all set to move to Anfield in the summer of 2018, but the Reds pulled the plug, citing fears over his knee. Fekir had been a shining light at Lyon throughout the […]

‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin delighted the WWE fans at Madison Square Garden for Raw with a trademark Stunner on AJ Styles. At the conclusion of the contract signing for the Universal title match at Clash of Champions between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman, Styles made his way to the ring – flanked by The OC – to once again protest […]