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Soccer-Pochettino frustrated by Chelsea's inconsistency after thrashing at Arsenal

(Reuters) - Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was left frustrated by his team's inconsistency after their 5-0 thrashing at Arsenal in the Premier League on Tuesday, which came just days after they pushed Manchester City hard in a tight FA Cup semi-final loss. Leandro Trossard opened the scoring at the Emirates before Ben White and former Chelsea player Kai Havertz both scored twice in the

2024-04-24T05:18:58Z

Soccer-Arsenal hammer Chelsea to move three points clear at the top

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Ruthless Arsenal threw down the gauntlet in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of London rivals Chelsea to roar three points clear at the top of the table on Tuesday. Any remaining doubts about Arsenal's staying power were answered emphatically as Leandro Trossard gave them an early lead before Ben White and Kai Havertz scored two each in a

2024-04-23T22:02:50Z

Al Hilal v Al Ain: Hernan Crespo urges players to embrace the pressure in ACL semi-final

Faced with one of the most important matches in Al Ain’s history, manager Hernan Crespo said his players must embrace the pressure and leave Tuesday’s Asian Champions League semi-final against Al Hilal in Riyadh with “no regrets”. Al Ain, 2003 champions, are in pole position to reach the continental showpiece for the first time in eight years, with...

2024-04-22T18:04:22Z

Arne Slot compensation: Liverpool target could be Prem’s third most expensive boss

Reports suggest Liverpool might have to pay Feyenoord £9m for Arne Slot, which makes him a bargain compared to the £21m they would have had to pay for Xabi Alonso.

2024-04-24T10:59:56Z

Soccer-Roma's Ndicka fit to resume sports activity after on-field collapse

(Reuters) - AS Roma defender Evan Ndicka has been cleared to resume sporting activity after undergoing a series of tests, the Serie A club said on Tuesday, days after the 24-year-old collapsed on the pitch during their match against Udinese. The Paris-born player, who represents the Ivory Coast, was carried off on a stretcher after falling backwards onto the pitch in the 18th minute with the game

2024-04-23T16:37:02Z

Dubai: After last-minute dash through floods, UAE teens catch flight, win int'l tournament

With their luggage missing, the youngsters entered the competition without their UAE jerseys — but what they didn’t lack was the motivation to perform for the country

2024-04-22T21:25:38Z

Premier League talking points: Title tussle, misfiring Jackson, Ten Hag's future

Can Arsenal build on Wolves boost? With the title race set to go down to the wire, every match is vital with just one point separating Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City. All three sides suffered European blows last week with Arsenal and Manchester City exiting the Champions League – against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, respectively – while L...

2024-04-23T04:36:04Z

Paul Broadhurst keeps an ‘eye’ on the prize to win on Champions Tour

Former Ryder Cup player employed a unique putting technique to edge David Toms for first victory in five years

2024-04-23T14:13:13Z

Meet Garrick Porteous: a Dubai-based Challenge Tour winner making waves in the UAE

A former amateur champion in the UK the Newcastle-native says his short game has improved since relocating to the UAE

2024-04-23T13:58:07Z

Manchester City players celebrate Etihad Airways’ new home at Zayed International Airport

Manchester City players put their best foot forward as they joined the celebrations for Etihad Airways’ new home at the Zayed International Airport. Stars like Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne are seen showcasing their football skills in the short film that was released to promote Etihad Airways’ new hub during a celebr...

2024-04-23T12:07:09Z

Man Utd told to ‘chuck £80m’ at Prem rivals for ‘proper players’ Ten Hag ‘needs right now’

Dwight Yorke thinks Manchester United should 'chuck £80million' at Premier League rivals Crystal Palace for Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise.

2024-04-24T09:01:23Z

F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024 promises a never before-race weekend

Amidst the sport’s global growth organisers Ethara will host a special event at Louvre Abu Dhabi to announce details of the race’s 16th edition on December 6-8, 2024

2024-04-24T11:46:22Z

Bellingham eyeing triple trophy success with Real Madrid and England

Bellingham has scored 21 goals for Real since signing in the close season from Borussia Dortmund for 103 million euros

2024-04-23T11:27:46Z

Asian Tour leader John Catlin heads strong field for Challenge Tour event in Abu Dhabi

Among them are 17 of the top 20 players in the current rankings including a host of Emirates Golf Federation invitees

2024-04-23T11:27:51Z

Soccer-Liverpool in talks with Feyenoord over Slot to replace Klopp - Dutch media reports

(Reuters) -Liverpool have lined up Feyenoord coach Arne Slot as successor to departing manager Juergen Klopp and have opened negotiations with the Eredivisie club, Dutch media reported on Wednesday. The Algemeen Dagblad newspaper said Liverpool made contact with Feyenoord on Wednesday morning. Slot was heavily linked with a possible move to Tottenham Hotspur last year, but opted to stay at

2024-04-24T11:45:01Z

Olympics-Canoe queen Carrington looks to add to New Zealand record haul in Paris

(Reuters) - Canoe sprint champion Lisa Carrington became New Zealand's most decorated Olympian at the Tokyo Games and is not ruling out adding to her record medal haul at the Paris Olympics. The 34-year-old from Tauranga, who took three golds at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway, was named in New Zealand's biggest Olympic team of women canoe sprinters on Wednesday, with five female team mates to join

2024-04-24T07:34:19Z

Soccer-Title-chasing PSG ready for tough game at Lorient, says boss Enrique

(Reuters) - Paris St Germain could secure their third straight Ligue 1 title on Wednesday if they beat Lorient and second-placed AS Monaco fail to beat LOSC Lille - but manager Luis Enrique is not expecting his struggling opponents to hand them any favours. If Monaco draw or lose against Lille and PSG win away at 17th-placed Lorient, the Parisians would clinch their record 12th league title.

2024-04-23T16:37:01Z

Soccer-Late Milik strike sends Juventus into Coppa Italia final

ROME (Reuters) -A late goal by striker Arkadiusz Milik sent Juventus into the final of Coppa Italia with a 3-2 aggregate win over Lazio despite a 2-1 defeat in the second leg of their semi-final on Tuesday. Juventus beat Lazio 2-0 at home in the first leg but forward Valentin Castellanos levelled the tie when he scored twice by the 48th minute, before substitute Milik netted the decider from

2024-04-23T22:17:51Z

Man City legend’s ‘time is over’ under Guardiola with Barcelona transfer ‘feasible’ amid ‘1:1 rule’

Bernardo Silva is open to leaving Manchester City for Barcelona this summer but the La Liga giants need to sell before they can buy, according to reports.

2024-04-24T09:46:31Z

'Avengers assemble': Gauff thanks Lyles for inspiring men's USA basketball super-squad

Tennis star Coco Gauff has thanked American sprinter Noah Lyles for “assembling the Avengers” – in other words, inspiring USA Basketball to put together its most lethal squad for this summer’s Olympic Games. Lyles infamously questioned the NBA for calling its title winners “world champions”, explaining how the term is inaccurate for a North America...

2024-04-24T05:54:48Z

Unstoppable Scheffler wins again on PGA Tour as he takes out the RBC Heritage in South Carolina

The American reinforces his dominant position as No 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for a fourth victory in five outings

2024-04-23T10:57:40Z

IPL talking points: India's T20 World Cup dilemma, impact player woes and uncapped stars

With the Indian Premier League past the halfway mark, we take a look at the main talking points over the coming days. Impact player rule missing the mark When the impact player rule was introduced in the IPL last year, the idea was to provide teams an additional resource during the match. However, what we have now is teams lengthening their batting...

2024-04-23T09:36:44Z

Dubai-owned horses big winners at Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials Weekend in the UK

Classic Trials at Newbury Racecourse’s season open throws up plenty of surprises as HHidden Law wins for Godolphin and Teraabb for Sheikh Ahme

2024-04-22T14:24:43Z

Report reveals Tottenham paid ‘enormous money’ to beat Barcelona to wonderkid signing

Tottenham offered Swedish wonderkid Lucas Bergvall an 'enormous' salary to beat Barcelona to his signing, according to reports.

2024-04-24T10:59:54Z

Erik ten Hag calls criticism of Man United scraping into FA Cup final 'a disgrace'

Erik ten Hag has hit back at criticism of Manchester United's FA Cup semi-final win over Coventry City describing some of the reaction as “embarrassing” and “a disgrace”. United secured their place in the FA Cup final for a second successive season – when they will again take on Manchester City – by the skin of their teeth after edging past Coventr...

2024-04-23T12:52:15Z

Teamwork makes the dream work for Asian Champions League finalists Al Ain

Park Yong-woo collapsed to the turf, sodden with sweat, his legs unable to carry him any more. Not far from view, Yahia Nader was on his knees, heads in hands, barely able to take in the moment, take in the accomplishment. Some way away, to his left, Soufiane Rahimi embraced whichever teammate was near enough to wrap his arms around, before breakin...

2024-04-24T09:10:19Z

Premier League predictions: Arsenal and Liverpool seal derby wins over Chelsea and Everton

Tuesday: Arsenal v Chelsea (11pm kick off UAE) Arsenal returned to winning ways at the weekend after their 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa as they defeated Wolves by the same scoreline at Molineux. The Gunners are top of the table on goal difference ahead of Liverpool. Chelsea missed out on a place in the FA Cup final after a narrow defeat against M...

2024-04-23T02:50:52Z

Soccer-Liverpool open talks with Feyenoord over coach Slot - reports

(Reuters) - Liverpool have lined up Feyenoord coach Arne Slot as successor to departing manager Juergen Klopp and have opened negotiations with the Eredivisie club, Dutch media reported on Wednesday. The Algemeen Dagblad newspaper said Liverpool made contact with Feyenoord on Wednesday morning. Slot was heavily linked with a possible move to Tottenham Hotspur last year, but opted to stay at

2024-04-24T11:04:54Z

UAE ready to play role of giantkillers at Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Esha Oza, the UAE captain, says her side are ready to cause more upsets at the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi. The 10-team competition will decide the final two teams for the main event, which will take place in Bangladesh in September and October. The national team have yet to play at a World Cup at senior level. When they debuted at...

2024-04-23T07:37:21Z

How Al Ain reached the 2023/24 Asian Champions League final

Al Ain punched their ticket to the 2023/24 Asian Champions League final on Tuesday, seeing off Al Hilal 5-4 on aggregate. A 4-2 win over the Saudi Arabian powerhouse in last week's first leg put Hernan Crespo's side in pole position, and despite losing the return leg in Riyadh 2-1, the UAE club did enough to secure their place in next month's two-l...

2024-04-24T08:25:14Z

Soccer-Doncaster close on League Two playoffs after remarkable 10-game winning run

(Reuters) - Doncaster Rovers have managed to successfully flip the script of their season and put themselves in contention for a spot in the League Two playoffs after securing their 10th successive league win on Tuesday. Doncaster were languishing in 20th place in the fourth tier in early March, but since then they have put together a remarkable run in the league which has catapulted them up the

2024-04-24T07:49:22Z

Jude Bellingham targets trophy treble with Real Madrid and England

Jude Bellingham hopes to cap a memorable debut season at Real Madrid with a La Liga and Champions League double before helping England win this summer's European Championship. Bellingham is riding the crest of the wave having bagged the winning goal in Sunday's 3-2 El Clasico victory over Barcelona and picked up individual silverware on Monday when...

2024-04-23T06:36:18Z

Al Hilal v Al Ain: Hernan Crespo's side through to Asian Champions League final

Al Ain stood strong to Al Hilal and their luminaries, to a boiling and baying home support, to the early concession, the magnitude of the moment and the unrelenting pinch of the pressure, and strode into the Asian Champions League final. Celebrated as the only Emirati champions of the continent, the UAE club cast aside their starry Saudi Arabian co...

2024-04-23T20:23:17Z

'Amazing' Al Ain deserve place in ACL final after overcoming Al Hilal, says Hernan Crespo

Hernan Crespo praised the “personality” and “courage” of his Al Ain players after the UAE club defeated Saudi Arabian rivals Al Hilal to reach the Asian Champions League final. Al Ain, the only Emirati side to capture the continental crown, triumphed 5-4 on aggregate in the semi-final despite losing 2-1 in Tuesday’s second leg in Riyadh. Hilal, rec...

2024-04-24T02:54:16Z

‘Great for women’s golf': Legend Sörenstam applauds record-setting Nelly Korda for remarkable feat

Chevron Championship victory by the daughter of former Czech tennis great was her fifth successive win on the LPGA tour

2024-04-23T12:12:53Z

Cricket-Stoinis still keen to represent Australia despite loss of central contract

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Marcus Stoinis's desire to keep playing international cricket beyond the T20 World Cup in June has not been diminished by Cricket Australia's decision to drop him from the central contracts list, the all-rounder said. Stoinis looks certain to be named in Australia's squad for the World Cup in West Indies and the United States, and the Lucknow Super Giants batter provided a

2024-04-24T05:49:01Z

This Week in Golf: With Dubai's Porteous in tow, the Challenge Tour visits Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

The DP World Tour reaches the midway point of its Asian Swing when it returns to action with the ISPS HANDA Championship in Japan

2024-04-23T10:42:38Z

Olympics-'Just put me in there': Aussie triathlete shrugs off Seine concerns

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - There have been concerns that the Olympic triathlon might be postponed or even reduced to a duathlon due to water quality problems in the Seine but Australia's Matt Hauser says he will gladly take the plunge at the Paris Games. Paris has been working on cleaning up the river so that people can swim in it again, as was the case during the 1900 Olympics. But a sewer problem

2024-04-24T03:33:41Z

Motor racing-Formula One mulls extending scoring down to 12th from 2025

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One teams will discuss on Thursday a proposal to extend the points scoring positions from 10th down to 12th place next season. An FIA spokesman confirmed the matter was on the agenda along with other sporting regulations for the virtual F1 commission meeting that includes the governing FIA and commercial rights holder. Six of the 10 teams need to vote

2024-04-23T16:57:05Z

Ten Hag ‘saviour’ revealed as Saha tells Man Utd that Zidane signing would be ‘massive achievement’

Former Man Utd striker Louis Saha reckons it would be a "massive achievement" for the Red Devils to land Zinedine Zidane as their new manager.

2024-04-24T10:21:26Z

Klopp was not Liverpool’s first choice either: Mourinho, Wenger offer hope to Arne Slot

Jurgen Klopp was not Liverpool's primary candidate, Newcastle messed up one appointment and Spurs seem incapable of getting their favourite. So the Reds might be just fine with Arne Slot.

2024-03-29T13:54:33Z

Ornstein: Liverpool ‘open negotiations’ with Feyenoord as they select £13m ‘preferred choice’ to succeed Klopp

The Athletic's David Ornstein has claimed that Liverpool have now 'opened negotiations' with Feyenoord to make Arne Slot their new manager.

2024-04-24T11:01:44Z

Soccer-Al-Ain seal Asian Champions League final berth despite Al-Hilal loss

By Michael Church (Reuters) - Al-Ain advanced to the Asian Champions League final despite losing 2-1 to Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal in Riyadh on Tuesday, with the side from the United Arab Emirates completing a 5-4 aggregate victory to progress to next month's decider. Hernan Crespo's outfit will take on either Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea or Japan's Yokohama F Marinos. Goals from Ruben Neves and

2024-04-23T21:02:50Z

Tennis-Medvedev hoping for more clay success with Simon in his corner

MADRID (Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev believes the addition of Gilles Simon to his coaching team can help him understand clay better as the world number four looks to build confidence on his least favourite surface ahead of the French Open starting next month. Medvedev has won 19 of his 20 titles, including the 2021 U.S. Open, on hardcourts, with a grasscourt crown that same year at the Mallorca

2024-04-24T05:03:53Z

Arsenal v Chelsea player ratings: Odegaard 9, Havertz 8; Mudryk 3, Jackson 4

Ruthless Arsenal threw down the gauntlet in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of London rivals Chelsea to move three points clear at the top of the table on Tuesday. Leandro Trossard gave the home side an early lead before Ben White and Kai Havertz scored two each in a dazzling spell after the break to sweep aside a dazed Chelsea. ...

2024-04-24T06:54:56Z

'Shameful' La Liga has no goal-line technology: Barca coach Xavi

The coach was furious after Lamine Yamal had a shot which Barcelona said crossed the line

2024-04-22T12:39:26Z

Man Utd ‘reach’ £77m for ‘mystery’ player as they ‘break down any Barcelona resistance’ to transfer

Man Utd have agreed to pay €90m (£77m) for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong in the summer transfer window, according to reports.

2024-04-24T09:31:30Z

Al Hilal v Al Ain: Jorge Jesus confident of ACL semi-final comeback

Jorge Jesus says Al Hilal have full belief in their ability to overcome a two-goal deficit against Al Ain on Tuesday night and qualify for the Asian Champions League final. The record four-time winners – runners-up last year – go into the semi-final second leg at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh 4-2 down after Al Ain’s impressive display in the UAE last...

2024-04-22T15:49:09Z

Soccer-Havertz coming good at perfect time for Arsenal

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Kai Havertz took a long time to win over the Arsenal fans after his summer move from Chelsea but there will be few doubters left after his clinical double against his old club on Tuesday helped fire his side three points clear in the title race. The 24-year-old German produced two clinical finishes after the break as Arsenal accelerated to a 5-0 victory that

2024-04-23T22:47:59Z

I have nothing to hide, says F1's Emirati boss Ben Sulayem

A former Emirati rally driver, Ben Sulayem was also cleared by the FIA ethics committee of influencing the results of the Saudi Arabian GP

2024-04-22T12:09:23Z