SPORTS

The biggest party in American sport is about to get even bigger on Sunday when Las Vegas hosts the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in what promises to be a Super Bowl blockbuster for the ages.

Screaming and gesturing at the TV in his San Francisco 49ers jersey and scarf, Brazilian computer programmer Carlos Marins wills his team to come from behind and make it to the Super Bowl.

Once regarded as a no-go zone by the NFL, Las Vegas is preparing to stage a neon-lit Super Bowl spectacular that will mark the crowning glory of the Nevada gaming haven's transformation into a global sporting hub.

"We know about Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. For video, the authorities have launched Belet, a YouTube alternative purged of any content -- both news and entertainment -- that could show what life is like beyond the isolated country's borders.

Vegetal leather and recycled stainless steel melted in a solar oven are among the materials a Geneva watch brand is using in its quest to make sustainable luxury timepieces.

Her name is ubiquitous, her output prolific, her tour a golden goose, her every move a headline.

The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New York/New Jersey, organisers FIFA announced on Sunday.

Taylor Swift's name is on everyone's lips as music's glitterati descend on Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammys, but with one of the more eclectic nomination fields in recent memory, the prestigious awards are anyone's game.

Tens of thousands of people crammed into a street in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where vast numbers have sought refuge from advancing Israeli ground troops.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday for failing a doping test prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Huawei is ending its relationship with the National Rugby League’s Canberra Raiders citing the Australian government’s decision to ban it from installing a 5G network in the country as the reason.

Coach Gregg Popovich will be missing the NBA Playoffs for the first time in 22 years after the San Antonio Spurs fell out of contention on Thursday night. 

Football Federation Australia Chief Executive Officer James Johnson made his displeasure known to reporters after it was revealed the English Football Association voted for Colombia to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup. 

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has weighed in on the growing issue over vaccinations in the National Rugby League (NRL). According to him, players who refuse to get vaccinated should be barred from playing.

Queensland has given the green light for the National Rugby League (NRL) to resume its 2020 season.

Talking about the Piston’s and the “Bad Boys,” Michael Jordan revealed that he “hated them.”

Steve Kerr spoke out about his former teammate Scottie Pippen’s decision to have his foot surgery during the 1997-98 NBA season.

Manny Pacquiao says he is “not afraid to die” of COVID-19 as he continues to help poor Filipinos battle poverty amid the growing coronavirus crisis.

Finally some good news out of Formula 1 as the McLaren team member diagnosed with coronavirus appears to be recovering. Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn is confident the sport will still have a 17 or 18 race season.

Being captain of the Australian cricket team has been described as the nation’s most aspired-to job after the role of Prime Minister. Being chief executive of Cricket Australia (CA) can’t be too far behind?

If you’re listening to the action, you need the information in a different order to written English, so the literary decisions commentators make are typical of archaic improvised or semi-improvised epic poetry.

Williams won the match 6-4 6-0 against the 68th-ranked Polish player.

The study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of two very different approaches to improving mental health in collegiate athletes.

As someone who has studied the WNBA for years, I’ve been excited to witness, over the course of this season, continued growth in viewership and attendance, along with sponsorship revenue.

India, which dominates world cricket, is embroiled in a bitter battle over how it runs its domestic sport. The turbulence dates back to when the country’s supreme court issued a set of recommendations several years ago, designed to reform Indian cricket from top to bottom.

Serena Williams is a well-known advocate for “clean sport”. For any athlete to be effective in such a role, it is important to comprehend how anti-doping programs work. Misunderstandings of the drug-testing process can lead to misperceptions about fairness between different athletes or across sports.

Who would have thought that Gareth Southgate and his squad of England footballers would have done much better than the prime minister and her cabinet at giving a boost to the UK economy?

Optus Sport has allowed SBS to air the remaining 2018 FIFA World Cup matches.

After the U.S. men’s soccer team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the question about which team to root for has become commonplace among American soccer fans.