Sandro Eric Sosing was stung by a devastating turn of events on Friday, with chest pains forcing him to withdraw from his World Darts Championship opener and go to the hospital instead. Sosing pulled out of the tournament on medical grounds only minutes before he was due to head out on stage for a match […]
Oleksandr Usyk’s brutal Frank Warren put-down leaves whole room in stitches after Fury win | Boxing | Sport
Oleksandr Usyk cracked up the media room on Saturday night with a five-word comment about Frank Warren, who called the margin of the Ukrainian’s victory over Tyson Fury ‘impossible’. The Gypsy King was only given four rounds by all three judges, leaving Usyk victorious and Warren seething. “How come Tyson only got four rounds in […]
Darts star calls out one of the World Championship favourites with dig | Other | Sport
Damon Heta was perplexed after noticing that Wessel Nijman was considered the fifth favourite to win the World Darts Championship this year. Heta spoke moments after advancing to the third round with victory over Connor Scutt, having hit four 100-plus finishes, as he addressed the “hype” around certain players on tour. In October, Dutch star […]
FIA president comes under attack from ex-F1 star – ‘P***** people off’ | F1 | Sport
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been warned that he risks “p****** people off” with his recent swearing and jewellery clampdowns, coupled with his spiky responses to drivers. Before a flurry of firings at the governing body, Ben Sulayem ordered Formula One stars to cut out the X-rated language during press conferences. Max Verstappen and […]
Transfer news LIVE: Man Utd eye deal with bitter rivals as Liverpool star flirts with exit | Football | Sport
Manchester United have one eye on the second tier as they hunt down a new back-up goalkeeper. According to The Sun, Illan Meslier, who plays for bitter rivals Leeds, is admired by Red Devils scout Tony Coton. United want another keeper to challenge Andre Onana, with current No. 2 Altay Bayindir failing to cut the […]
Darts LIVE: Luke Littler reacts after bursting into tears as stars on alert | Other | Sport
Luke Littler admitted he struggled against an up-for-it Ryan Meikle before coming out on top in his second-round match on Saturday night. The teen was overcome with emotion afterwards and explained that he had to battle to win his opening tie at Ally Pally. “That was probably the toughest game I’ve ever played, but you’ve […]
Odermatt finally wins in Gardena as he dominates a World Cup downhill
Marco Odermatt finally conquered the Saslong. The three-time overall World Cup champion dominated on Saturday to win a downhill in Val Gardena, Italy, beating Swiss teammate Franjo von Allmen by 0.45 seconds. It was Odermatt’s first victory at the resort in the Italian Dolomites. The 27-year-old had had four podium finishes there — including in […]
Canada’s Reece Howden wins gold at World Cup ski cross event in Italy
Canada’s Reece Howden raced to a gold-medal victory on Saturday at the ski cross World Cup stop in Innichen, Italy. The Cultus Lake, B.C., native was the lone Canadian to make it to the finals and held off silver medallist Alex Fiva, of Switzerland, to be the first to cross the finish line. “I was […]
Canada’s Mackay, Sharpe reach World Cup podium in freestyle ski halfpipe
Two Canadian skiers landed on the World Cup podium in freestyle halfpipe Saturday. Calgary’s Brendan Mackay was a silver medallist in the men’s event at Copper Mountain behind victor Alex Ferreira of the United States and ahead of American Nick Goepper in third. Mackay, who won the season-opening halfpipe in New Zealand in September and […]
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s stolen base king and 1-time Blue Jay, dead at 65
Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball’s leadoff position, has died. He was 65. Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were “shocked and heartbroken by his passing,” but did not specify a cause of death. Known as baseball’s “Man of Steal,” Henderson had […]