adminMadrid bank on CR7
MADRID. — Real Madrid are hoping the fit-again Cristiano Ronaldo can lead them into the Champions League soccer final although strike partner Karim Benzema remains a doubt for tonight’s return…
Ranieri salutes his champions
LONDON. — Claudio Ranieri says the “heart and the soul” of his players is the reason behind Leicester’s incredible English Premier League soccer title success. Tottenham’s failure to beat Chelsea on…
Best feeling of my career: Wes
LONDON. — Leicester captain Wes Morgan hailed the English Premier League soccer champions as “a band of brothers” as they celebrated their astonishing title triumph on Monday night. Claudio Ranieri’s side…
Leicester awoken by gods of football
LEICESTER. — Off the tourist trail and loved by few but its residents, Leicester was a sleepy place until a king who died over 500 years ago and footballing triumph…
Media salutes The Foxes
LONDON. — Britain’s broadsheets and red tops displayed an uncustomary blue yesterday, the team colours of Leicester City, the club whose improbable success in winning the English Premier League soccer…
Khan not interested
LONDON. — Amir Khan says a boxing showdown with Floyd Mayweather is unlikely even if the American decides to come out of retirement.
Messi hails Leicester
LONDON. — Lionel Messi spoke for the great and the good of world soccer, not to mention millions of grassroots fans, when he acclaimed Leicester City’s extraordinary English Premier League…
Greatest sporting shock
LONDON. — At the start of the English football season last August, bookmakers in Britain were offering odds of 5 000-1 against Leicester City winning the Premier League title. 5 000-1?…
Taylor feared for the worst
LONDON. — Former England batsman James Taylor has said he feared he was about to die in the incident that led to the premature end of his cricket career. Taylor (26)…
Olympic Flame in Brazil
BRASILIA. — Embattled President Dilma Rousseff greeted the Olympic flame in Brazil yesterday, promising not to allow a raging political crisis, in which she could be suspended within days, to…