Author: Graham Dunbar
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UEFA president Čeferin says he will leave in 2027 and aims testy barbs at critics
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he will not stand as a candidate in 2027
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UEFA urged by French minister to protect soccer from risk of owners investing in multiple clubs
European soccer leaders have been urged by France’s sports minister to protect soccer from the risk of owners taking control of multiple clubs
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Barcelona takes Zenit to court over $525K bonus it missed out on after Russian clubs’ ban from UCL
Barcelona is taking Zenit St. Petersburg to sport’s highest court in pursuit of a bonus payment it missed out on after the Russian club was banned from the Champions League following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case; Russians to lose team gold to U.S.
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GENEVA • Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games, clearing the way for the United States to get the gold medal in the team event. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means…
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Ukrainian club urges FIFA to remove Iran from World Cup
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GENEVA • Ukraine’s top soccer club Monday urged FIFA to remove Iran from the World Cup because of the country’s alleged military support to the Russian invasion. Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin accused Iran of “direct participation in terrorist attacks on Ukrainians,” suggesting his own country’s team should play in Qatar instead as a…
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France wins 2nd World Cup title, beats Croatia
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MOSCOW — Kylian Mbappe and France put on a thrilling show in winning the World Cup title. All Russian President Vladimir Putin might remember is the Pussy Riot protest. The 19-year-old Mbappe became only the second teenager after Pele to score in a World Cup…
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IOC not promising Olympic places to Russian appeal winners
GENEVA — No longer disqualified from the Olympics, the 28 Russian athletes who won their doping appeal cases Thursday could still be blocked from competing at this month’s Pyeongchang Games. The International Olympic Committee said it was not obliged to invite the 28 Russians to compete in South Korea. “Not being sanctioned does not automatically…
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Alpine ski techs are out of sight, and key to Olympic glory
WENGEN, Switzerland — A warm aroma of melting wax curled out of the room where an unsung artisan of Alpine skiing was at work. The trail led from a brightly lit basement, directly below a restaurant in a three-star hotel. It was a games room for most of the winter season in the Swiss Alps…
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Lindsey Vonn withdraws from World Cup race due to injury
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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — After injuring her back in a World Cup race, Lindsey Vonn withdrew from another scheduled super-G on Sunday before the race was canceled due to fog. “Unfortunately I will not be able to race today,” Vonn wrote on her Twitter account 45 minutes before the original scheduled start. “I am extremely…
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As 4 more Russians banned, Olympic leader Bach warns critics
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GENEVA — As four more Russians were disqualified Friday for doping at the Sochi Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach signaled a possible shift toward barring the country’s athletes from the Pyeongchang Games. Two-time bobsled gold medalist Alexander Zubkov, who carried the Russian flag at the opening ceremony in Sochi, was removed from the 2014 records…