USA sprinter Noah Lyles won the men’s 100m title at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by the smallest of margins in a dramatic photo finish. The 27-year-old took gold ahead of Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just five-thousandths of a second as both sprinters finished with a time of 9.79 seconds at the Stade de France….
Jamaican sprint star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrew from the Olympic 100m competition before her semi-final at Paris 2024 on Saturday because of injury. The 37-year-old, a five-time world and two-time Olympic 100m champion, is competing at her final Games before retirement. Fraser-Pryce, who has 24 global medals, qualified from her heat on Saturday but did not…
Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in a friendly match at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey Pau Victor scored both goals for Barcelona, scoring the first goal just before half-time and the second goal shortly after the break. Nico Paz scored a late goal for Real Madrid, but they couldn’t secure a win. The match…
Tottenham slipped to their first defeat of pre-season as they were beaten 2-1 by Bayern Munich in front of a 67,000 sell-out crowd in Seoul. Son Heung-min, James Maddison and summer signings Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall all featured for Spurs, who were outplayed by the Bundesliga giants despite the absence of Harry Kane. Gabriel…
In a thrilling match at the Parc des Princes, Trinity Rodman scored a sublime goal in extra time to secure a 1-0 victory for the United States against Japan in the women’s football quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. After a goalless 90 minutes, Rodman’s strike in the first half of extra time sent the US…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has promised to keep his half-time team talks brief following the club’s £2.09m fine for repeatedly delaying kickoffs and halftime restarts. The Premier League imposed the penalty after City breached rules 22 times “without good reason.” When asked about the fine, Guardiola said, “I just read it in the news….
France has advanced to the semi-finals of the Olympic men’s football tournament after defeating Argentina 1-0 in a highly charged quarter-final match. The winning goal was scored by Jean-Philippe Mateta, who headed home a corner kick from Michael Olise in the fifth minute. The match was marked by intense rivalry and tension, culminating in a…
Former Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has died at the age of 60, his family has announced. Shakespeare was undergoing treatment for cancer back in October 2023. As well as managing Leicester, he also worked for West Brom, Hull, Everton, Watford, Aston Villa and Norwich and had a spell as England assistant boss in 2016….
Manchester United have received a second bid from Fulham, understood to be £20m, for midfielder Scott McTominay. It is anticipated United will reject the offer but the Scotland international’s future is again uncertain after West Ham tried to sign him last summer. Speaking on the club’s pre-season tour of the United States, United manager Erik…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have crashed out of the Olympics football event after losing to Japan in their last group C match The loss condemned them to a disappointing exit from the competition after losing their first two games to Brazil and Spain Nigeria lost 3- 1 ending the Super Falcons’ Olympics dreams. Nigeria lost their…
