MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly ready to pay HALF of Alexis Sanchez's massive salary to get him off the books. The Chilean flop is still owed an eye-watering £26million a year, with more than three years left on his deal. The final decision on Sanchez will be made by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but, according to the Daily Mail, the club are […]

LAS VEGAS — Tiger Woods completed what is considered one of the greatest comeback stories in all of sports last month when he won the Masters at Augusta National. It was his first major championship in 11 years and 15th overall — an improbable accomplishment after his career seemed ruined by a series of crippling back surgeries and subsequent back […]

PHILADELPHIA – Once again, Kawhi Leonard couldn’t do it alone. The Raptors star scored 33 points, and was perfect in the third quarter, but he got little help from his teammates as Toronto dropped an ugly 116-95 decision to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. The Sixers take a 2-1 lead into Sunday’s Game 4 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal […]

THE racing was pretty drab for the most part on Thursday, before Punchestown saved the day in no uncertain terms. We've picked out some moments you may have missed on a busy afternoon of racing. A thrilling finish ? Apterix – Musselburgh 2.45 Brian Ellison's horses have garnered a not unfair reputation of being as tough as teak, and his […]

Ashley Giles has admitted that Alex Hales would still be a part of England’s ICC Cricket World Cup squad if news of his 21-day ban for using recreational drugs had not broken, but has denied there was any ECB cover-up of the issue. Only Giles, managing director of the England men’s cricket team, and Tom Harrison, ECB chief executive, knew […]

This morning Dan Patrick revealed on his titular radio show that he’s been suffering from severe joint pain for seven years, but is now going through the brutal treatment plan that has finally helped him feel better. Patrick was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica, and he described the feeling of constant pain as “having the flu but you’re not nauseous.” Patrick […]

Eoin Morgan said he and the six most senior players in the England ODI side felt it was best that Alex Hales was deselected from the World Cup squad after his reported 21-day ban for using recreational drugs. Morgan, speaking ahead of England’s one-day international against Ireland on Friday – live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.30am – said Hales […]

MCC issues new Code of Conduct to its 23,000 members after a woman revealed she was assaulted in the Lord’s pavilion last summer and a man was subjected to anti-semitic abuse The MCC have tightened their Code of Conduct after incidents last summer A woman was assaulted in Lord’s pavilion and a man suffered anti-semitic abuse  The two victims told […]

CAPE TOWN — Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run her last 800-meters on Friday before the International Association of Athletics Federations imposes hugely controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes. Semenya, who has spent years trying to get the new IAAF regulations thrown out, will compete at the Diamond League meeting in Doha against 2016 Olympic silver medallist […]

THEY don’t like negativity at Chelsea. They certainly don’t like it at boardroom level. And if Maurizio Sarri is trying talk himself out of Stamford Bridge, bleating excuses ahead of a Europa League semi-final is a pretty good way to go about it. Sarri’s post-match news conference in Frankfurt was highlighted by his suggestion the Blues were “in trouble” defensively. […]