Tables have turned since round 2, when Perth Glory took a 3-2 result against Melbourne Victory. Perth Glory coach Tony Popovic believes his team has earned the right to take part in a mouth-watering A-League clash with Melbourne Victory on Sunday. The Glory head to Melbourne knowing a win over the defending champions will put
Month: February 2019
Qatar carved out a piece of footballing history for themselves on Friday, winning the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in a 3-1 upset win over four-time winners Japan in Abu Dhabi, UAE . Oman coach Pim Verbeek resigned from the post on Wednesday with the former Australia and South Korea boss calling time
2:46 AM ET Josh Warrington will defend his IBF featherweight title against mandatory challenger Kid Galahad after Frank Warren’s Queensbury Promotions won the purse bid for the fight. The purse bid scheduled on Tuesday for the mandated rematch between heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury has been postponed for one week.
Gonzalo Higuain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Marcus Rashford — three high-flying Premier League strikers. Gonzalo Higuain and Marcus Rashford both marked scoring in the Premier League this weekend with some serious elevation by leaping as high as they could go. The Chelsea and Manchester United strikers kept up a long tradition of leaping celebrations that are spectacularly
1:44 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Lowry has no desire to play for anyone but the Toronto Raptors. But if the All-Star guard is sent elsewhere between now and the NBA’s Thursday trade deadline, Lowry said he’ll have no hard feelings toward the team he has played for over the past six-plus seasons.
1:34 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are discussing potentially drastic changes to the on-field game and economic landscape of the sport in the middle of a collective-bargaining agreement, a significant
Gianni Infantino believes Russia 2018 is the benchmark for Qatar to live up to at the 2022 World Cup. FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar. Fifa president Sepp Blatter says football’s world governing body needs to restore
12:58 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook tied Michael Jordan and…Russell Westbrook in his quest to break the record for the longest triple-double streak in NBA history on Tuesday. Year Player Games 1967-68 Wilt Chamberlain 9 2018-19 Russell Westbrook 7 2016-17 Russell Westbrook 7 2016-17 Russell Westbrook 7 1988-89 Michael Jordan 7 1960-61 Oscar
A mobile phone video appeared to show a West Ham fan shouting racist abuse at Mohamed Salah. Metropolitan Police are reviewing a video that appears to show a West Ham supporter directing anti-Muslim abuse at Liverpool star Mohamed Salah. In the mobile phone footage, which circulated on social media on Wednesday, an unidentified West Ham fan
Serge Gnabry scored twice for Bayern Munich and Kingsley Coman provided the winner in extra time as Bayern defeated Hertha Berlin 3-2. BERLIN — Bayern Munich reached the quarterfinals of the DFB Pokal with a 3-2 defeat of Hertha Berlin after extra-time, with Robert Lewandowski turning in a performance that could silence some recent criticism