Soccer PIX: Real drop points at Getafe; Juve lose

IMAGE: Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente celebrates scoring their fourth goal against Eibar. Photograph: Javier Barbancho/Reuters A heavily depleted Real Madrid side scraped a 0-0 draw at......

'Preserving human life is most important thing right now'

Athletes, national associations and sporting federations from around the world reacted with a mixture of sadness, relief and mainly goodwill to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on......

Sports Shorts: World record weightlifter Lin gets eight-year ban

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday   IMAGE: Taiwan's Lin Tzu Chi reacts after setting a new Asian Games record of 116kg in the women's 63kg snatch weightlifting......

Madrid says economic crisis ending, can afford 2020 Games

Madrid's Olympic bid team said on Wednesday that Spain's debilitating economic crisis is ending and the country will have no problem covering investments and rallying support at home to host the......

Istanbul, Japan, Spain pitch bids for 2020 Olympics

Istanbul were spared a grilling on Wednesday over protests which have rocked Turkey when the three candidates to host the 2020 Olympics presented their cases to the International Olympic Committee......