A BBC soccer pundit who suggested “young, black lads” at Championship side Derby County “need pulling down a peg or two” will no longer be employed by the broadcaster. Craig Ramage, who played for Derby in the 1980s and 90s, was speaking on the BBC’s Sportscene Podcast released Saturday. Ramage drew criticism from 22-year-old Derby…… MORE
It’s a story of flight and resilience to become a professional footballer in one of European football’s top leagues. Of having to work three times as hard as other players because you’re “African.” And having succeeded in fulfilling that ambition not forgetting about those who have made that journey from Africa in search of a…… MORE
Bayern Munich’s prolific Robert Lewandowski added his name to the Bundesliga record books by becoming only the second player in the history of the German top division to score 23 goals in the opening 22 games of the season. The striker, 31, scored in the third minute of Bayern Munich’s 4-1 win over FC Koln…… MORE
Israel Folau’s debut for rugby league side Catalans Dragons sparked controversy after a visiting fan claimed she was asked to remove a rainbow flag during the match. Castleford fan Alison Grey posted on social media during the game in Perpignan that she was initially asked to take down a flag she had displayed in support…… MORE
He has been described as the athlete to take over the mantle of track and field’s greatest star from Usain Bolt. And at the Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow, Armand Duplantis showed why fans are excited about what the 20-year-old might achieve. Last weekend in Poland, the US-born Swede cleared 6.17 meters in the pole…… MORE
What started with claims in a German magazine has resulted in Manchester City being banned from European club competitions for two seasons and fined $32.5 million. UEFA’s decision to punish the reigning English Premier League champion after it found the club had committed “serious breaches” of the European governing body’s club licensing and financial fair…… MORE
Manchester City has been banned from UEFA club competitions for the next two seasons — beginning in 2020/21 — and handed a $32.5 million fine by European football’s governing body. The organization’s Adjudicatory Chamber of the Club Financial Control Body found that the English Premier League team had “committed serious breaches” of its Licensing and…… MORE
St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who needed a defibrillator to be revived after suffering a cardiac episode on the team bench during a game, has undergone a successful Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) procedure, his team says. Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Friday the procedure took place at University…… MORE
New year, same Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese forward has continued his prolific goalscoring run from the end of last year with at least one goal in every game he has played so far in 2020. Ronaldo’s last-gasp penalty against AC Milan in the Coppa Italia semifinal first leg means the 35-year-old has now scored 12…… MORE
Supernatural or merely coincidence? Some might think there was a higher power at work when Tiger Woods strode down the first hole at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles Thursday. Close to where basketball great Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash last month, Woods fizzed his second shot into the green to leave an…… MORE
