Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first billionaire footballer
The former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward's wealth has been boosted by his contract extension with Al-Nassr.
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Lazio Ultras arrested after 2026 Winter Games corruption attempt
Prosecutors in Venice make two arrests relating to corruption before the Olympics in February.
LIVE: Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia – AFC World Cup qualifier
Follow our live build-up, with team news, ahead of our text commentary stream of the qualifier for the 2026 World Cup.
Human error caused crash that killed record-breaking skydiver Felix Baumgartner
Austrian was killed in paragliding accident in July
56-year-old broke sound barrier during 2012 jump
The paragliding crash that killed extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner in July was caused by human error, an investigating prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, died in July along Italy’s Adriatic coast. He was 56. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until Baumgartner’s paraglider started spinning to the ground, crashing near a hotel swimming pool.
Continue reading...Malaysia football federation to fight FIFA sanctions for cheating claims
FIFA cited falsified or doctored documentation in sanctioning Malaysia football for breaches in an AFC qualifier.
Japanese football official sentenced for viewing child pornography images
Masanaga Kageyama was on a flight to Chile for the Under-20 World Cup when the crew raised the alarm.
India beat Pakistan by 88 in Women’s Cricket World Cup to top points table
Goud and Sharma star with the ball in Colombo to give the tournament hosts their second win in two games.
Russell wins Singapore GP for Mercedes; McLaren secure constructors’ title
Red Bull's Verstappen finished second - and McLaren's Norris, in third, has a 22-point lead in the drivers' standings.
MotoGP Indonesia: Aldeguer wins first race as Marquez injured on lap 1
Gresini's Fermin Aldeguer won his first career MotoGP after Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi collided on opening lap.
LIVE: India vs Pakistan – ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025
Follow our live score, as well as photo and commentary stream for the Women's World Cup match in Colombo.
UFC 320: Pereira stuns Ankalaev with TKO to regain light heavyweight title
Alex Pereira won back the light heavyweight title with a technical knockout of Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320 in Las Vegas.
Lionel Messi assists Inter Miami back into win column against Revolution
A trio of assists by star forward Lionel Messi helped Inter Miami crush New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
Real Madrid beat Villarreal as Vinicius Jr scores two goals, Mbappe injured
A Vinicius Jr brace helped Madrid reclaim top spot in La Liga after Kylian Mbappe limped off with an ankle sprain.
Chelsea beat Liverpool with late Estevao goal as Arsenal top Premier League
Estevao's injury-time goal seals 2-1 win for Chelsea over Liverpool as Arsenal take EPL top spot beating West Ham 2-0.
‘Time is running out’: Sportsbet offered share of $1m in bonus bets if customers gambled on AFL grand final day
Online bookmaker’s offer, one of a series texted during finals, was valid only if customer took up a suggested same-game multi bet
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Australia’s largest online bookmaker texted customers offering a guaranteed share of $1m in bonus bets if they gambled on the morning of the AFL grand final.
The messages were among a series texted to a Victorian man’s phone by Sportsbet during the AFL finals series in an apparent attempt to entice him to gamble more.
Continue reading...India vs Pakistan – ICC Women’s World Cup: Match time, handshake row, rain
While both teams want to 'focus on the game', regional politics may take the attention away from cricket in Colombo.
Chelsea vs Liverpool 2-1: English Premier League – as it happened
All our updates from our live text commentary stream, including updates from Man Utd and Arsenal through the day.
Shubman Gill replaces Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI cricket captain
Test captain Gill takes over the 50-over leadership role ahead of the ODI series against Australia.
Man Utd manager Amorim can’t run away from results’
Manchester United are currently in the bottom half of the Premier League, where they also finished last season.
‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies
Unlike his fellow basketball player, Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseas
When Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his Crohn’s disease had arrived.
It had – but so too had 10 undercover police officers. A video on social media shows Shaw, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, shouting for help as the swarm of officers move to apprehend him.
The Indonesian National Police did not respond to a request for comment for this story.
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