THE Champions League final is drawing closer and Liverpool will be taking part for the second year running. Jurgen Klopp's Reds made it to Madrid after a stunning comeback win over Barcelona, earning a 4-0 victory at Anfield to overcome the competition favourites 4-3 on aggregate. When is the Champions League final? The Champions League final will be played on […]

Tempers still are flaring over Saturday’s controversial finish to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, and now the connections of War of Will have entered the fray. War of Will trainer Mark Casse, whose horse was involved in the interference that eventually disqualified Maximum Security from victory, on Tuesday compared the ride by Maximum Security’s Luis Saez to that of “a drunk […]

MANCHESTER CITY have reportedly beaten Manchester United to the signing of Bruno Fernandes. The Guardian claims Sporting Lisbon star Fernandes, 24, is just weeks away from being unveiled as Pep Guardiola’s latest signing. It’s said the Portugal international will join City in a deal worth £47million. Sporting Lisbon had been hoping a club would meet Fernandes’ £86m release clause. But […]

These here Boston Celtics seem dead, filleted and breaded and fully cooked, and their feeble attempts to bridge a series of late deficits last night strongly suggested that, one recent example of a blown 3-1 lead notwithstanding, this is a mentally broken basketball team with one single game between them and the beach. That’s a far cry from their ballsy […]

CHARLIE APPLEBY expects Line Of Duty to vindicate his decision to swerve the 2000 Guineas by advancing his Investec Derby claims in the Dante at York next week. Last year's Breeders' Cup winner will step up to a mile and a quarter in the Group 2 prize, ahead of trying to follow stablemate Masar and give the Newmarket handler back-to […]

EDEN HAZARD may have won his final trophy as a Chelsea player after clinching April's Goal of the Month award for his stunning solo strike against West Ham. The 28-year-old jinxed past a number of Hammers players before slotting a left-footed strike beyond Lukasz Fabianski into the bottom right corner. Picking up the ball near the halfway line, Hazard slalomed […]

A LUCKY punter is counting his cash after placing a bet on Judd Trump to become snooker world champion… when he was eight years old. Neil Morrice, 62, scooped a whopping £10,000 after sticking a £10 bet on back in 1998 for the 29-year-old to win the World Championship. Not only that, the bet was void once Trump turned 30 […]

SAN DIEGO — It is, Brandon Nimmo observed, “kind of weird.” We are discussing Jeff McNeil’s unique knobless bat, his baseball weapon of choice that is “kind of the first thing broadcasters talk about” when the Mets open a series with a new opponent, the Mets’ soft-spoken star sophomore noted with a smile. For those fans of a certain age, […]

Ironically, the Edmonton Oilers’ signing of Ken Holland as their new GM has all the hallmarks of Holland’s recent moves in Detroit. You know, the ones that made Red Wings fans so excited to see Steve Yzerman arrive back home last month. Edmonton giving so much money—a reported $25 million over the next five years—to a big name whose best […]

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is in favor of implementing a waiver system that would allow athletes at service academies to postpone their active-duty service requirements in order to pursue a career in professional sports. During a ceremony at the White House to honor the Army football team, which won last year's Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, Trump said his administration is […]