GERAINT THOMAS crashed and painfully landed on his back at the Tour de France in a massive scare for the defending champion. The Welshman, 33, needed a replacement bike after coming off on a sharp corner during the opening miles of stage 16, the day after a rest day and landing on his left upper back and shoulder. It was […]

Goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley gave Frank Lampard’s Chelsea an impressive 2-1 win against Barcelona in a pre-season friendly in Japan. Abraham opened the scoring with a neat first-half finish after rounding the goalkeeper, and substitute Barkley curled in a second late on. Ivan Rakitic struck in injury time for Barcelona with powerful drive. The game saw £107m […]

MANCHESTER UNITED may finally have an opportunity to sign Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan after two years of interest. The Croatian World Cup was one of Jose Mourinho’s top targets two years ago but the Red Devils failed to bring the winger to Old Trafford. Now Calcio Marcato claim the 30-year-old could be used as makeweight in a move for […]

A Game Of Two Halves Ep 43: Singapore rolls out red carpet for Red Devils and Ronaldo; Schooling’s prospects at World Champs 15:31 mins Synopsis: A Game of Two Halves is The Straits Times’ weekly sports podcast that is out every Tuesday. In this episode, ST sports editor Lee Yulin, assistant sports editor Rohit Brijnath and sports correspondent Sazali Abdul […]

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says claims the club has shown “disrespect” by ignoring fans on their tour of Asia is “far away from the reality”. Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that City had not engaged with local fans in China last week and shown “discrimination” towards local media. “I should say I don’t agree and also that it’s […]

ARSENAL face Real Madrid as they continue their Premier League preparations. Unai Emery's side are in the United States for a pre-season tour and have already seen off Fiorentina and Bayern Munich in the International Champions Cup. Madrid look set for life without Gareth Bale and come into this game on the back of a comprehensive defeat against the German […]

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga will retire from one-day international cricket after Friday’s first match against Bangladesh in Colombo, captain Dimuth Karunaratne has said. Malinga, 35, played his last Test in 2010 but continued playing the shorter formats and has taken 335 wickets from 225 one-day internationals for Sri Lanka, the third highest for the country behind Muttiah Muralitharan […]

Katie Ledecky has withdrawn from the 200m freestyle at the world swimming championships. Team USA made the announcement just hours before the first heats of the event Tuesday at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. “A decision has been made by Team USA in consultation with Katie, her coach and the team’s medical staff for her to withdraw […]

Since Chinese swimmer Sun Yang won two gold medals at the 2012 Beijing Olympics, he has been the most dominant freestyle swimmer in the world. He’s the only swimmer in history to win either a World Championship or an Olympic gold medal in every freestyle distance from 200 meters to 1,500 meters. His rivals, however, dislike him not for his […]

The chaotic free agency period has completely changed the NBA. Seven star players changed teams, plus several other big-name free agents, altering the league landscape. With the dust mostly settled, here’s our power ranking of where each NBA team stands after a wild offseason. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. The NBA season ended less than a month ago […]