Sports

News Hour: Golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and former NBA player Michael Jordan are among the 20 wealthiest American celebrities, Forbes reported on Wednesday. Woods, 40, is the youngest person on the Forbes top-20 list,...

News Hour: Poor batting display by the Tigers allowed New Zealand to take 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series as they beat Bangladesh by 67 runs in the second ODI held on Thursday at Saxton...

News Hour: After five runner-up finishes at the Australian Open, world number one Andy Murray is taking a different approach to the season-opening grand slam at Melbourne Park next month. The Briton is preparing for the...

News Hour: Britain’s most decorated cyclist Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement on Wednesday after a stellar career during which he won most of the sport’s biggest prizes. The wise-cracking Londoner with a Mod haircut played a...

News Hour: Football federations are “overwhelmingly in favor” of expanding the existing 32-nation World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. The global football federation boss wants to increase the number of teams playing in...

Russian officials for the first time have admitted to mass doping in the country’s sports system but dismissed suggestions that the “institutional conspiracy” was state-sponsored, the New York Times reported. The final part of the World...

News Hour: Spaniard Pedro scored twice as Chelsea tightened their grip on top spot by sweeping past Bournemouth 3-0 on Monday, a club record 12th successive Premier League win taking them seven points clear. Approaching the...

News Hour: Sri Lanka suffered a top order collapse and slumped to 37 for three at second day’s lunch after Suranga Lakmal claimed career-best figures to help dismiss South Africa for 286 in the first test...

News Hour: Yaya Toure slammed home a penalty and Kelechi Iheanacho netted a simple goal for Manchester City as they secured a 3-0 win at struggling Hull City who again came up empty-handed despite a battling...

News Hour: Pakistan’s opening batsman Azhar Ali has rarely seemed a man in a hurry in six years of test cricket so it was fitting that his 12th century was eked out in fits and starts...