Guinea’s luck runs out as Ghana reaches AFCON semifinals
Atsu connected with Andre Ayew’s neat backheel to beat Naby-Moussa Yattara in the Guinea goal. Guinea, who only made the last eight at the expense of Mali after lots were…
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Celtic gives Rangers Old Firm blues
Read: Old Firm re-united It was the 400th competitive meeting, but first since April 2012, shortly before cash-strapped Rangers was liquidated and forced to re-form as a new entity in…
In Super Bowl XLIX, Keeping Alert for Trick Plays
Sports of The Times By MICHAEL POWELL PHOENIX — So you put the questions to the offensive and defensive coordinators whose fate it was to have spent the two weeks…
Novak Djokovic Defeats Andy Murray to Win Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his Open era-record fifth Australian Open title Sunday night, beating sixth-seeded Andy Murray, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0, in the final. –…
Novak Djokovic Wins His 5th Australian Open Title
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title and extended Andy Murray’s misery at Melbourne Park by beating the Scotsman 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0…
Not All the Players Want to Jump Ship
LONDON — When the transfer window shuts at the end of Monday in Europe, the most meaningful story might well be the player who decided he was happy to remain…
Arizona Sheriff Known for Toughness Is Allowing Inmates to Watch the Super Bowl
PHOENIX — When the Super Bowl begins Sunday, 70,000 fans will ease into their seats and suites at University of Phoenix Stadium, munch on hot dogs and pizza, and wash…
Super Bowl 2015: Seahawks vs. Patriots Preview
Patriots vs. Seahawks 6:30 p.m. Eastern, NBC – BENJAMIN HOFFMAN A version of this article appears in print on February 1, 2015, on page SP4 of the New York edition…
Seahawks Super Bowl Repeat A Scary Prospect For NFL
Here are some scary thoughts for the rest of the NFL: A win Sunday will stamp the Seahawks as one of the best teams of the Super Bowl era. And,…
Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Wins 2nd MVP Award
Aaron Rodgers has won his second Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in somewhat surprisingly easy fashion. – AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL
Australian Open Intent on Leading the World in Pampering Players
MELBOURNE, Australia — For decades, professional tennis players struggled with tournament organizers to get more money and better services, and while that battle is far from over, the level of…
Football Hall Of Fame Selects Seau, Bettis, Brown, Haley, Shields
Junior Seau, Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, Charles Haley and Will Shields were elected Saturday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The class of 2015, announced a day before the…
At Age XLIX, Super Bowl Has No Sense of Place
On Pro Football By JOHN BRANCH PHOENIX — Most of what makes the setting of this Super Bowl different from all the rest is a climbing wall meant to evoke…
We Asked 25 Psychics Across The Country To Predict Who Will Win The Super Bowl
If you believe our country’s psychics, the New England Patriots are about to win Super Bowl XLIX. The Huffington Post reached out to psychics across the nation with an “odd…
127-Year-Old Rivalry of Celtic and Rangers Resumes in Scotland
GLASGOW — Rangers and Celtic will renew one of the fiercest feuds in soccer on Sunday when they meet — for the first time in nearly three years — in…
Man City, Chelsea share spoils
Manchester City traveled to west London five points behind Chelsea, knowing that victory would take a large chunk out of that lead. Also traveling was Manchester City’s Frank Lampard, who…
How To Stream The Super Bowl For Free Online In 2015
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and you are frantically searching for some way to watch the game with all those friends you invited over at the last minute, right? That, or…
Australia win first Asian Cup title
Extra time goal Australia looked to have held out for 90 minutes and a famous Asian Cup title — their first since switching to the Asian Football Confederation from the…
Serena Williams Beats Maria Sharapova in Australian Open Final
Top-ranked Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam singles title, defeating No. 2 Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 7-6 (5), on Saturday in the final of the Australian Open. Williams, 33, beat…
Australian Open: Williams powers past Sharapova for 19th grand slam title
Despite suffering from a fever and cough this week, Williams set the tone by breaking in the first game. She took control of the first set by winning six straight…
Tiger Woods Struggles in Worst Round of His Career
On Golf By KAREN CROUSE SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Watching Tiger Woods launch wildly errant drives was hard. Watching his ground-ball chip shots was harder. But the hardest part of watching…
NFL’s Roger Goodell Talks ‘Tough Year’ At Press Conference
As if wishing made it so, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell described his league — and himself — as having addressed missteps on difficult matters such as domestic violence and being…
Vague Job Outline Leads to Defining Role With Seahawks
PHOENIX — Rocky Seto is the Seattle Seahawks’ defensive passing game coordinator. “Am I actually in charge of the pass game?” Seto said. “No.” This, then, is what Seto does…
The NFL’s Trashtalker Of Truth
The first thing you learn being in town during Super Bowl week is that this time of year makes everyone insane. There hasn’t been a single story—not a single shrug—that…
Seahawks Richard Sherman Faces Dilemma With Baby And Super Bowl
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Friday it will be Richard Sherman’s decision whether to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl if his pregnant girlfriend goes into labor with the couple’s…
Balloon Pilots Break World Record With Trip Across Ocean
By Joseph J. Kolb ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan 30 (Reuters) – A pair of balloonists trying to fly to North America from Japan passed a major milestone on Friday that could…
DeMarcus Cousins Waited Exactly 5 Years To Send Out This Perfectly Timed Tweet
On Jan. 30, 2010, the University of Kentucky basketball team and its young star Demarcus Cousins played Vanderbilt. During the game, sports writer Clay Travis, a Vanderbilt Law School graduate…
Richard Sherman And Michael Bennett Eviscerated The Argument Against Paying NCAA Athletes Yesterday
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and defensive end Michael Bennett meticulously tore apart a number of the most frequent arguments against paying student-athletes on Thursday. They also provided a candid…
What Time Is The Super Bowl?
It’s on Sunday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and it’s on NBC. The New England Patriots are playing the Seattle Seahawks. That’s all you need to know.
Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll Has 9/11 Truthers’ Support For 2015 Super Bowl
New Englanders might not be Pete Carrolls’ biggest fans this week, but he apparently has lots of support from 9/11 “truthers” going into Super Bowl XLIX. – On Tuesday, when…