Category: Sports

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 30, 2024, 12:24 AM MANCHESTER, England — Apparently, Manchester United’s players didn’t read manager Erik ten Hag’s programme notes before their miserable 3-0 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. “I must be clear,” wrote the Dutchman. “Only 100% will do.” It was a demand made in response to Christian Eriksen […]

2.35pm That’s all for today, I’m afraid. There’s lots happening in cricket otherwise since you all must be hungry to consume something this Sunday. Sri Lanka have swept NZ 2-0 with an innings win in Galle, England and Australia are getting ready for an ODI series decider in Bristol, and there was loads of IPL […]

Championship contenders making trades with one another is rare, and you don’t have to look too far back to understand why. Just a year ago this week, the Milwaukee Bucks made a blockbuster trade with the Portland Trail Blazers to acquire Damian Lillard, but that inadvertently led to Jrue Holiday landing with the Boston Celtics. […]

The final weekend of the offseason brings us another league-shaking deal involving two teams with NBA Finals aspirations. Karl-Anthony Towns will join the New York Knicks with Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo going to the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN. The Timberwolves will also acquire a 2025 top-13 protected first-round pick from the Knicks, with […]

The New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves are finalizing a blockbuster trade involving All-Stars Julius Randle and Karl-Anthony Towns, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. The deal would see Randle and Donte DiVincenzo wind up in Minnesota and Towns in New York. The Knicks are set to add a center in Towns to shore […]

Sid Lowe, Spain writerSep 27, 2024, 01:05 PM And so they come full circle. Real Madrid have gone 39 league games without defeat, more than an entire season’s worth of games. They have not been beaten in the league in almost exactly a year: not since Sept. 24, 2023. That was against Atlético Madrid. They […]

Liverpool could lose three of their best players — Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold — for nothing in less than 100 days. That is the stark reality of the contract chess game being played out right now at Anfield, because the sands of time really are running down to the final grains. […]

After 16 years in the NBA, former MVP point guard Derrick Rose is retiring from the league. The No. 1 pick in the 2008 NBA draft and Chicago native made his mark for seven years with his hometown team before spending the next nine jumping between the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit […]

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 26, 2024, 04:15 AM MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United like to think of themselves as one of Europe’s elite. A club that not only should be competing in the UEFA Champions League, but challenging to win it. Yet this season — again — they’re in the UEFA Europa League. And after drawing […]

Manchester United welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday. The two sides find themselves in similar circumstances: Both are in mid-table after five games, and both have rebounded since defeats to their biggest rivals. While it may be too early to pay too much attention to the league table, a […]