Category: Sports

Tue 22 September 2020: 11-month-old Turkish boy Metehan Fidan battling spinal muscular atrophy Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil on Monday requested help for an infant battling a rare neuromuscular disease. “I’d like to use my reach here on Twitter to help Metehan. Metehan is diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy – a genetic disorder. With your […]

Thu 17 September 2020: Lionel Messi claims victory in legal battle for trademark rights to his own logo ISTANBUL – Argentinian football star Lionel Messi won a court fight to trademark his logo. The EU’s Court of Justice in Luxembourg dismissed an appeal against Messi from a Spanish company brand Massi over trademark rights related to […]

Sun 13 September 2020: Victory for Reds comes in seven-goal thriller at Anfield in Premier League season opener Liverpool defeated Leeds United with a 4-3 score Saturday in the Premier League season opener. A hat-trick from Egyptian star Mohamed Salah and a goal from Dutch defender Virgil Van Dijk helped the Reds to the win […]

Tue 08 September 2020: Crisis between Argentine superstar and club arose when Barca hired Ronald Koeman as head coach without Messi’s knowledge Barcelona’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will have problems if he continues to play for the Spanish football powerhouse this season, a Turkish football pundit said Monday. “I thought that Messi would retire from […]

Mon 07 September 2020: The world No1 said he was ‘really sad and empty’ following his disqualification during his fourth round match with Pablo Carreno Busta Top-seeded men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic was disqualified from this year’s US Open on Sunday after accidentally hitting a ball at a female line judge, striking her in the […]

Sun 30 August 2020: Produced 11 goals in 20 appearances for Italian club last season Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his return to Serie A club Milan on Sunday. ”Finally, everything’s sorted out and I could come back to where [I] feel at home, now we have to work and push on,” he said […]

Fri 28 August 2020: ‘They’ve become like a political organization, and that’s not a good thing,’ says US president WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump slammed the NBA on Thursday, accusing it of becoming “political” as players boycotted playoff games because of police shootings of Black men.  “I don’t know much about the NBA protest. […]

Thu 27 August 2020: Watching continued genocide of Black people at the hand of the police making me sick to my stomach, says Naomi Osaka Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka has pulled out of a major tennis competition in the US in a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in […]

Fri 14 August 2020: Jawahir Roble, 26, who came to UK when she was 10, says football is her obsession LONDON – A Somalian migrant aiming to be the first Muslim woman to become a referee in the English Premier League says she is determined to play a part in the world of football. Jawahir […]