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 ...

  He moved from Malaysia to Papua New Guinea in 1985, and became a naturalised citizen of his adoptive country. Though "initially involved" in rugby league, he subsequently became an association football player, coach and referee, and then a senior official. While "administering...

MOSCOW, June 20 ― Senegal's discipline and faith in themselves as a new generation of African talent were key to their 2-1 win over Poland yesterday, said coach Aliou Cisse, refusing to accept the result was all down to errors by the Group H seeds. Neither side's goalkeeper was troubled for much of m88 the 90...

  DOHA, April 24 ― Italian club and Champions League semi-finalists Roma w88 announced yesterday their new shirt sponsors will be Qatar Airways in a three-year deal, described as the largest the club has ever signed. The deal was made public just a day before one of Roma's biggest games for decades, the firs...

MADRID, May 18 — La Liga’s winners and losers are settled and the European qualification spots decided but for a collection of star players the final weekend of the season w88 will be anything but a dead rubber. Here, we look at five talking points ahead of the last weekend in La Liga: Zinedine Zidane would...

SOWETO, May 17 — Careless defending gifted European giants Barcelona two goals as they defeated South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 yesterday in a friendly w88 bet game to honour the late Nelson Mandela.Ousmane Dembele, Luis Suarez and Andre Gomes scored for the Spanish league and cup winners before Sib...

LONDON, July 12 ― American John Isner mansion88 reached his first Grand Slam semi-final as he beat Canadian Milos Raonic 6-7(5) 7-6(7) 6-4 6-3 in a clash of the giants at Wimbledon yesterday. The 33-year-old saved a set point in the second set tiebreak to avoid going two sets down and then took control of the match to ...

MOSCOW, July 2 — Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was the hero as Russia beat 2010 winners Spain on penalties to set up a World Cup quarter-final against Croatia, who survived link m88 their own spot-kick drama yesterday. Fernando Hierro's Spain totally dominated the match at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, hogging 74 p...

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, May 14 — Juventus wrapped up their seventh successive Serie A title, and their fourth league and cup double in a row yesterday with a pragmatic 0-0 draw away to AS Roma in the style that has become their hallmark under Massimiliano Allegri. Rivals Napoli, the neutrals’ favourites thanks to th...

VOLGOGRAD, June 25 — Essam El Hadary, the oldest player ever to appear at a World Cup, marked his record achievement with one outstanding penalty save for Egypt but was powerless to stop a second in a 2-1 defeat by Saudi Arabia today. The 45-year-old mansion88 goalkeeper flew to his right to make a spectacular st...

LONDON, July 13 — Jelena Ostapenko blamed a ‘slow’ Centre Court after her power game misfired against Germany’s Angelique Kerber yesterday. The 21-year-old had w88 not dropped a set on her way to becoming the first Latvian woman to reach the Wimbledon semis, but self-destructed against Kerber in...

ROME, May 9 — AC Milan manager Gennaro Gattuso compared today’s Italian Cup clash with holders Juventus to “the World Cup final”. Juventus — set to be crowned Serie A champions w88 for the seventh straight year — are bidding for a fourth consecutive domestic league and Cup double. Mi...

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,...

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...

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...

  BERLIN, July 3 — Germany coach Joachim Loew will stay in his post to lead a national team overhaul after the current world champions crashed out in the group stage at the mansion88 World Cup in Russia, the German Football Federation (DFB) said today. Loew’s contract runs until 2022, having been exte...

KIEV, May 24 — Real Madrid fans have returned 1,000 tickets for Saturday’s Champions League final against Liverpool as spiralling accommodation and travel costs deter supporters from travelling w88 to Kiev. Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said the tickets could not be resold to Liverpool fans for security...

  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...

  LONDON, June 21 ― Winning athletes love to bite their medals and smile for the cameras as they hold their trophies aloft, but their teeth may actually be holding them back. Around half of Britain’s elite sports men and women have dental problems bad enough to affect their performance, according to a study...

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 ...

  PARIS, May 30 — There were an Open-era record eight lucky losers in the men’s singles first round w88 at Roland Garros, as a spate of players withdrew injured following changes to the rules regarding prize money. The eight have produced some of the stories of the early stages of the 2018 French Open...

  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...

PARIS, June 6 — World number 72 Marco Cecchinato said he had “amazed” w88 himself by becoming the first Italian man in 40 years to reach a Grand Slam semi-final with a breathtaking 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 1-6, 7-6 (13/11) French Open victory over 12-time major winner Novak Djokovic yesterday. Cecchinato, who ...

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...

  MUNICH, April 24 — Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes will decide at the last minute if full back David Alaba and midfielder Corentin Tolisso can play in tomorrow’s Champions League semi-final first leg at home against Real Madrid, he said today. The German champions, itching for revenge after w88 la...

  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, 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...