BILBAO: Kylian Mbappe delivered a standout performance with two goals and an assist as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 on Wednesday to close the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to one point. Madrid, winless in their previous three away league games, produced one of their sharpest displays of
LONDON: Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday, while Chelsea slumped to a 3-1 defeat at struggling Leeds. Arsenal were not at their sharpest at the Emirates but secured another important step toward a first league title
LONDON: Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea, while Alexander Isak ended his scoring drought to fire Liverpool to a 2-0 win at West Ham on Sunday. Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo was sent off in the 38th minute for a
LONDON: Ruben Amorim credited set-piece routines as key to Manchester United’s 2-1 comeback win at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Palace took the lead in the 36th minute when Jean-Philippe Mateta converted a retaken penalty, extending pressure on United after Monday’s 1-0 home defeat to 10-man Everton. United responded early in
SALÉ: Morocco’s Mohammed VI Football Academy is strengthening its role as the country’s premier talent pipeline as the kingdom looks ahead to co-hosting the 2030 World Cup. Founded in 2010 in Salé and spread across 17 hectares, the academy hosts 121 boys aged 12 to 18, drawn from cities, rural
LIVERPOOL: Arne Slot vowed to “keep fighting” as Liverpool’s alarming slump continued, insisting his conversations with the club’s owners remain unchanged despite mounting pressure. Liverpool were thrashed 4-1 by PSV Eindhoven at Anfield in Wednesday’s Champions League clash — their ninth defeat in 12 matches across all competitions. Large sections
MEXICO CITY: The Mexican government will build a supercomputer with a processing capacity seven times greater than the current most powerful computer in Latin America, officials responsible for the project said Wednesday. Named Coatlicue, after a goddess in Aztec mythology representing the source of power and life, the computer will
MOSCOW: Russia said Wednesday that ongoing talks to end the war in Ukraine were “serious”, after earlier welcoming parts of a new US plan to halt the deadliest fighting in Europe since World War II. A deal was still a long way off, Russian officials warned, with US President Donald
BANGKOK: Eleven pink painted elephants marched through Bangkok yesterday, bowing in unison outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to the late queen mother. Sirikit, the mother of current King Maha Vajiralongkorn and wife of the longest-reigning Thai monarch, died in October at the age of 93. The royal
TOKYO: US President Donald Trump advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan’s sovereignty, the Wall Street Journal reported after a diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing. The row between Asia’s two biggest economies began after Takaichi said that Tokyo could intervene militarily in any attack
