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...

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...

MONTE CARLO, April 16 — Former world number one Novak Djokovic showed signs of a return to form with a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing of fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic in the Monte Carlo Masters first round today. It was an impressive performance from the 30-year-old in his first match since splitting w88 from coach Andre Agassi ...

  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 ...

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 ...

  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...

  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, 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 ...

  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...

ROME, May 14 — Novak Djokovic got off to a winning start in his bid for a fifth ATP Italian Open title today with a straight sets win over Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov. The w88 11th-seeded Serb, who has reached eight of the last ten finals in Rome and won four -- took 55 minutes to oust Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-3...

  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...

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...

  ROME, May 2 — Jurgen Klopp warned that Liverpool would not let off-field distractions take the focus off their dream of reaching the Champions League final when they face Roma today. Klopp's w88 side are on the brink of reaching the final for the first time since 2007 as they look to defend a three-g...

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Even before Tuesday's Champions League exit at the hands of Liverpool, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola acknowledged his team were not ready to win Europe's elite club trophy. Now the Spaniard's task, once the Premier League title is formally secured, w88 will be to i...

  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'...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

  SINGAPORE, May 23 — Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling loves his black chye tow kueh (fried carrot cake), and his favourite place for it is Bee Bee Carrot Cake at w88 Marine Terrace Market and Hawker Centre. So much so the hawker stall in the Marine Parade neighbourhood saw sales soar af...

  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...

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...

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...