The Manchester City winning machine just keeps rolling on. Pep Guardiola’s team brushed aside Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday to complete a comfortable 4-0 aggregate victory over the German side and keep its dreams of an unprecedented quadruple alive. City has now lost just once in its previous 32 games in
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Team New Zealand (TNZ) retained the America’s Cup on Wednesday, defeating Italian outfit Luna Rossa 7-3 in the best-of-13 series. It’s the fourth time a New Zealand team has lifted the “Auld Mug,” international sport’s oldest trophy, whilst Italy still waits for its first triumph. In front of thousands of spectators, TNZ simply dominated race
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball standout Jenna Laird is the SEC freshman of the week. The New York native drove in eight runs and batted .636 in the Tigers four wins. Laird has started all 23 games for the Tigers at shortstop. She helped propel MU to a 19-4 non-conference record. Mizzou will begin SEC
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team is gearing up for its trip to the WNIT. The Tigers will face Fresno State in the first round on Friday at 2 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas. We spoke with head coach Robin Pingeton on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the tournament. You can watch our full
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The Mizzou football team will hold its annual spring game on Saturday at 1 p.m. MU said it will allow a limited capacity at Faurot Field for the game. Fans will have to get tickets online in order to attend. MU is requiring fans to wear facemasks at all times at the game – unless
Continue Reading A 19-year-old Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by a puck, his club announced in a statement on Tuesday. Timur Faizutdinov, a defenseman for Dynamo St. Petersburg’s junior team, passed away today after he was injured during a match in Yaroslavl, Russia, on March 12. READ: he hockey game to
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Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman called Lionel Messi “the most important player” in the club’s history after the Argentine made his 767th appearance for the Catalan team on Monday. Messi has now drawn level with Xavi’s all-time appearance record for the club and the Argentine is very likely to break it when the team travels to
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Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo said goalkeeper Rui Patricio is “totally conscious” and “going to recover” from a head injury sustained against Liverpool. Play was suspended for over 10 minutes after Patricio collided with teammate Conor Coady late on in Monday’s game and had to be stretchered off the field. Visit CNN.com/sport for more
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When Alejandro and Julian Navarro first started playing rugby, they sometimes had to stop training because they could hear gun battles between rival gangs approaching the pitch. The situation was so bad in their home city of Medellin in the early 2010’s that a murder seemingly was not even much of an event. “It was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team received an at-large bid to the WNIT on Monday night. The Tigers will open up tournament play against Fresno State on Friday at 2 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas. Here’s a link to see the full bracket. Mizzou finished the regular season 9-11 overall and 5-9 in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced it received an anonymous $1.4 million donation on Monday. The gift will be used to support the football and men’s basketball programs. According to a release – the donation will help fund the new indoor football practice facility. It will also go toward the men’s basketball program’s Excellence Society.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 17 Mizzou softball team has canceled its game against North Dakota State on Wednesday due to bad weather in the forecast. The Tigers final non-conference game was originally scheduled for a 5 p.m. start at Mizzou Stadium. MU now turns its attention to its SEC opening series this weekend. The
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Drew Brees, after announcing his retirement from the NFL on Sunday, has said he will now be working with NBC. New Orleans Saints longtime quarterback Brees announced his retirement on Sunday via social media. During an appearance Monday on “The Today Show,” Brees announced his new role as a football analyst for NBC Sports. “I’m
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With his broad grin and relaxed, languid running style, Usain Bolt often looked like he was going for a jog in the park rather than competing as the fastest man in the world. Few athletes have been so dominant in their sport that they have time to pose and smile for the cameras mid-race, but
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced his retirement from the NFL on Sunday via social media. Brees played 20 seasons in the NFL, 15 of those with the Saints. Brees was drafted out of Purdue University in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers (now the Los Angeles
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Paris Saint-Germain star Angel Di Maria was withdrawn during his side’s loss to Nantes on Sunday after he received news that his home had been burgled, AFP reported. PSG told AFP that Di Maria was one of two players who were victims of burglaries during the game. A source close to the investigation told AFP
Continue Reading Pele has congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese forward surpassed the Brazilian soccer great’s tally of goals scored in official matches. Ronaldo netted a hat trick in Juventus’ 3-1 win over Cagliari on Sunday to move onto 770 career goals, three more than Pele. The 35-year-old Ronaldo took to Instagram to recognize his achievement as
Continue Reading Justin Thomas overcame a challenging first two days to win the Players Championship on Sunday, finishing on 14-under after shooting a final-round 68. Thomas ended one shot clear of Lee Westwood, but was in danger of missing the cut on Friday before carding two birdies on the final three holes to stay in contention. That
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INDIANAPOLIS (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018. The Tigers are a No. 9 seed and will play No. 8 Oklahoma in the opening round on Saturday at 6:25 p.m. The game will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium – the home of the
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former KTGR radio host Jeff Parles in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the entire interview in the video player above. Parles is currently the host of The Parlay Cast with Bookit Sports based out of Las Vegas.
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