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REUTERS: Premier League chief executive Richard Masters suggested the proposed Saudi takeover of Newcastle United had become complicated but hoped to have a conclusion to the process shortly. The Premier League’s board has been carrying out an examination of the proposed takeover as part of its ‘owners and directors test’ […]

LONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford to improve, saying he is open to further strengthening his attack despite their impressive goalscoring form this season. The Old Trafford giants are on course to have two players hit the 20-goal mark in the same campaign, in all […]

UEFA currently sees no need for a plan B for the Champions League final tournament due to be held in Lisbon, despite several suburbs of the Portuguese capital preparing to go back into lockdown as coronavirus cases surge again. PARIS UEFA currently sees no need for a plan B for […]

REUTERS: Liverpool defender Joel Matip will miss the remainder of the season due to a foot injury, the Premier League champions said on Tuesday (Jun 30). Centre back Matip, who has been limited to 13 games in all competitions this season, sustained the injury during Liverpool’s goalless draw with local […]

KARACHI: Six players have been cleared to join Pakistan’s cricket tour to England after recording two successive negative COVID-19 tests, officials said on Tuesday. But the other four of 10 players who originally came up positive for coronavirus last week will have to stay behind after failing further tests. Mohammad […]

JAKARTA: An Indonesian former sports minister has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of taking US$800,000 in bribes, his lawyer said on Tuesday (Jun 30). The sentence handed down Monday by a Jakarta anti-corruption court came after Imam Nahrawi was convicted of accepting bribes to approve grants […]

LOS ANGELES: League organisers have agreed to paint NBA courts with the words “Black Lives Matter” when the basketball season resumes next month in Florida, US media reports said. NBA stars have been prominent supporters of the anti-racism protests that swept across the United States following the death in May […]

PARIS: The Formula One season roars into action at the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg this weekend with “military-like”, coronavirus-busting sanitary regulations. Every single person who sets foot inside the Red Bull Ring, where the first two races of the rescheduled season take place, must adhere to strict health and […]

Manchester City remain the only credible threat to the Reds’ reign for the next few seasons, says John Duerden. SINGAPORE: Liverpool’s 30-year wait for the English championship finally ended on Friday (Jun 26) without the Reds kicking a ball. Second-placed Manchester City lost at Chelsea to stay 23 points behind […]