insert_link Sport Leicester stuns Birmingham City Leicester City turned on the style to beat Birmingham City 3-2 in the Championship at St Andrew's on Monday thanks to two goals from Stephy Mavididi. The Foxes, bidding to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking, opened up a three-point lead over second-placed Ipswich. Mavididi scored first for Leicester in the 10th minute just seconds after teammate James Justin had hit his own post, but […] todayDecember 19, 2023
insert_link Sport Contepomi to coach Argentina Former Argentina fly-half Felipe Contepomi was named on Monday to replace Michael Cheika as head coach of the World Cup semi-finalists. Contepomi, who played 87 times for Argentina and turned out for French clubs Toulon and Stade Francais and Irish giants Leinster, where he was also on the coaching staff from 2018 to 2022, moves up from the national staff to the top job at the age of 46. "The […] todayDecember 19, 2023 5
insert_link Sport Bulls snap 76’ers winning streak in the NBA The Chicago Bulls withstood a 40-point double-double from Philadelphia star Joel Embiid on Monday to snap the 76ers' six-game NBA winning streak with a 108-104 victory. Coby White scored 24 points and Nikola Vucevic added 23 for the Bulls, who saw a 12-point lead to start the fourth quarter whittled to one point on Tyrese Maxey's three-pointer with 33.2 seconds remaining. DeMar DeRozan, who finished with 15 points, drained a […] todayDecember 19, 2023 1
insert_link Sport Top players eye huge IPL payday Some of the world's top cricketers will go under the hammer in Dubai on Tuesday in the next auction for the lucrative Indian Premier League. Players can start the bidding for their services at up to $240,000 but the best will be snapped up for many times that. This time the 10 IPL franchises will have a combined $31.5 million to spend. The Twenty20 tournament, the richest in cricket, is […] todayDecember 18, 2023 3
insert_link Sport Tiger “encouraged” by comeback performances Tiger Woods says he has been encouraged by his performance in two December events, the first competitive golf for the 15-time major winner since April ankle surgery. Woods, who turns 48 later this month, had not played since the Masters eight months ago before placing 18th of 20 in the Hero World Challenge two weeks ago. "A lot of things are aching a lot more than my ankle, which […] todayDecember 18, 2023 5
insert_link Sport Kane scores 2 in Bayern 3-0 win over Leverkusen Harry Kane said Bayern Munich's 3-0 win over fourth-placed Stuttgart was the team's "best game of the year so far", after the reigning champions moved back within four points of Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen. Kane scored twice and now has 20 goals from just 14 league matches since joining Bayern in the summer from Tottenham. "It's probably our best game so far this year against a really tough side," Kane […] todayDecember 18, 2023 5
insert_link Sport Real Madrid crush Villareal Real Madrid cruised to a 4-1 win over Villarreal on Sunday to move top of La Liga but their night was tarnished when defender David Alaba suffered a serious knee injury. Carlo Ancelotti's side are a point ahead of Catalan minnows Girona, who host Alaves on Monday and will be looking to reclaim pole position. Spain's top scorer Jude Bellingham broke the deadlock for Madrid with his 13th league […] todayDecember 18, 2023 3
insert_link Sport Celtic beat the Orlando Magic in the NBA Boston improved their perfect NBA home record to 14-0 on Sunday as Jaylen Brown keyed a fourth-quarter surge that saw the Celtics pull away for a 114-97 victory over the Orlando Magic. Brown scored 17 of his 31 points in the final period to help the Celtics, who led by nine through three quarters, push their lead to as many as 23. Jayson Tatum scored 23 points, and Kristaps […] todayDecember 18, 2023
insert_link Sport Button certain Hamilton “just needs right car” Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button says his old teammate Lewis Hamilton needs "the right car" to return to the front of the grid next season with Red Bull favourites again to clean up in 2024. For the second year running, Mercedes driver Hamilton failed to win a grand prix as Max Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez taking two of the […] todayDecember 18, 2023
