2:15 PM ET Associated Press Swiss bank Julius Baer have agreed to pay nearly $80 million in fines and penalties for its role in illegal payments involving FIFA and the South American governing body CONMEBOL. The bank will pay a $43.32 million fine plus $36,368,400 in restitution — matching the total of the illegal payments
11:37 AM ET Adriana Garcia Valencia have named former Getafe coach Jose Bordalas as their new head coach. Bordalas, 57, has signed a two-year contract with an optional third, just two days after ending a successful five-season spell at Getafe. Earlier this month Valencia sacked coach Javi Gracia — the 11th coach to leave the
7:01 AM ET Alex Kirkland La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned that the proposed Super League project “isn’t dead” and criticised “shipwrecked” founders Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for “still trying to give us lessons on how football has to modernise.” Tebas, a vocal opponent of the project since its attempted launch in April,
11:20 AM ET Talks between Barcelona and Lionel Messi over a new contract are progressing satisfactorily with club president Joan Laporta having had a meeting with the player’s father and agent, sources told ESPN. ESPN has confirmed a Catalan TV3 report that Messi has a first informal offer on the table from Barca, one that
1:55 PM ET The final game of the 2020-21 season is upon us as the UEFA Champions League will be decided this Saturday in Portugal. Will it be the all-conquering super-team that is Manchester City, as they finally win the one trophy they’ve never held? (It would also break a 10-year drought for Pep Guardiola,
1:20 PM ET Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg said he respects Naomi Osaka’s decision to shun French Open press conferences for mental health reasons and added that she is “ballsy,” but recognised opponents could find it unfair. The German made considerable use of sports psychology as he battled and beat Mercedes teammate Lewis
1:20 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was back on the ice for a skate on Thursday, one week after suffering a concussion and a knee injury in a scary collision. Tavares skated at Scotiabank Arena with fellow Leafs forward Nick Foligno (lower-body injury), who will miss his third straight
11:21 AM ET Tiger Woods is in a familiar place: extensive rehabilitation. That was the gist of his comments in a brief interview with Golf Digest, the first he has done since being involved in a serious one-car crash in Southern California on Feb. 23 that left him hospitalized for nearly a month. “This has
News Quetta quick had initially arrived at the tournament hotel in Lahore with a non-compliant PCR test After releasing Naseem Shah from the PSL only three days ago, the PCB has made a U-turn by allowing him to enter the team hotel in Lahore. The Quetta Gladiators fast bowler will be in isolation before flying
1:35 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Belarus was stripped of hosting next month’s European track cycling championships on Thursday amid international outrage after a passenger jet was diverted to Minsk so a dissident journalist could be arrested. The European Cycling Union cited the “current international situation” for canceling the event in Minsk scheduled