Despite the controversy still swirling around this year’s Kentucky Derby finish, there was a brief hope in the aftermath of that race that the Preakness Stakes might be a prime beneficiary of the increased attention on horse racing. Instead, owner Gary West decided to take his ball and go home with Maximum Security, the horse that finished first in the […]

UEFA have apologised to Arsenal for the travel chaos surrounding the Europa League Final but it would be “utterly unfair to exclude certain venues just based on their decentralised geographical position”. Thousands of Gunners and Chelsea supporters are refusing to go to Baku in Azerbaijan due to the extreme travel costs, with both clubs struggling to sell out their 6,000 […]

THIS Sunday WWE presents Money in the Bank – a high-stakes pay-per-view where future champions are decided in daredevil ladder matches. Sun Sport runs down the matches and predicts how the action will go down on the night. Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Finn Balor v Andrade v Randy Orton v Ali v Sami Zayn v Baron Corbin […]

DISGRACED Australian rugby player Israel Folau's contract has finally been terminated following his vile homophobic rant on Instagram. The Waratahs star, 30, said in April that "hell awaits drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters". Folau, whose £1.1million-a-year contract with Rugby Australia (RA) was to expire in 2022, was sacked shortly after uploading the post. But Australia's highest […]

Michael van Gerwen secured top spot in the Premier League for the seventh straight season as the league phase culminated on a dramatic evening in Leeds. Van Gerwen defeated Mensur Suljovic 8-5 to end the Austrian’s Play-Off hopes, before James Wade, who was assured of his top-four spot prior to taking on Rob Cross, defeated ‘Voltage’ 8-6 to deny Cross […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rugby Australia terminated fullback Israel Folau’s contract on Friday (May 17) for committing a high-level breach of the players’ code of conduct by sharing a social media post. “This outcome is painful for the game,” Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle told reporters in Sydney on Friday. “RA supports (players’) rights to their own beliefs and nothing changes […]

ROME — The frenzied scene Thursday at the Italian Open looked like something more common in nearby Vatican City. After Roger Federer had won his second match of the day, he left the Grandstand court, climbed into a golf cart and rode down the long main pathway of the Foro Italico, through throngs of fans who flocked to him as […]

Now that the partnership between Adam Gase and Mike Maccagnan has ended, the focus of the Jets world shifts to another relationship: Gase and star running back Le’Veon Bell. One area of fallout from Wednesday’s news that the Jets may have not anticipated was the reporting that emerged about coach Gase not being fully on board with the signing of […]

The Premier League champions find themselves embroiled in one of the most controversial and high-profile financial fair play (FFP) cases that European football’s governing body, Uefa, has dealt with, and could be kicked out of the Champions League. So where will it all end? What punishment could City face? Since March, Uefa investigators have been examining leaked documents – published […]

A MAN has been arrested over an online threat to kill Portsmouth fans in a bomb attack ahead of their play-off match with Sunderland tonight. North Yorkshire police took a 22-year-old Northallerton man into custody in the early hours after social media threats relating to the fixture at Fratton Park, according to The Telegraph's Gareth Davies. Tweets posted by @Kieran30971361 […]