LOS ANGELES, June 9 -- Iran's footballers will open their World Cup in a stadium with no place set aside for the people who came to cheer them. Days before the tournament begins, the United States, on... Read More
New Delhi, June 9 -- He had dodged explosions on the roads to his training ground in Mogadishu. He had become the first Somali to referee a continental final, the first to work an Africa Cup of Nation... Read More
DUBLIN, June 9 -- The par putt on the 17th hole Sunday was maybe seven feet. It was also, at that precise moment, J.T. Poston's entire season. Ryan Gerard had just rolled in 40 feet of birdie to take... Read More
New Delhi, June 9 -- The question arrives at some point for every young Spanish tennis player of sufficient promise: name the pieces. Isner's serve, Federer's forehand, Djokovic's backhand, Alcaraz's ... Read More
New Delhi, June 9 -- that no midfielder has dominated this competition quite the same way. He was joined by West Coast Eagles icon John Worsfold, Essendon's 400-game full-back Dustin Fletcher, South ... Read More
DAMBULLA, June 9 -- There was a very specific category of cricket watcher tuned in at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Tuesday: the Indian selector. Not every member of the panel, perhaps... Read More
NEW DELHI, June 9 -- Mohammed Siraj walked off the field in New Chandigarh on Monday after India's one-off Test against Afghanistan ended inside three days. By Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricke... Read More
LONDON, June 9 -- The question England's cricket establishment has spent months avoiding finally arrived not from a batting collapse in Sydney or a board review in a windowless room, but from a nightc... Read More
LISBON, June 9 -- The number that frames everything is five. Five World Cups, 14 goals, one record that Lionel Messi himself has never matched: the distinction of being the only male player to score i... Read More
ADELAIDE, June 9 -- The first time Rhea Ripley saw professional wrestling up close, she was a teenager watching a big Australian called Bronson Reed throw people around at local shows in South Austral... Read More