In a game day spectacle, the University of Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner crashed on the field after a second-quarter touchdown in OU’s game against West Virginia University on Saturday. The school’s beloved horse-drawn wagon, which was filled with passengers, tipped over after a sharp turn, sending the drivers skidding across the grass and setting the ponies…… MORE
Yes Yes Yes and her jockey, Glen Boss, upset favorite Santa Ana Lane to win the prestigious Everest race, winning a record $4.8 million in prize money. The victorious three-year-old colt is trained by Chris Waller, the man that led the now-retired Winx to its unbeaten, 33-race run. The Everest — held at Sydney’s Royal…… MORE
New Zealand raised the bar once again at this Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match by booking its place in the semifinals with a seven-try, 46-14 mauling of Ireland. The combination of consistently scintillating play from the All Blacks and sloppy errors by Ireland made this match a mismatch from the first to the 80th minute.…… MORE
Bulgaria soccer coach Krasimir Balakov and the Bulgarian Football Union’s executive committee has resigned following Monday’s controversial Euro 2020 qualifier when England players were subjected to racist abuse. The game was twice temporarily halted in the first half after England debutant Tyrone Mings alerted officials to the abuse directed at him and others from various…… MORE
To walk or not to walk? That’s the question facing footballers following the racist abuse hurled at the England team in Bulgaria during a Euro 2020 qualifier as sections of the crowd in Sofia made monkey noises and Nazi salutes. This, of course, is not an isolated event confined to one nation. In Italy, Inter…… MORE
Much has changed since South Africa’s shock defeat by Japan at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, but the Springboks’ scars from that day in Brighton have never completely healed. Siya Kolisi, a second-half substitute back then but now the Springboks’ captain, is praying history won’t repeat itself as the two sides meet again on Japanese…… MORE
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has postponed El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid later this month due to the ongoing Catalan protests. The lengthy jail sentences handed to pro-independence politicians earlier this week sparked furious protests across the region, which continued into a fourth day Thursday. El Clasico is one of the most highly…… MORE
In a society where instant gratification is so highly prized, time is a commodity few can afford. That’s certainly the case in the English Premier League, where managers are often discarded as soon as results begin to suffer. Though just one coach has been fired so far this season — Javi Gracia lost his job…… MORE
New Zealand sailor Grant Dalton has a mischievous smile on his face. “If we weren’t successful in sport you wouldn’t have even heard of us,” he says. “Many, many countries around the world which have a far bigger population than us … also export sheep and butter.” Dalton, CEO of defending America’s Cup champion Team…… MORE
It’s a sport which can be a matter of life and death. Between 1890 and 2011, it’s estimated that 1,604 boxers died as a direct result of injuries sustained in the ring, according to a survey carried out Manuel Velazquez. That is an average of 13 deaths a year. The 27-year-old American boxer Patrick Day,…… MORE
