LONDON: Pep Guardiola remains defiant in the face of Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at West Ham, which left them nine points behind leaders Arsenal. Despite City leading through Bernardo Silva’s first-half goal, Konstantinos Mavropanos’ header equalized for West Ham before the break. The result came hours after Arsenal secured a
MADRID, Spain: Real Madrid defender, Trent Alexander-Arnold, said his team surprised a lot of people, who expected them to get “battered”, by beating Manchester City 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Federico Valverde netted a first-half hat-trick for Madrid to secure an impressive last-16 first leg victory. Alvaro Arbeloa’s
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy: China won the first wheelchair curling gold medals on offer at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics as they battled to a 9-7 victory over South Korea on Wednesday, while Latvia beat the United States to claim bronze. The Chinese mixed doubles pair of Wang Meng and Yang Jinqiao secured
INDIAN WELLS: Filipina rising star Alexandra Eala advanced to the last 16 at Indian Wells Open after world number four Coco Gauff retired from their third-round match with a painful arm injury on Sunday. The 20-year-old 31st seed was leading 6-2, 2-0 when Gauff called it a day after 54
TEHRAN, Iran: Israel pounded Tehran with fresh strikes while Iran targeted Kurdish guerilla groups in Iraq on Thursday as a spiralling war in the Middle East engulfed the entire region. A conflict ignited Saturday with United States (US)-Israeli attacks that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has spread rapidly,
GALLE, Sri Lanka: A second Iranian warship was heading towards Sri Lanka’s territorial waters on Thursday, a day after a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least 87 sailors, a minister told Parliament. Media Minister, Nalinda Jayatissa, said the second Iranian warship was just outside Sri Lankan waters,
BRIGHTON, England: Mikel Arteta hit back at criticism from Fabian Hurzeler after Arsenal edged closer to the Premier League title with a 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday. Bukayo Saka scored the decisive goal early in the first half at the Amex Stadium, his deflected strike sealing
INDIAN WELLS, United States (US): At the Indian Wells Masters, Novak Djokovic said he believes tennis legend, Serena Williams, could soon return to competitive tennis, a prospect that has players and fans buzzing with excitement. “I think she’s coming back. I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to her, but I
NEWCASTLE: Michael Carrick said “defeat hurts” after Manchester United’s 2-1 loss at Newcastle on Wednesday – the first time he has been beaten as manager of the club. William Osula came off the bench to score the winner for the 10-man home team at St James’ Park, putting a dent
MANCHESTER, England: Pep Guardiola insisted the Premier League title race is not finished after Manchester City were held to a shock 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest. City twice led at the Etihad Stadium but could not secure victory. Goals from Antoine Semenyo and Rodri were cancelled out by Morgan Gibbs-White