Angel City falls in season-opening loss to NWSL newcomers Bay FC
One play that encapsulated Angel City‘s season-opening loss came in the 90th minute when the ball finally got past Bay FC goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx and…
Clippers were simply bad in blowout loss to Atlanta Hawks
Bad. Bad. Bad. There really was no other way to describe the unsightly basketball the Clippers played Sunday night during a disheartening 110-93 loss to…
Ian Wright ‘goes full Rod Stewart’ in FA Cup draw… before chucking away ball bag live on TV
IAN WRIGHT left fans in hysterics as he conducted the FA Cup semi-final draw. The former Arsenal and England striker was tasked with drawing the…
Galaxy rallies late to salvage 3-3 tie with St. Louis City
Dejan Joveljic scored in the third minute and Maya Yoshida added a goal in stoppage time to help the Galaxy play St. Louis City to…
How Dodgers use Trajekt Arc to help players get their swings in
PHOENIX — Early on this spring training, Shohei Ohtani told Dodgers coaches he wanted to take 50 at-bats before the start of the regular season. To…
Santa Monica’s Jackson Klein records third straight shutout
Jackson Klein of Santa Monica didn’t throw his third consecutive no-hitter Friday. He had to settle for his third consecutive shutout. Klein gave up three…
Rey Vargas v Nick Ball: Briton’s WBC featherweight challenge ends in split-decision draw
The challenger became frustrated as Vargas found success with left hooks to the body to win the early rounds. Ball was warned by the referee…
Akira Toriyama dead: Dragon Ball Z creator dies aged 68 after brain bleed as family hold secret funeral
THE creator of comic series Dragon Ball Z has died at the age of 68 after a bleed on the brain. Akira Toriyama was one…
‘Dragon Ball’ creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68
Legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama, the creator of the internationally popular “Dragon Ball” series and character designer on the “Dragon Quest” video games, died Friday…
Why the U.S.-Canada Gold Cup semifinal shouldn’t have been played
SAN DIEGO — A light rain was falling when the U.S. and Canadian national teams headed to their locker rooms before Wednesday’s CONCACAF W Gold Cup…
Gold Cup: U.S. overcomes rain-soaked pitch, beats Canada in PKs
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. and Canada splashed their way through 120 minutes of soccer before their CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinal was decided in penalty…
Ball brothers, JuJu Watkins top list of state basketball memories
A trip to Sacramento to play for a state championship in an NBA arena is one of the coolest things that can happen to a…
Andrés Gómez helps lift Real Salt Lake past LAFC in snowy conditions
SANDY, Utah — Andrés Gómez had two goals in the first half and added an assist to give Real Salt Lake a 3-0 home-opening win over…
Sloppy defense and poor shooting plague UCLA’s guards in loss
It was only a week ago that UCLA’s starting guards seemed to have fully rewritten the previously unpleasant narratives about their season. Once derided for…
Utah stuns UCLA on last-second basket, ending Bruins’ win streak
They lost their composure. They lost their leading scorer. They lost their late lead. Ultimately, they lost something that mattered far more. With Sebastian Mack…
Ryan Conner delivers two key baskets in City hoops semifinal win
Ryan Conner of Los Angeles CES is going to be hard pressed to duplicate what he accomplished on Saturday in the City Section Open Division…
He knows ball’ say fans as Bruno Fernandes reveals ‘underrated’ Man Utd legend he wishes he’d played with
BRUNO FERNANDES has expressed his dream to have played alongside underrated Manchester United legend Michael Carrick. Carrick, who is now manager at Championship side Middlesbrough…
UCLA survives Colorado surge as winning streak reaches 6 games
Sebastian Mack pounded his chest, pumped his arm and tilted his body in celebration. It was fun to be in Pauley Pavilion again. Mack, UCLA’s…
Brits can book an adults-only soft play with a ball pit, laser tag and karaoke
Adventurers After Dark zones in Cheddar and Taunton, Somerset, offers laser tag battles, immersive freedom gaming, rock-star karaoke sessions, and a fully-licensed bar stocked with…
I signed for Chelsea in dream transfer – but disaster struck and I thought my career was over before I’d kicked a ball
MARIO MELCHIOT thought his Chelsea career was over before he had even kicked a ball for the club. The former Dutch right-back secured a dream…