Ray Reardon: Six-times world snooker champion dies aged 91
Former world snooker champion Ray Reardon has died at the age of 91.The Welshman, who had previously been diagnosed with cancer, died on Friday evening,…
Dai Greene: Former world 400m hurdles champion retires from competition
Former world, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene has retired from competitive athletics at the age of 38.The Welshman has already been involved…
Carlos Alcaraz defends Wimbledon title by sweeping Novak Djokovic
LONDON — For Carlos Alcaraz, there was one brief blip in the Wimbledon men’s final against Novak Djokovic on Sunday, one five-point stretch that took him…
Barbora Krejcikova wins at Wimbledon for second Grand Slam title
LONDON — Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday.Krejcikova…
Jaden Soong of St. Francis becomes youngest SCGA amateur champion
High school golf in Southern California is about to get a lot stronger with the arrival of 14-year-old freshman Jaden Soong at St. Francis High.On…
Strictly Come Dancing legend and former champion to return to BBC show
The One Show viewers were treated to a surprise Strictly Come Dancing announcement during Monday night's episode aired on BBC Two due to Wimbledon Source…
Patrick Bertoletti wins Nathan’s hot dog eating contest
With the controversial absence of its king, Joey Chestnut, the competitive eating world turned its eyes Thursday to Coney Island, where an open field of…
Boxing: Undisputed heavyweight world champion Usyk vacates IBF belt | Boxing News
The Ukrainian loses the IBF title just weeks after becoming the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Oleksandr Usyk has confirmed he will vacate…
Paris Olympics 2024: 800m champion Athing Mu fails to qualify
Reigning women's Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu will not defend her title at the 2024 Paris Games after falling in the US Olympic trials.The 22-year-old…
Former Premier League bad boy Mario Balotelli takes up new sport as he ‘calls out former UFC champion’
PREMIER LEAGUE winner Mario Balotelli has turned his hand to Muay Thai... and called out UFC legend Israel Adesanya. The Italian striker, 33, has spent…
Berlin Open: Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova begins grass court season with win
Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova began her grass-court campaign with a straight-set win over Spain's Rebeka Masarova at the Berlin Open.The 24-year-old won 6-4 6-3 in…
US Open 2024: Mental health key as ‘80% of players storm off’, says champion Wyndham Clark
Clark, who held off Rory McIlroy in Los Angeles to win his first major by one shot in 2023, is determined to not put too…
The Times’ softball player of the year: Kaniya Bragg
Perhaps no one played a more pivotal role in her team’s success on the softball diamond this season than Kaniya Bragg of Garden Grove Pacifica,…
Olympic champion Jess Fox settles for World Cup silver medal after four-second penalty in women’s kayak final
In short: Three-time Olympic medallist Jess Fox has finished with a silver medal in the women's kayak final at the ICF World Cup 2 in…
Six-time MotoGP champion Marquez to ride for Ducati factory team from 2025 | Motorsports News
Ducati officially confirms that Marc Marquez will be Francesco Bagnaia’s factory teammate for the 2025 MotoGP season. Spain’s Marc Marquez, the six-time MotoGP world champion,…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic withdraws from French Open
PARIS — Novak Djokovic withdrew from the French Open with an injured right knee on Tuesday, ending his title defense and meaning he will relinquish the…
How opera singer Janelle Colquhoun became national champion archer after losing her sight
In short: Janelle Colquhoun became a champion para archer after being robbed of her sight in her late 20s. The Brisbane woman lost her career as…
Biden hosts Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs at White House
WASHINGTON — President Biden welcomed the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Friday, lauding the back-to-back Super Bowl champion team as showing sportsmanship on…
Bill Walton, NBA champion and beloved broadcaster, dies aged 71 | Basketball News
Tributes pour in for Walton, a two-time NBA champion and basketball Hall of Famer remembered as ‘truly one of a kind’. Bill Walton, a two-time…
Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion | Boxing News
Ukraine’s Usyk beat UK’s’s Fury by split decision to become the first unifying title fighter since 1999. Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by scoring a…