PRAGUE — Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knife-wielding attacker at her home on Tuesday. The 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion said the injury to her left hand was "severe." "In my attempt to defend myself, I was badly injured on my left hand. I am shaken, but fortunate to be...
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight champion Jose Aldo has expressed confidence in his skills, saying he does not see any situation where Max Holloway can beat him. Holloway beat Anthony Pettis at the UFC 206 event to claim the interim featherweight title and with that win was guaranteed a shot at unifying...
Prosecutors have launched an investigation in Germany after media organisations were reportedly offered what is claimed to be the first photograph of Michael Schumacher since his life-changing 2013 skiing accident. According to RTL, the picture is being touted by an unknown seller for €1 million. Prosecutors in Offenburg...
Ronda Rousey has condemned both Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jnr for choosing money as their motivation ahead of her eagerly awaited return at UFC 207. McGregor and Mayweather have continued to fuel talk of a boxing showdown between the two that would surely become the most lucrative fight in combat sport history. While...
During the peak of her championship career, Ronda Rousey was the biggest thing to happen to MMA. Taking out her opponents in dominant fashion, ‘Rowdy’ began setting records with every win. All the trash talk and media antics was a promoter’s dream, and the UFC plugged Rousey’s aura at every...
Indeed, his multiple arrests during a five-year NFL career were among the factors prompting the league to toughen its personal conduct policy. But to hear his teammates tell it — even the team’s owner — the Bengals receiver was determined to leave behind his troubled past and move ahead toward a bright future....
After months of progress from a season-ending concussion, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was medically cleared for the 2017 NASCAR season on Wednesday after a test at Darlington Raceway. While NASCAR's most popular driver will be fully recovered from concussion-like symptoms that sidelined him for the final 18 races of the 2016...
Pakistan were in a backs-to-the-wall struggle to save the day-night first Test as Australia took a strangle-hold on the third day at the Gabba on Saturday. At the close, the tourists were hanging in at 70 for two with Azhar Ali not out 41 and 112-Test veteran Younis Khan not off the mark after facing 19 balls. Pakistan trailed...
The family of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher have launched a new "Keep Fighting" initiative which they hope will be a "force for good in the world". The not-for-profit organisation comes almost two years after Schumacher was involved in a serious skiing accident, which left him...
UFC superstar Conor McGregor could form a tag team partnership with WWE superstar Finn Balor if he signs for the company. That’s the view of fellow Irishman Balor, who is eager to see The Notorious switch sports. Rumours of McGregor moving to the WWE have been fuelled by wrestling legend Triple H, who said it would be...
"Forget Schumacher and Senna. Tommy Byrne was the best of them all." That is the view of former Jordan F1 team boss Eddie Jordan about former Irish driver Tommy Byrne who took part in five Formula 1 Grand Prix during the 1982 season. He is the subject of a new documentary called Tommy Byrne: Crash And Burn: The...
UFC star Ronda Rousey's ex-roommate, two-time Olympic judo gold medallist Kayla Harrison, has claimed that the fighter loves to walk around the house in the nude. Harrison, talking to Sports Illustrated, said the former bantamweight champion was very comfortable with her own skin and that it was not a big deal for them....