IT’S a matter of principle for the Essendon players. It’s not about getting the points back, or the money or the draft picks, or even 2016, which the players will miss anyhow.

After a year in which Barcelona re-established itself as the world’s top football team, Lionel Messi has reclaimed his crown as the best player on the planet. The Argentine maestro ended Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s two-year grip on the FIFA Ballon d’Or award at Monday’s awards ceremony in Zurich, also heading off Barcelona clubmate Neymar. He received 41.33% of ...

WRITTEN BY EDITOR KALAHAN DENG Just take a look at this wonderful and  skillful basketball player who is flying higher over everyone in order to make this amazing DUNK. It’s Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbroook throws down a dunk against Denver during their game last Sunday.look at all the eyes, including his own teammates who could not believe what they ...

Less than an hour after signing his first professional contract, 20-year-old Shaquille O’Neal had already spent his first million. “The first thing I wanted to do was relieve my parents of their jobs,” O’Neal told the media ahead of the new 2015-2016 NBA season in Oakland, California. “I (spent) a million dollars in about 45 minutes, but it was well ...

Giant American center Loren Woods is set to make a return to the court after the Lebanese basketball federation officially naturalized the former Riyadi player so he can play on the men’s national team.

Russia’s national basketball team will be allowed to take part in Olympic qualification after officials partially lifted a ban on the country’s basketball federation. The sport’s world governing body FIBA suspended the Russian Basketball Federation last month after infighting led to a series of legal battles, with president Yulia Anikeeva ousted by court order over allegations she took the post ...

England rugby players have been issued a 24-point social media guide for the World Cup, including warnings not to use Twitter “after a tough loss” and not to “engage in arguments” online. The English measures come in a week when the perils of social media embarrassment were highlighted by Wallaby Quade Cooper’s expletive-filled rant at a critic on Twitter after ...

Here, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (the basketball federation of the Philippines) provides information about the vision and concept behind its bid. Philippines 2019 plans a “passionate, innovative and game-changing” FIBA Basketball World Cup that would stimulate the growth of basketball around the world. The Philippines has unveiled key details of its passionate, innovative and game-changing bid to host the 2019 ...

  ­ CLEVELAND: Getting his first start of the season on the game’s biggest stage, Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala delivered a standout performance that may ultimately prove to be the turning point in the NBA Finals. After losing consecutive games to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Warriors were looking for a spark Thursday that would send them home with ...

Few at the start of the season would have bet on a Riyadi-UBA’s clash in the final of the Lebanese Basketball League. Despite UBA consistently improving from year to year, all odds were in favor of another finals clash between archrivals Riyadi and Sagesse. But the script has been altered this season as it nears its conclusion. Sagesse entered the ...