Patrik Schick’s stunning Euros goal spoils Scotland’s return to the spotlight as Czechs run out winners

Monday’s Group D clash at Euro 2020 was meant to be a chance for Scotland to dazzle after a 23-year absence from major tournaments. With the Czech Republic leading 1-0 thanks to his first-half glancing header and Scotland battling furiously to get back into a match they’d been dominating, a blocked shot in the Czech […]

2021 French Open takeaways: Novak Djokovic closing in on history, Naomi Osaka’s stand

Novak Djokovic won his 19th major title and second at Roland Garros following back-to-back comeback wins over Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Barbora Krejcikova proved she wasn’t just a doubles specialist with her first major singles title. But Djokovic wasn’t quite ready for any of that — and he stormed back to win the […]

Scotland are back at the Euros, and they’re hoping to put 23 years of hurt behind them

Take the playoff hammering at the hands of Netherlands in 2003, the defeats to Georgia and Italy in 2008, or the infamous 4-6-0 formation against the Czech Republic in 2012. Nobody could have predicted that barren spell, which lasted 196 matches. The elder statesman in Scotland’s Euro squad, 38-year-old goalkeeper Craig Gordon, remembers running to […]

Chris Paul leads Phoenix Suns to first playoff sweep of his career and into Western Conference finals

For a moment, as he broke into the open court all alone, it looked like Chris Paul was thinking about dunking it. “The emotions are happy, grateful, tired, relieved,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “We were hyped, man,” Suns guard Devin Booker said of the postgame atmosphere. To answer Booker’s question, the last time the […]