A YOUNGSTER pictured enjoying a kickabout on a Caribbean beach with Lionel Messi and his children has been identified as an 11-year-old from north London. Footage was published late last week showing the Barcelona star playing football with his son Thiago, six, and three other children including a blonde schoolboy on a beach in Antigua. Now it has emerged today […]

FRANK LAMPARD faces his sternest test as Chelsea manager when the Blues face Spanish champions Barcelona in Japan. Following a draw with Bohemians, victory against St Patrick’s and an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Kawasaki Frontale it has been a mixed start for the new Stamford Bridge boss. With plenty of experimenting and changes made between players and formations, […]

The Ashes has never been short of memorable moments. So each day in the build-up to this summer’s five-Test series, which begins on Sky Sports Cricket on Thursday 1 August, Sky Sports statistician Benedict Bermange will pick six of the very best as he counts down his top 60 moments. England vs Australia August 1, 2019, 10:00am Live on Featuring […]

A Game Of Two Halves Ep 41: Should Asean host football’s 2034 World Cup? 18.46 mins Synopsis: A Game of Two Halves is The Straits Times’ weekly sports podcast that is out every Tuesday. In this episode, host David Lee welcomes former national footballer R. Sasikumar and assistant sports editor Rohit Brijnath talk about the possibility of Asean hosting the […]

AYR 1.30 MASTER MCGRATH would be one of the nicest two-year-olds in Kevin Ryan’s yard and he should know his job well enough on debut. He is one to have a close look at in the betting along with fellow newcomers Custodian and Panist who are both nicely bred and come from stables who can get them ready. Dick Datchery […]

Duop Reath doesn’t recall all that much of the Second Sudanese Civil War. But he remembers enough. He recalls being one of the millions displaced and living literally nowhere, in a Kenyan refugee camp with his family. And the sacrifices his parents made to get him to the Las Vegas Summer League with the Nets, and on the cusp of […]

Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes have captured FIVB World Tour gold on home soil for the first time, adding to an already successful month of competition. Humana-Paredes and Pavan defeated the American team of Betsi Flint and Emily Day, 21-11, 21-16 in the final of the Edmonton Open on Sunday. Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan defeated the American team […]

Keith Smart and Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. have been summer shooting pals for six weeks, in three cities, for countless hours. And it started in a chair. The Knicks assistant coach warned Smith the process would be “tedious.” It’s been all of that — and the alliance may turn so successful, the shape of the Knicks’ season could […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Zack Wheeler’s return from the injured list now likely just hinges on waking up Monday without discomfort. The right-hander threw a bullpen session Sunday before the Mets faced the Giants at Oracle Park and reported the session went “good.” Wheeler, who is returning from a shoulder impingement, would be eligible for removal from the IL on Tuesday. […]

It was only a matter of time before ESPN decided to do something in response to Dan Le Batard very correctly calling the network’s anti-politics stance “cowardly,” after he denounced the “send her back” chants that Trump’s racist supporters decided to hoot and holler on Thursday. Surprisingly, however, the response was a relatively-tame, and quite passive-aggressive, emailed reminder to network […]