Quarterback JaMarcus Russell has signed the NFL’s biggest-ever rookie contract after ending his holdout at Oakland. The top pick in this year’s NFL draft had refused to agree terms with the Raiders until he got the right deal. Signing the most lucrative rookie contract in NFL history the six-year deal could pay him up to [...]
The verdict is finally there, as McLaren have been fined an unprecedented $100m and stripped of all past and future championship points in the 2007 constructors’ championship for using leaked Ferrari data. However, drivers Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton escaped punishment. The pronouncement of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris undoubtedly shapes Ferrari’s [...]
As soon as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided to shift men’s Champions Trophy from Pakistan owing to security concerns, India, Malaysia and Spain have jumped into the fray for the hosting right of the prestigious tournament. The tournament, which is a seven-team event, features world’s top six sides — Germany, Australia, Netherlands, South Korea, [...]
His followers will have to wait another year to see the hero making his NBA debut. Oden’s life isn’t action-packed as the top NBA draft pick will miss the rookie season with Trail Blazers. Wasn’t fully fit during his year, the colossal man developed a cartilage damage during a recent surgery. With much of a [...]
Tim Clarke was in red hot form as the South African turned in a course-equalling round of eight-under 62 to grab the opening round lead in the Tour Championship at the East Lake Golf Club. Yet to win a PGA Tour title, Clarke made his intentions clear with a blemish-less opening round as he sunk [...]
The race to bid for the 2016 Olympic Game is clearly hotting up with as many as seven cities making a beeline to host what is arguably the greatest sporting extravaganza on earth. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a release that Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid have joined Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Baku and [...]
Riding on a birdie binge, five in a row to be precise, and an eagle to boot, world number one Tiger Woods sizzled with a second round card of 63 to grab the halfway lead in the Tour Championship in Atlanta. It was a scintillating front nine run by the iconic American at East Lake. [...]
The Yankees and Red Sox rivalry take on a new dimension in ways never witnessed in the American League’s long history. The Red’s are roaring past the Yankees taking their biggest division lead in two decades into the final regular- season showdown. The Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 a day ago to [...]
McLaren were responsible for scripting one of Formula One’s most horrible tales when they were found guilty of espionage at a hearing in Paris on Friday but now they seem to have taken the onus upon themselves to drive the sport out of the deep ditch in which it has fallen. The Belgian Grand Prix [...]
Kimi Raikkonen rarely gives up without a fight and with three races remaining in Formula One season, the Finnish driver is set to take the championship challenge to the wire. The Ferrari driver lead from start to finish during Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix and has now trimmed championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s lead to 13 points. [...]
