Formula One design guru Adrian Newey to join Aston Martin in March 2025
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Chinese FA bans 38 players for life in corruption crackdown
- Former internationals among those banned
- Move relates to match-fixing and gambling
The Chinese Football Association has banned 38 players and five club officials for life after a two-year investigation into match-fixing and gambling. The investigation, part of a crackdown on corruption in the sport, found that 120 matches had been fixed, with 41 clubs involved, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The report did not say whether all the matches were in China.
The former China internationals Jin Jingdao and Gu Chao and the South Korea midfielder Son Jun-ho were among those banned for life, according to findings made public on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s attacker dies in hospital
Dickson Ndiema Marangach doused Cheptegei in petrol and set her on fire, leading to her death in Kenya on Sunday.
Former partner accused of killing Rebecca Cheptegei dies from burns
- Hospital confirms Dickson Ndiema Marangach’s death
- Cheptegei died four days after being set on fire
Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the former partner of the Uganda runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who had been accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, died on Monday from burns sustained during the attack.
Cheptegei, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than 75% of her body in the 1 September attack and died four days later. Her former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, died at 7.50pm local time on Monday, said Daniel Lang’at, a spokesperson at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret in western Kenya, where Cheptegei was also treated and died. “He died from his injuries, the burns he sustained,” Lang’at told Reuters.
Continue reading...Bodycam shows police dragging NFL star Tyreek Hill from car before season opener
- Miami receiver was detained before game on Sunday
- Player says he followed orders given by officers
New video surfaced on Monday showing police officers forcefully removing Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill from his car and throwing him to the ground during a heated traffic stop before his team’s home opener on Sunday.
The Miami-Dade Police Department said it was releasing the available bodycam footage while continuing to investigate the incident. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump posted a clip from the footage on X.
Continue reading...Amid Israel’s war on Gaza, Palestine dares to dream of FIFA World Cup 2026
In their quest for success on the football pitch, Palestine bring hope and smiles to the people ravaged by war.
Nissanka stars as Sri Lanka beat England in third cricket Test match
The visitors romp to an eight-wicket win on the fourth day of the third Test at The Oval but lose the series 2-1.
Paralympics end with spectacular light show and dance party in Paris
China topped the medal table as it has at every Paralympics since 2004, with Great Britain second and the US third.
Paris gives Paralympic Games a send-off for the ages
Stade de France transformed into huge electronica dance party with world’s elite para athletes doing farewell conga
With an explosion of fireworks, laser beams, breakdance and a thumping set by the giants of French electronica, France bid goodbye to the Paralympic Games on Sunday night with the biggest party it had ever thrown.
The feelgood summer of athletic achievement in Paris had turned crowds hoarse from so much cheering and for ever changed the nation’s attitude to sport and disability, and now Parisians were desperately sad to say goodbye to it all.
Continue reading...Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Swiss dominate wheelchair marathon
The final day of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games saw Switzerland claim gold in both wheelchair marathons.
The Paralympics are supposed to be fair and inclusive, but often fail to be
The system of classification Paralympic sport uses is outdated and puts some athletes at a disadvantage.
Uganda’s late Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei honoured at Paris Paralympics 2024
Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after her partner attacked her in the latest attack on a female athlete in Uganda.
Preview: Jannik Sinner vs Taylor Fritz – US Open men’s final 2024
Fritz will look to shock top-seeded Sinner and become the first American champion of the US Open since 2003.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali retires from international cricket
The World Cup-winning player says he felt 'the time was right' to move on after representing England for 10 years.
‘We are freed in Gaza by sport’: shot putter flies Palestinian flag at Paralympics
Fadi Aldeeb, who had a month to train in his old event, was sole Gaza-born athlete at either Paris Games
Fadi Aldeeb got the call just a month before the Paralympics began asking him to return to the shot put, an event in which he hadn’t competed in years, to be the sole Palestinian representative at the Paris Games.
“When they asked me, of course I said yes because this is my country,” said the 38-year-old wheelchair basketball player from Gaza. “This experience isn’t about me, I am the voice of millions of people, to show their goals, their hopes and their successes. This is my opportunity to show the world who we are.”
Continue reading...USA football legend Alex Morgan retires ahead of birth of second child
Two-time football World Cup winner and Olympic gold medallist Alex Morgan is to play her final football match on Sunday.
Palestine hold AFC giants South Korea to a draw in World Cup qualifier
Palestine open their 2026 World Cup qualifying group stage with a remarkable goalless draw playing South Korea in Seoul.
Rebecca Cheptegei’s family demand justice after death of runner set on fire by former partner
- Olympian sustained 80% burns during attack in Kenya
- Police say former boyfriend attacked her amid dispute
The family of a Ugandan athlete who died in Kenya after allegedly being set on fire by her former boyfriend has called for justice and legal action against the culprit.
“I have a lot of grief because I’ve lost my daughter. I seek your help so that this person who has killed my daughter can be prosecuted,” Joseph Cheptegei, the father of Rebecca Cheptegei, told reporters at the hospital where she died.
Continue reading...Bahrain beat Australia 1-0 for shock result in 2026 World Cup qualifiers
A late own goal handed Bahrain their first-ever win over former Asian champions Australia.
Uganda’s Olympian Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Cheptegei died aged 33 due to multiple organ failure days after her boyfriend poured petrol on her and set her on fire.