San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama won the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year award, the league announced on Monday, marking the first time a Frenchman has captured the honor. The 20-year-old center, a 7-foot-4 (2.24m) prodigy who was the top pick in last year’s NBA Draft, averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 ...
Aruna Quadri will faceoff with South Korea’s Cho Dae-seong in the men’s singles round of 16 of the World Table Tennis Saudi Smash 2024, taking place in Jedda. The Nigerian once again showed character as he came from behind to edge Lee Sang Su of South Korea 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, ...
The transfer of the flame onshore in the southern port of Marseille will mark the start of a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) torch relay across mainland France and the country’s far-flung overseas territories. Organisers are hoping the first public spectacle of their much-hyped “iconic” Olympics — just 79 days away — will ...
The record 14-time winners snatched a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the semi-final clash in Munich with Vinicius Junior scoring a brace. “I am confident because this is Real Madrid, we have this squad, I’m confident in the fans who will help us,” Ancelotti told a news conference ...
Matt Hummels was the hero on the night as his 50th-minute header sent Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League final with a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, giving the Germans a 2-0 win on aggregate. Dortmund will face either fellow German side Bayern ...
All squad members will be allowed to appear on the teamsheet, in contrast to the last European Championship in 2021 when teams had squads of 26 but three players were not allowed to wear kit and had to watch from the stands. The expansion from 23 players at the last ...
The Belarusian second seed triumphed 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) and will face world number one Iga Swiatek on Saturday in a rematch of last year’s final. The clinical Swiatek earlier eased past American Madison Keys with a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 victory. In the men’s draw third seed Daniil Medvedev retired ...
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners are a single point above Pep Guardiola’s men with three games left but City, who host Wolves, crucially have a game in hand. Newcastle can pile the pressure on Manchester United in the battle for a Europa League place if they win at Burnley, who are plotting ...
Fresh facts about how Finidi George beat fan favourite Emmanuel Amuneke and other applicants to the Super Eagles job have emerged. Monday, the Nigerian Football Federation approved the recommendations of its Technical Committee to appoint Finidi as coach ahead of over 60 other local and foreign applicants. Some of the ...
Defenders Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi are the latest additions to the list since Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa, in which the Chelsea boss was forced to name five academy graduates aged 20 and under on the bench. The Blues’ campaign has been badly disrupted by the unavailability of ...
