New York marathon pulls in 2024 Olympians as top Paris runners flock to US for the year ender
Tola is joined by Paris runner-up Bashir Abdi of Belgium, who is seeking his first major title after a trio of podium finishes, and the fastest in the field Evans Chebet, who won two years ago and triumphed for Kenya in Boston twice.
Yankees’ three miscues erase Dodgers’ five-run deficit to hand the latter World Series trophy
Ending a season that started with a gambling scandal involving Ohtani’s interpreter during the opening series in South Korea, Roberts won his second championship in nine years as Dodgers manager, matching Lasorda and trailing the four of Walter Alston. The Dodgers won for the fourth time in 12 Series meetings with the Yankees.
Revealed: Man United’s lack of cutting edge in front of goal led to sacking of manager Ten Hag, hiring of Amorim
Manchester United executives began assessing candidates afresh, with Ruben Amorim high in their thoughts. They had already looked at the Sporting Lisbon head coach in the summer but after conversations both parties decided the time wasn’t right then. His release clause was higher and United directors wanted to see how Ten Hag fared in a new structure.
Fifty 50 years after the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Congolese youths still dream to scale heights of world boxing
As Congo marks the 50th anniversary of the Rumble-in-the Jungle on Wednesday, boxing dreams live on not only in the capital, Kinshasa – where the Ali-Foreman fight happened – but also in the grassroots promotions like Nyama’s out in Goma, a city in the heart of a region that has seen decades of conflict, displacement and crisis.
Man United considers Sporting Club manager Amorim to cast bad spell from Red Devils
Ruben Amorim has shown his desire to bring young talent into the first team – including Goncalo Inacio, Matheus Nunes, Nuno Mendes and Ousmane Diomande – and has improved the team’s quality with the resources at his disposal.
How Man City’s Rodri beat Vinicius Jr to Ballon d’Or, petulant Real Madrid know he deserves it
To say that Madrid have thrown their toys out of the pram would be an understatement. Some rumours emerged on Sunday that Rodri might have edged it, but the front cover of Monday’s Marca still hailed Monday as the day that Vinicius would win the Ballon d’Or.
No hug for Erik Ten Hag as he’s tossed out, Van Nistelrooy named interim manager of hobbling Man United
United had sounded out potential replacements including now England head coach Thomas Tuchel, newly-appointed USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino, former Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Roberto De Zerbi, Brentford head coach Thomas Frank and Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna.
Miami’s Lionel Messi earned more than 22 other MLS teams’ payrolls in 2024, salary report shows
Miami, the league’s regular-season Supporters Shield champion, led the league with a record $41.7 million payroll, double all but Toronto ($31.8 million), Los Angeles FC ($22.1 million), the LA Galaxy ($22 million) and Nashville ($21.9 million).
Like father, like son: LeBron and Bronny James make history as NBA’s first father-son duo to play together
LeBron and Bronny played two-and-a-half minutes on court together, and LeBron missed two perimeter shots before making a dunk. Bronny had an early rebound and missed a tip-in. Bronny’s first NBA jump shot was a 3-pointer that came up just short. He checked out with 1:19 left in the second quarter, getting another ovation.
Rwanda accused of trying to shrug off ‘sportswashing’ by touting economic outcomes
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has built a close working relationship with Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, which has opened an office in Rwanda and held its annual meeting there last year. Now he is taking the biggest step yet in his ambition to transform the country into a global sporting power, with F1 executives confirming that they are in exploratory talks with Kagame’s government about a possible Rwandan Grand Prix.
