Lamine Diack will die in jail if sentenced – defence lawyers tell court
Lawyers for former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, who is on trial for corruption, on Thursday protested their client’s innocence and said the 87-year-old would...
Kaepernick joins Medium, will create content on race and civil rights
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has joined the board of directors of Medium and will work on content focused on race and civil rights, the...
Fauci casts doubt on football this fall
With the United States bracing for a possible second wave of the novel coronavirus, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Djokovic says important all players free to travel to U.S. Open
World number one Novak Djokovic says he is excited by the prospect of playing at the U.S. Open but says it would only be fair...
On this day: Born June 19, 1978 – Dirk Nowitzki, NBA player
Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki was one of the finest imports to feature in the NBA and became the first European player to win the league’s...
Le Mans schedule condensed due to pandemic
The rescheduled 24 Hours of Le Mans in September will be condensed into a four-day timetable incorporating free practice, qualifying, warm-up and the race, organizers...
Water polo: Hungary’s triple Olympic champion Benedek dies at 47
The former captain and coach of Hungary’s water polo team Tibor Benedek, who won three straight Olympic golds as a player in the 2000s and...
Football to return in Brazil on Thursday
Brazilian football will kick off again in Rio de Janeiro this week after the city’s mayor gave the go ahead for the local league to...
Alcott slams U.S. Open ‘discrimination’ over wheelchair omission
Australian Paralympic tennis champion Dylan Alcott has slammed the omission of the wheelchair tournament from the U.S. Open, calling it “disgusting discrimination”....
Trump backs ex-QB activist Kaepernick returning to NFL
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be in favor of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick returning to the field....