Danny Welbeck has learned to deflect criticism and is no longer overly influenced by those who wonder whether he really belongs at the highest level of club and international football. The Arsenal and England forward confounded the doubters by scoring twice w88 casino in his club’s 3-2 home win...

BAKU, April 29 — Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton claimed his first win of 2018 today and took over as leader of the title race when he triumphed in a dramatic, crash-strewn Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The 33-year-old Briton, who had struggled for outright pace, managed to steer his Mercedes w88 through a chaot...

OAKLAND, June 3 — Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith confessed to cluelessness yesterday in his botched rebound play in the NBA Finals opener, promising a tighter focus in Sunday’s link w88 crucial second game. Smith squandered a final chance at a regulation-time Cleveland victory in a game Golden State w...

PARIS, May 31 — Caroline Wozniacki’s French Open record does not strike fear into opponents but the Dane could be the dangerwoman at this year’s French Open, according to former champion Mats Wilander. The 27-year-old Dane was in imperious form yesterday, thrashing Georgina Garcia Perez in 51 minutes ...

MOSCOW, June 20 — Banned former Fifa president Sepp Blatter attended a World Cup match in Moscow today and said the football tournament was a bit like “my World Cup” because of the warm welcome he had received in Russia. Blatter, who led Fifa for 17 years, is serving a six-year ban from “all foo...

ROSTOV-ON-DON (Russia), July 3 — Keisuke Honda said his country had a blueprint for the future despite being knocked out of the World Cup in painful m88 fashion by Belgium today. Akira Nishino’s side had been 2-0 up in Rostov-on-Don thanks to goals from Genki Haraguchi and Takashi Inui, and were seemingly h...

MANCHESTER, April 16 ― Manchester City are English champions for a fifth time after Manchester United's shock 1-0 home defeat to West Brom handed their local rivals an unexpected early title party. City put themselves in position to win the league by bouncing back from a bitterly disappointing week to ease past To...

  MOSCOW, June 18 — Mexico stunned World Cup holders Germany yesterday, inflicting a 1-0 defeat that throws the Germans' title defence into disarray as Neymar's Brazil stuttered to a draw against Switzerland. The outstanding Hirving Lozano smashed home the Mexican winner in the 35th minute at Mo...

  MADRID, April 25 — Arsenal’s Europa League semi-final against Atletico Madrid tomorrow will be a clash of styles as stark as they come but Arsene Wenger and Diego Simeone are anything but w88 polar opposites. Arsenal will flood forward at Emirates Stadium while Atletico will sit back; Arsenal will d...

KIEV (Ukraine), May 27 — Gareth Bale came off the bench to score twice, w88 malaysia including one of the all-time great goals in a Champions League final, as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev yesterday to take the trophy for the third year running. Bale’s jaw-dropping overhead kick in the 64th minute ...

  MILAN, April 18 — Mauro Icardi scored his 25th goal of the Serie A campaign to help Inter Milan ease past Cagliari 4-0 to move third in Serie A yesterday, putting the pressure on Roman rivals Lazio and Roma in the battle for Champions League places. Inter had not scored or won in their last three w88 game...

  VOLGOGRAD, June 18 — England open their World Cup campaign today seeking to banish memories of dismal performances in recent tournaments as Belgium’s “Golden Generation” kick off as dark-horse challengers. England, winners on football’s biggest stage more than half a century ago, m...

  LONDON, April 19 ― Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said today he w88 is “confident” midfielder Jack Wilshere will sign a new contract at the Premier League club despite a delay in putting pen to paper. Wilshere's current deal runs out in the summer and, despite an offer being on the table, the 26-ye...

LONDON, June 7 — Amazon has secured the rights to show English Premier League football matches for the first time in further evidence of their financial might in the bidding wars for sports events, the league said today. The giant online retailer will show 20 Premier League matches a w88 season for three years, s...

PARIS, May 29 — Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill believes France are quite capable of winning the World Cup after seeing them get the better of his team in a friendly yesterday w88 live evening. France won 2-0 on a wet night, with Olivier Giroud and Nabil Fekir scoring the goals in the first half,...

PARIS, June 3 ― Dominic Thiem ended Kei Nishikori’s comeback to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4 victory today and set up a mouthwatering clash with second w88 seed Alexander Zverev. The Austrian seventh seed, the last man to beat claycourt machine Rafa Nadal on his favourite sur...

  MADRID, May 11 ― Barcelona may have navigated their way past Real Madrid and Villarreal this week but their first ever unbeaten La Liga season is not quite over the line yet. Ernesto Valverde's side visit Levante on Sunday, whose lowly position of 16th betrays a late surge in form, which has included four ...

  LIVERPOOL, April 13 ― Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp hopes his side's Jekyll and Hyde nature is a thing of the past as they aim to avoid a European hangover at home to Bournemouth tomorrow. Victory will take Klopp's men another step closer to sealing a return to the Champions League next w88 season j...

SAINT PETERSBURG, July 11 — Belgium coach Roberto Martinez said luck was against his side as they fell short against France in the World Cup semi-final today, losing 1-0 in Saint Petersburg as the ‘golden generation’ saw another chance slip away. A Samuel Umtiti header from a mansion88 corner was the ...

LONDON, May 7 — West Bromwich Albion caretaker manager Darren Moore believes the club have captured the hearts of the nation with their ongoing battle to avoid relegation from w88 malaysia the Premier League. Moore took charge of the club last month with West Brom in a dire situation, well adrift at the bottom of...

MONTE CARLO, April 22 — Rafael Nadal romped to a record-extending 11th Monte Carlo Masters title by brushing aside an outclassed Kei Nishikori in today’s final to retain the world number one ranking. The 31-year-old saw off Nishikori 6-3, 6-2 to become the first man to win a single tournament 11 times ...

  LONDON, May 7 — Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said their 1-0 win over Liverpool yesterday gave him hope of a top-four Premier league finish that he did not think was possible a month w88 live ago. Olivier Giroud’s first-half header at Stamford Bridge saw Chelsea close the gap on fourth-placed London...

REPINO, June 14 — England full back Kieran Trippier is hoping his familiarity with Tottenham team mate Harry Kane — and his deadly crossing ability — can deliver World Cup success for England. The 27-year-old attacking right back is expected to start England’s opening Group G game against Tunisi...

  CHELSEA, May 3 — Chelsea and Liverpool will meet for the 179th time in all competitions on Sunday. We look back at some notable clashes between the sides. Chelsea 4 Liverpool 4 (Champions League, April 2009) Chelsea reached the Champions League semi-finals for the fifth time in six link w88 seasons after ...

LIVERPOOL, May 22 — The last time Liverpool faced the might of Real Madrid, then w88 manager BrendanRodgers named a second-string side so impossible did it seem that England’s most successful club on the European stage could compete with the self-proclaimed “kings of Europe”. Madr...

NIZHNIY NOVGOROD, June 28 — Switzerland moved through to the World Cup last 16 today, after a draw over Costa Rica but will be without captain Stephan Lichtsteiner because of suspension.  A 93rd minute own goal by the unfortunate keeper Yann Sommer from a Bryan Ruiz penalty gave the central American side a d...

SAMARA, June 28 — Colombia’s Yerry Mina thumped home a second-half header to secure a dramatic 1-0 victory over Senegal today that catapulted the South Americans into the World Cup last 16 and dumped their African opponents out of tournament. Senegal had only needed a point in their final Group H game to re...

LYON, May 16 — Marseille star Dimitri Payet is determined to go down in history by beating Atletico Madrid in today's Europa League final as the club celebrates a w88 quarter of a century since their greatest moment. They became the first, and to date only, French club to win the Champions League by beating ...

  LONDON, April 26 — Stoke City will hope that the Liverpool they w88 face on Saturday is the team that wobbled alarmingly in the final 10 minutes of their Champions League semi-final against AS Roma, not the one that dismantled the Italians over the previous 80.Nothing is ever clear with Jurgen Klopp'...