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Kavallieri and Swieqi Phoenix share KO titles
After facing each other in both of this year’s finals, Kavallieri and Swieqi Phoenix each took a share of this year’s Knock-Out competition. Kavallieri won the women’s final 34-28, as Swieqi Phoenix won the men’s game 39-25. In the women’s game,...
Oliver Spiteri on pole to take over at Balzan FC
Oliver Spiteri is the overwhelming favourite to take over at Balzan FC, the Times of Malta can confirm. Balzan are on the look-out to install a new first-team coach following the departure of Paul Zammit in April. The Reds handed the reins of the team...
France seeks to ‘learn lessons’ from Champions League fiasco
France’s sports ministry was to host a meeting of security and football officials Monday following the chaos that marred the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, seeking to ensure no repeat of the scenes as Paris prepares for the...
Banda Birżebbuġa 1990 finish season commitments with a win
Banda Birżebbuġa 1990 finished their 2021-22 season commitments in a fine way as they saw off Cox Bar 6-2 in the derby. As the last round of the MDA Third Division was played, the Southseasiders confirmed their dominance in this division alongside...
Tearful Marcelo bids farewell as Real Madrid celebrate 14th European Cup
Real Madrid captain Marcelo bid a tearful farewell as the players celebrated winning a 14th European Cup at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0 at the Stade de France on Saturday night, with Vinicius Junior scoring the winning...
Ħamrun Spartans to sign Nadur Youngsters trio
Ħamrun Spartans are set to bring in three players from Nadur Youngsters ahead of their commitments in the UEFA Conference League this summer. The Spartans are looking to finalise their squad upon their return to European football after an absence of...
France holds meeting to prevent repeat of Champions League chaos
France’s sports ministry will host a meeting of security and football officials Monday following the chaos that marred the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, as Paris prepares to host the 2024 Olympics. Sports Minister Amelie...
Floriana to part ways with Armenian midfielder Hovsepyan
Floriana FC are set to part ways with Armenia midfielder Rumyan Hovsepyan, the Times of Malta can confirm. The 2022 FA Trophy winners are currently looking to strengthen their squad ahead of their UEFA Conference League commitments this summer. The...
‘Let’s Get Active’ a huge success – Depiro BC
Local basketball club Depiro BC’s corporate social responsibility event called ‘Let’s Get Active’ was hailed a ‘huge success’ after hosting no less than 300 people at Mtarfa on Saturday for a day of physical activity and exposure to local entities. The...
Crestfallen Leclerc blames Ferrari for many mistakes
A crestfallen Charles Leclerc reluctantly criticised his Ferrari team on Sunday after their bungled strategy and confused communications cost him a likely victory in his home Monaco Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Monegasque driver finished fourth, after...
Berlusconi’s Monza promoted to Serie A for first time
Silvio Berlusconi will return to Italian football’s top table for the first time since selling AC Milan after his club Monza were promoted to Serie A on Sunday. Monza won a thrilling play-off against Pisa 4-3 to ensure top flight football for the first...
Valletta set to appoint Thane Micallef as new first-team coach
Valletta FC are set to appoint Thane Micallef as their new first team coach, the Times of Malta can reveal. Micallef is coming from an impressive season in the Premier League when he led Gudja United to an historic place in the Championship Pool where...
Dream De Lasserie and Djembe Du Pont triumph in Premier semifinals
Dream De Lasserie and Djembe Du Pont won Sunday’s major events at the Marsa Racetrack. These were semifinal races from the Prix De Vincennes Championship for class Premier trotters. These races formed part of the 29th meeting of the season made up of...
Mangia trims Malta squad to 29 players ahead of Venezuela friendly
A squad of 29 players has been selected by the Head Coach of the National Teams Devis Mangia ahead of the friendly match that will see the national team play on home soil against Venezuela this Wednesday. Head Coach Mangia had selected 33 players...
Forest promoted to Premier League for first time in 23 years
Nottingham Forest clinched promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years with a 1-0 win against Huddersfield in the Championship play-off final on Sunday. Levi Colwill’s own goal late in the first half at Wembley was enough for Steve...
Perez claims 'dream' Monaco win as bungled strategy foils Leclerc
Sergio Perez won a rain-disrupted Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday as pole-sitter Charles Leclerc suffered another dose of ill luck on his home circuit. Perez, the first Mexican to win at the iconic circuit, claimed his third career win ahead of Carlos...
Hat Trick for El Diablo in the final day of the Voomquest World Championships
Clive Butler and Sammy Grima, racing on El Diablo, emerged unbeaten in the Voomquest Enemed UIM V2 World Championships. The third and final race of the weekend saw a similar pattern from the previous races with Michael Xuereb and Sam Howse’s...
Austria manager Rangnick no longer taking up new Man. United role
Manchester United announced Sunday that Ralf Rangnick has decided against taking up a consultancy role with the English Premier League giants due to the demands of his new job as Austria manager. The German took charge of United on a caretaker basis...
Rick Vogelesang named general manager and technical adviser at BBBS/Brunswick
Rick Vogelesang has been appointed as the general manager and technical adviser of the BBBS/Brunswick bowling team, the Times of Malta can reveal. Brunswick is the largest bowling supply company in the world and has the biggest line of bowling...
Questions for Paris after Champions League 'fiasco'
French authorities and UEFA faced questions Sunday over the handling of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris which descended into scenes of chaos before kick-off as English fans struggled to enter the stadium. ...
Record-breaking Derby winning jockey Lester Piggott dies
Legendary flat race jockey Lester Piggott who rode a record nine Epsom Derby winners has died aged 86 his son-in-law said on Sunday. Piggott was admitted to hospital in Switzerland last weekend. “Sadly we can confirm that Lester died peacefully in...
Lipman 'lost for words' after Como Women's stunning Serie A promotion
Emma Lipman could not have asked for a perfect ending to her first season at Como Women after securing promotion to the Serie A Femminile on the final day of the season. I Lariani seized their chance of playing top-flight football after easing past...
Coach Ferrante praises Starlites’ commitment after title success
The COVID-19 pandemic halted sports leagues in Malta for two consecutive years, however, the 2021-22 basketball season suffered no effects of long covid as it ran through from start to finish, with all cup competitions and the league titles finding new...
Families of Liverpool staff caught up in Champions League final chaos - Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said the families of his squad and staff were caught up in the chaotic scenes outside the Stade de France that led to the kick-off of Saturday’s Champions League final being delayed. Real Madrid won the game 1-0 to lift...
‘Record man’ Ancelotti puts his landmark down to luck
Carlo Ancelotti typically played down becoming the first manager to win four European Cups after Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris on Saturday saying luck had a part to play before acknowledging “I am a record man”. Ancelotti now stands alone as...
UEFA blames ‘fake tickets’ for Champions League final delay
European football governing body UEFA blamed “fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles” for a 35-minute delay to Saturday’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris, but the English club heavily criticised the...
Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 to win Champions League
Vinicius Junior scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday’s Champions League final in Paris to become kings of Europe for a record-extending 14th time after a night marred by problems outside the ground that led to...