RIYADH: The Professional Fighters League and Riyadh Season officials have announced that tickets for the first-ever mega mixed martial arts event of the year, PFL Champions versus Bellator Champions, are now on sale. The weigh-ins for the Feb. 24 event will take place at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena the day before, at 6 p.m. The contest’s … Read more
An AFC Asian Cup 2023 full of entertaining football, shock results and late, late goals, ended in suitably dramatic finish, with Akram Afif’s hat-trick of penalties securing a 3-1 win for hosts Qatar against the tournament surprise team Jordan in Saturday’s final. Here are five talking points from the action at Lusail Stadium in Doha. … Read more
Kobe Bryant immortalized with a 19-foot bronze statue outside the Lakers’ downtown arena LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant in his white No. 8 jersey with his right index … Read more
High turnover of players is price to pay for the appeal of tournaments like DP World ILT20 At the halfway stage of the group matches in the DP World ILT20, reached on Jan. 30, the table was topped by the MI Emirates, with four wins out of six matches and eight points. In second were … Read more
Shaheen Shah Afridi secures dramatic last-ball win for Dessert Vipers against MI Emirates DUBAI: The Desert Vipers pulled off a sensational last-ball victory over top-of-the-table side MI Emirates in the team’s fifth match of the DP World ILT20 on Tuesday. In the most dramatic match of the season so far, it was down to Shaheen … Read more