Sports

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 :  Each time a new Olympic venue is completed, there is a process of checking its safety and suitability for competition called ‘homologation’, where a select number of athletes are invited to try it out for the first time. Some athletes were selected by random draw …

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 :  The Storhamar Dragons finally beat Sparta Warriors in the Norwegian League play-offs at 02:32 local time. After 217 minutes and 14 seconds of play, Joakim Jensen broke through to give the Dragons a 2-1 victory. In the longest NHL game, the Detroit Red Wings beat …

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 :  The Scotland head coach’s side sit second bottom of Group F ahead of the game at Hampden Park on 26 March. “We must win that game,” he said. “There is no getting away from that.” But Strachan did not wish to consider what a defeat …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   Son Heung-min scored a hat-trick as Tottenham Hotspur reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup with an easy win over League One Millwall but lost striker Harry Kane with an ankle injury. England striker Kane was replaced after being hurt when Lions defender Jake Cooper …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :  Konta, seeded 11th, broke 21st seed Garcia in the fourth game of the first set and appeared on course for a place in the last 16. But Garcia broke in the second to level the match and dominated the third-set tie-break, winning it 7-1. Garcia …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   Lyon, who are fourth in Ligue 1, were looking comfortable leading 3-0 thanks to goals from Christophe Jallet, Maxwel Cornet and Depay with his first. The ex-Manchester United forward then spun in the centre circle and spotted teenage keeper Alban Lafont off his line before …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   Team Sky’s Sergio Henao held on to claim a thrilling overall victory in Paris-Nice by just two seconds from Alberto Contador. But he was beaten to the stage win by Quick-Step Floors’ David de la Cruz and took eight instead of 10 bonus seconds. …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   The 29-year-old Canadian Adam Hadwin, who carded a round of 59 in January, began the final round with a four-stroke lead. But he put his tee shot into the water at the 16th, made a double bogey and was tied for the lead at 14 …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   Sergio Ramos headed a late winner as Real Madrid recovered from a howler by keeper Keylor Navas to beat 10-man Real Betis to go top of La Liga. Navas escaped a red card for fouling Darko Brasanac, then spilled Antonio Sanabria’s shot into his own …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   The world No. 1 showed class in his 13th outing when he destroyed 21-year-old Shi Yuqi of China 21-12, 21-10 in a 45-minute men’s singles final at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham yesterday. It was his fourth All-England title after having won it in 2010, …