Category Archives: Sports

Ralf Rangnick: Manchester United set to appoint German as interim manager — reports

Rangnick would replace the recently sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the team’s coach for the rest of the season, while they seek a full time replacement. The 63-year-old joins the English Premier League club after leaving his position as head of sports and development for the Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. The Athletic reported on Thursday […]

Cowboys vs Raiders: Dallas suffers heartbreaking Thanksgiving overtime loss to Las Vegas

In what was a penalty-ridden NFL game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, a pass interference called on Cowboys cornerback Anthony Brown kept the Raiders drive alive in overtime with the scores knotted up. The penalty allowed Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr to set his team up within manageable field goal range to claim a […]

World Athletics finds female athletes target of 87 percent of online abuse at Tokyo Olympics

The findings come from a study conducted during the Games and published on Thursday. It follows the launch of World Athletics’ new safeguarding policy last month, which highlights the concern that social media platforms need stronger safeguarding policies to protect athletes. Using a sample of 161 Twitter handles of current and former athletes involved in […]

Pat Cummins tasked with healing Australia after time of Paine

Cummins will be supported by new vice-captain Steve Smith, who returns to a formal leadership role for the first time since losing the captaincy during the Newlands ball-tampering scandal in 2018. As former skipper Paine’s vice-captain, Cummins was considered a shoo-in to replace the wicketkeeper, who on Friday stepped away from all cricket to take […]

Pigs go hog wild on golf course, injure two and force club closure

Two huge pigs recently made their way onto the course at Lightcliffe Golf Club in Yorkshire, disrupting play and even injuring some golfers who tried to shoo them away. They first appeared on Sunday, remembers president Philip Marshall, although he tells CNN Sport the club “don’t know where they came from.” “One of our golfers […]

Zac Stacy’s ex-girlfriend testifies she fears for her safety after violent assault caught on camera

“I was punched, slapped, literally picked up and thrown into my TV and then (he) picked me up and slammed me into my son’s bouncy seat by my throat. This is not the first time he has been violent with me. I am afraid for my safety and for my children’s safety,” Kristin Evans told […]

Qatar World Cup: Norwegian broadcaster slams treatment of its journalists but Qatar says they were trespassing illegally

Halvor Ekeland and Lokman Ghorbani, journalists for the Norwegian Broadcasting Co. (NRK), were arrested by police in Qatar late Sunday night, according to a statement sent to CNN from NRK. According to both journalists’ accounts, they were questioned for eight hours in separate rooms, one at a time, they were not ill-treated but they were […]

Bryson DeChambeau vs. Brooks Koepka: How an internet meme helped fuel sport’s biggest rivalry

Now it’s one of sport’s biggest rivalries and after months of expectation, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka will take to the course and go head-to-head in golf’s fifth edition of “The Match” on November 26, the day after Thanksgiving. DeChambeau and Koepka will compete over 12 holes at Wynn Golf Course, Las Vegas, with proceeds […]

LeBron James: Superstar gets fans ejected from game on return and hits clutch 3 in Lakers OT win

The LA Lakers star was back on court for the first time following his second-ever career ejection against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, and the 36-year-old exorcised any leftover frustrations in a 124-116 overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. Despite the absence of Anthony Davis through illness, James stepped up with a season-high […]

Manchester City defeat Paris Saint-Germain as both teams qualify for Champions League knockout stages

Having been on the back foot throughout the first half, PSG took the lead at the start of the second period when Lionel Messi’s deflected cross was finished by Kylian Mbappe. But the lead lasted little more than 10 minutes as City equalized through Raheem Sterling’s poked shot from close range — just reward for […]