Former Japanese football defender Naoki Matsuda died of a suspected heart attack. He was 34. News of his death was confirmed by members of his football club Matsumoto Yamaga on Thursday. Matsuda, who played for Japan when they hosted the World Cup back in 2002, was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after [...]
Former two-division world champion Gerry Peñalosa boldly announced that he is confident that Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao will only need three rounds to take down Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez as they face for the third time on November 12. In an interview with reporters, Peñalosa–who is considered by boxing trainer Freddie Roach as [...]
Members of the Philippine Azkals football team have taken a “no comment” stance towards rape allegations made by model Amanda Coling. Anton del Rosario, Neil Etheridge and Simon Greatwich told reporters during separate interviews that they have “no comment” on the said rape allegations and viewed the allegations to be nonsense. “I have [...]
Manchester city manager Roberto Manchini confirmed that star striker Carlos Tevez will leave the club after they agreed to the offer from Brazilian club Corinthians. Last week city turned down the offer of £40 million from the same club Corinithians because city were looking for bigger money for the argentina striker. Carlos Teves scored 20 [...]
A federal judge presiding over the perjury trial of former New York Yankees’ pitcher Roger Clemens declared a mistrial on Thursday after the prosecution showed the jury evidence that was already deemed to be inadmissible. US District Court Judge Reggie Walton abruptly stopped the trial and scolded prosecutors for violating his previous order not [...]
Sina.com, one of China’s largest web portals, has confirmed on Saturday that Yao Ming has not made any formal announcement that he will be retiring from the NBA. Zhang Mingji, one of Yao’s agents to a reporter from Sina.com, gave the clarification. In the interview, Zhang stated that the 7-foot, 6-inch basketball player made [...]
46 South Korean football players were indicted on Thursday on charges of fixing football matches in the professional league. The indictment is part of an ongoing investigation being carried out against match fixing after 11 football players were found to have been involved in a similar scandal early in 2011. Ten of the players [...]
English football club Manchester City issued a statement on Friday announcing that their home stadium, the City of Manchester, will be renamed into the Etihad Stadium after signing a deal with the Abu Dhabi-based airline company. The name change, which was effective immediately, was part of a 10-year agreement between the Premium League team [...]
Tragedy struck at the Texas Rangers game Thursday night as a fan fell over a railing while trying to catch a foul ball. The fan, who remains unidentified, flipped over the railing of the outfield seats and fell head-first into an area near the scoreboard some 20 feet below. He was immediately rushed to [...]