Coronavirus impact on sport in Asia

BASEBALL and basketball played before empty stands; football leagues delayed matches and clubs left out of Asian competitions or matches were forced to relocate. And the rapidly spreading virus that…

Struggling Espanyol frustrate Atletico

Atletico Madrid slipped up in the race for La Liga’s top four yesterday as they were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom club Espanyol. Saul Niguez volleyed in a…

City beat Villa to win third straight League Cup

Manchester City claimed the League Cup for the fourth time in five seasons by beating Aston Villa 2-1 at Wembley yesterday thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero and Rodrigo. Mbwana…

Bekele breaks Farah’s London half-marathon record

ETHIOPIA’s Kenenisa Bekele broke Mo Farah’s course record as he won the London half-marathon yesterday in a time of one hour and 22 seconds. Bekele took 1min 18sec off the…

‘Fury v Wilder III before Olympics’

DEONTAY WILDER will fight Britain’s WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury for a third time this summer, according to promoter Bob Arum. The pair drew their first fight in 2018…

Inter director says Serie A risks not finishing due to coronavirus

THE Serie A season runs the risk of not finishing if more matches are postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, Inter Milan’s chief executive Giuseppe Marotta said yesterday. Inter’s match…

Wily Wolves come from behind to beat Spurs

WILY striker Raul Jimenez struck a superb 73rd-minute winner as Wolverhampton Wanderers twice came back from a goal down to beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 and leap-frog them into sixth place…

Everton held by United after late goal ruled out by VAR

EVERTON and Manchester United drew 1-1 at Goodison Park in the Premier League yesterday in an enthralling game which ended in VAR drama. A dreadful error from United keeper David…

No going back on de-dollarisation

There has been a degree of confusion, some deliberately generated, and misunderstanding over the process of de-dollarisation.

Urgent action needed to stop locust invasion in eastern Africa

Obi Anyadike NAIROBI — A donor conference in Rome was asked to pledge $70 million to tackle a plague of desert locusts critically threatening rural livelihoods in a region where…

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