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Guardiola adamant winning Premier League harder than Champions League

Guardiola adamant winning Premier League harder than Champions League

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has insisted winning the Premier League is tougher than lifting the Champions League trophy.

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Polls open in bitterly fought Australian election

Polls open in bitterly fought Australian election

Polls opened in Australia's federal election Saturday, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison fighting for another three-year term that would extend a decade of conservative rule.

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New York sneaker expo presents some of Virgil Abloh's last works

New York sneaker expo presents some of Virgil Abloh's last works

Some of Virgil Abloh's final creations will be on public display in New York in an expo that also confers further mystique to the lucrative world of specialty sneakers.

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Wise 'sore but fine' after being hit by errant PGA tee shot

Wise 'sore but fine' after being hit by errant PGA tee shot

South African-born American Aaron Wise said he was sore but all right on Friday at the PGA Championship after being struck in the head by an errant tee shot.

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Klopp refuses to dream of stunning Premier League title triumph

Klopp refuses to dream of stunning Premier League title triumph

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he has banished all thoughts of a dramatic finish to the Premier League season that sees the Reds take the title with a little help from former captain Steven Gerrard.

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Hyundai to build $5.5 bn electric vehicle plant in US

Hyundai to build $5.5 bn electric vehicle plant in US

South Korean automaker Hyundai will build a $5.5 billion electric vehicle and battery plant in the southern US state of Georgia, its governor announced Friday, as President Joe Biden pursued his trip to Seoul.

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'Andean butcher' victims laid to rest 37 years later

'Andean butcher' victims laid to rest 37 years later

Thirty-seven years after the worst massacre in Peru's conflict with radical leftist guerrillas, dozens of victims mowed down by the army were laid to rest on Friday.

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Real Madrid look to Liverpool after goalless draw with Real Betis

Real Madrid look to Liverpool after goalless draw with Real Betis

Real Madrid's last game before the Champions League final against Liverpool ended in a goalless draw against Real Betis on Friday as Marcelo bid farewell to the Santiago Bernabeu.

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McKennie back in US squad for June friendlies, Nations League

McKennie back in US squad for June friendlies, Nations League

Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie was recalled to the United States squad for upcoming international friendly and CONCACAF Nations League games on Friday.

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Wimbledon left pointless as tour chiefs fight back over Russia, Belarus ban

Wimbledon left pointless as tour chiefs fight back over Russia, Belarus ban

Wimbledon, widely regarded as the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, was stripped of ranking points on Friday by the sport's main tours in a move which threatens to reduce the Grand Slam to the status of a high-profile exhibition event.

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