Southampton Expelled From Playoff Final For Spying; Middlesbrough Reinstated
Southampton was expelled from the Championship playoffs on Tuesday after admitting to repeatedly spying on opponents.
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Soccer icon Christine Sinclair honours late mother in new short animated film
Nearly 40 years ago, Sandra Sinclair became her only daughter Christine’s first soccer coach. About 10 years later, she watched the little girl from Burnaby, B.C., debut with Canada’s senior women’s national team at 16 and grow into a sporting legend.
Kyle Busch dies at 41 after sudden illness
May 21 : Kyle Busch, a generational talent whose aggressive driving style earned him the nickname "Rowdy" and won him two NASCAR Cup Series championships, has died at the age of 41, his family announced on Thursday.
Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell offers explicit assessment of the team's historic collapse to the Knicks
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Kenny Atkinson defends keeping timeouts as Cavaliers folded - ESPN
NEW YORK — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson defended holding on to his timeouts down the stretch of the fourth quarter Tuesday night, even as his team was blowing a 22-point lead inside the final eight minutes of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Spying scandal rocks English soccer as Southampton expelled from world's richest match
SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 19 : Southampton have been thrown out of Saturday’s Championship playoff final – the richest game in world soccer – after being found guilty of spying on semi-final opponents Middlesbrough in one of the harshest punishments imposed in the English game.
Southampton's Championship playoff final fate hangs in balance as 'Spygate' hearing begins
May 19 : Southampton will discover on Tuesday whether their Premier League promotion hopes could be dashed by a disciplinary hearing into allegations they spied on Championship playoff semi-final opponents Middlesbrough during a training session.
Cantona on the couch: footballer explores ‘demons’ in raw new film
CANNES: French football legend Eric Cantona told AFP he’s been doing therapy since age 20 but still struggles with his “demons,” which he lays bare in a raw new documentary about his life. One of the beautiful game’s most colorful characters agreed to open up about his famously explosive and fragile ego in “Cantona” which is one of two soccer documentaries premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The 115-minute film by British directors David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas features extensive interviews with the footballer-turned-actor in what sometimes resembles an extended session of psychoanalysis. Insight from former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and one-time teammate David Beckham, as well as a gripping soundtrack from one half of 1990s dance music legends Orbital, make it a compelling watch. “I’m constantly trying to figure out who I am, and that’s why I do my best to act on instinct as much as possible,” Cantona told AFP on Saturday. “Of course, there are times when things get a bit out of hand, but that’s part of life and I accept it.” Has therapy helped? “I’ve done a lot ... I started at 20 and I’ve continued at different moments.