Western Europe’s highest mountain woos Africa’s trail runners (part 2)
By Stephen Granger
While the full circumnavigation around Mont Blanc in the form of the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc 100 miler is undoubtedly the showpiece of this week’s running festival at the French Alpine town of Chamonix, the shorter-distance faces have...
Wamangituka’s stunning solo effort seals Stuttgart win
Congolese winger Silas Wamangituka scored for his fourth consecutive Bundesliga game on Friday as his end-to-end goal after an 80-metre sprint sealed Stuttgart's 2-0 win at home to strugglers Mainz.
After striker Sasa Kalajdzic gave Stuttgart the lead ten minutes...
Running’s big opportunity turns golden. Now to bring it to Africa.
One of the biggest opportunities in world athletics has turned into gold. The organisers of the Golden Trail Series managed to dodge the COVID bullet in 2020, using smarts, innovation and a bit of luck to hold a Championship...
Ighalo attracting interest from Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo is attracting interest from clubs in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Manchester United loanee's Old Trafford deal runs out on January 31.
Two unnamed Premier League clubs have made tentative enquiries about the former Watford striker,...
Rugby: the next frontier for hungry sports investors
by Pirate IRWIN
Rugby's crown jewels are in the sights of investors seeking to exploit the untapped potential of the market as struggling governing bodies try to replenish their coffers.
US private equity firm Silver Lake is reported to be offering...
Solskjaer ecstatic at Manchester United’s 9-0 destruction of Southampton
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised his charges for turning on the style in Tuesday's (February 2) 9-0 demolition of Southampton.
A 9-0 result has only been recorded twice previously in Premier League history - one of...
CAF Champions League group stage draw – no easy road for any club.
The draw for the group stage of the 2020-21 CAF Champions League will be held on Friday, with the ceremony due to start at 17h00 GMT at the Caf headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Sixteen clubs are still in the running in...
Man of the moment Mbappe squares up to old club Monaco in Ligue 1...
Kylian Mbappe underlined why he is seen as a future Ballon d'Or winner with his midweek Champions League hat-trick for Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona, but Sunday's opponents Monaco hardly needed any warning about the threat posed by the electrifying...
Osaka aims to inspire new generation – but says Williams is still the queen
Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said she felt comfortable being a role model for the next generation after her fourth Grand Slam victory solidified her position at the forefront of a new era for tennis.
But the Japanese star, a...
South Africa Tests mark ‘monumental moment’ for Pakistan cricket
South Africa will play their first Test in Pakistan for 14 years this week, a match being described as a "monumental moment" for the revival of international cricket in the southeast Asian country.
The match in the port city of...