NBA restart, predictions: How the play-in tournament affects Western Conference playoff picture
Aug 04, 2020 03:34 am UTC| Sports
The NBA season 2019-20 restart kicked off last week, and the teams still in contention will have eight more seeding games to increase their playoff chances. These games are more important to the teams that have yet to...
FA Cup: Arsenal has much to thank Arteta for its record 14th title
Aug 04, 2020 02:40 am UTC| Sports
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a brace to help Arsenal come from behind and win the FA Cup title for a record 14th time after a 2-1 edging of Chelsea. Chelsea had surprised Arsenal with an early goal with just five...
NFL: More players decide not to play as "Opt Out" policy deadline is shortened
Aug 04, 2020 02:30 am UTC| Sports
National Football League (NFL) teams are worried that players are taking advantage of the Opt out policy, which would allow a player not to play due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and still get a...
Errol Spence Jr. versus Danny Garcia finally confirmed for November 21
Aug 04, 2020 01:50 am UTC| Sports
Finally, it has been confirmed! Errol Spence Jr. and Danny Garcia have both confirmed on their social media accounts that they will finally be facing each other on November 21, 2020, on Fox pay-per-view. Errol Spence...
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton clinches a record seventh British GP title in dramatic fashion
Aug 04, 2020 01:26 am UTC| Sports
Back in 2008, six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, while driving for McLaren, clinched his first-ever British Grand Prix on a Silverstone Circuit that was made treacherous by pouring rain. And, it wasnt only...
Formula One British Grand Prix: Recalling memorable moments that happened at the Silverstone Circuit
Aug 04, 2020 01:18 am UTC| Sports
No other circuit is ingrained as much as the Silverstone into the Formula One history. Back in 1950, what used to be a RAF airfield during World War II hosted the first-ever world championship grand prix. From then on,...
NFL opt-out tracker: 8 Patriots will skip 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns
Aug 03, 2020 05:14 am UTC| Sports
Part of the safety protocols in proceeding with the upcoming season amid a pandemic, the NFL and players association agreed on recognizing opt-out requests. Per the latest updates on Sunday, the New England Patriots is the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight