World Sports

The fate of the 56-year-old Los Angeles Sports Arena has been sealed, but there remains time for a curtain call or two before the wrecking balls roll in. After the wrecking balls will come soccer balls. Two months ago, the Los Angeles Football Club, which has nothing to do with the NFL and is apparently trying to convince us of the need to be more universal in our sports terminology,…

eSports are watched by 27 million people and counting each year. <!–[CDATA[ Sports are inherently nostalgic. We all share memories of that game-winning play or agonizing defeat. These moments never leave us. They become a part of our lives. Greg D’Alba Illustration: Alex Fine With this emotional power as a backdrop—and in a world where interruptive campaigns are losing to invited content—sporting events have an advantage….

Seven-goal thriller the highest scoring women’s final Carli Lloyd hits 13-minute hat-trick Captain Lloyd’s third from halfway line USA first nation to win three Women’s World Cups Carli Lloyd scored an incredible 13-minute hat-trick as the United States thrashed Japan to win their third Women’s World Cup title. In a repeat of the 2011 final, which Japan won on penalties, …

London Olympics 2012 promised to leave the legacy of an inspired generation engaged in sport. So, three years on, how is it looking? Numbers released on the amount of people playing sport regularly have been closely scrutinised since the big event According to the latest release of Sport England’s annual active people survey, the number of people in England who regularly take part in sport is rising. But is has…

“Beyond the rapacious machinations of FIFA, the game is an art form.” We’ve all had them. They might have come via TV or a live event, through personal participation or from reading the paper or listening to the radio. They are those moments when sports lifted our emotions somewhere past fandom to a place where adrenaline and passion create a potent and focused form of…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City are set to make a £71m bid for Juventus’s 22-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba. (Mirror)  City will also bid for Wolfsburg’s 24-year-old attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, and return with an improved offer for Liverpool’s 20-year-old forward Raheem Sterling. (Star)  Manchester United have made…

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Silverstone Lewis Hamilton battled through a bad start and late-race rain to win an action-packed British Grand Prix Hamilton had to pass both Williams cars after a bad start and losing a place following a safety car period. But…

115:44 Foul by Martín Demichelis (Argentina). 115:32 Foul by Charles Aránguiz (Chile). 115:32 Lucas Biglia (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 114:54 Foul by Jean Beausejour (Chile). 114:54 Lionel Messi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 113:49 Attempt missed. Charles Aránguiz (Chile) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arturo Vidal. 113:06 Alexis Sánchez (Chile)…

By Nick Schwartz July 4, 2015 1:36 pm Follow @Nick_Schwartz

In a world where ‘Shark Week’ is the most anticipated week of television every year, the ‘Sharknado’ franchise is now on its third television movie, and a shark is throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to Jeff “Shark” Samardzija, the following lawsuit only makes sense. According to the Miami Herald, a fan who visited Marlins Park two years ago is now suing the Miami Marlins after alledgedly suffering neck and…

Star free-agent forward LaMarcus Aldridge has agreed to sign a four-year, $80 million maximum contract with the San Antonio Spurs, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Aldridge, who turns 30 on July 19, had spent all nine seasons of his NBA career with the Portland Trail Blazers, developing into one of the league’s best big men. He informed the Trail Blazers on Friday night that he had narrowed his choices to…

By Nick Schwartz July 4, 2015 1:36 pm Follow @Nick_Schwartz

The organization that attempted to take a urine sample from Jose Aldo last month only for its representative to get in trouble with Brazilian authorities is saying it did nothing wrong. Drug Free Sport sent Ben Mosier to Rio de Janeiro to conduct a urine test on Aldo, the UFC featherweight champion, on June 11 on behalf of the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC). When Mosier arrived at Aldo’s Nova…

Greg Anthony’s second act in sports broadcasting begins on Saturday. Turner Sports will use Anthony as an NBA TV game analyst for NBA Summer League play in Orlando from July 4-10. His first appearance will be Saturday at 9 a.m. ET for the Heat–Pacers game. Turner Sports would not elaborate on whether this meant Anthony is back in the fold for the longterm, but it is clearly an entrée to…

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Late last year, we reviewed BMW’s i3, a range-extended plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that impressed us despite its high price and limited range. That car is one half of BMW’s i Project, a sub-brand created to showcase the company’s vision of sustainable mobility. The i8 is the other half. It’s a plug-in hybrid sports car made from carbon fiber and aluminum. As such, it looks like very little else on the…

CHICAGO — Andrew Ference was at the beginning of his NHL career when he met Dr. David Suzuki, who hosts a TV show in Canada. The conversation with the award-winning scientist changed the life of the young defenseman. Ference told Suzuki about all the ways he’s environmentally responsible at home. The famous environmentalist responded with a shrug. “I was really patting myself on the back, and he just kind of…

As the Women’s World Cup comes to a close this weekend, we are nearing the end of a cycle of commentary that crops up whenever women’s sports are the center of attention. There are myriad think pieces on the state of women’s sports and whether we should be lamenting or praising them. In part, all of them are right. In many ways, things are good. There is a still a…

The Blues’ curtain-raiser against Swansea on Saturday, August 8 is the first of 24 live matches on Sky Sports from the opening seven rounds of the new 2015/16 season, with Arsenal and Liverpool starring in the first Super Sunday clashes, Manchester City featuring in the return of Monday Night Football and Manchester United in front of the cameras in a one-off Friday night game. Sky Sports will show every team live by the…