Photo : left to right - Sliema ASC club President Frank Testa and Senior Head Coach Beto Fernandez during the signing ceremony The 2021 season was a strong finish for the Sliema boys, after securing two winter trophies: the Enemed Cup and Winter League, winning the latter title for the first time in nine years – and team sponsors Frank Salt Real Estate
Italy’s Francesco Bagnaia won the Dutch MotoGP on Sunday after championship leader Fabio Quartararo crashed out of an incident-packed race following what he called a “rookie’s mistake”. Frenchman Quartararo fell twice, flipping spectacularly over his handlebars in the second incident although he walked away afterwards, shaking his fists in anger at
An important addition for Raiders Lija women’s team after acquiring the services of young player Ylenia Grech. Grech, born in 2005, is considered as one of the most promising talents in the local women’s game. She will be joining coach Denis Guerra for the second time after being under his guidance during her spell at Raiders Għargħur. In 2019/2020,
The Futsal Malta Association (FMA) launched its VI Futsal Development Project. The project aims at developing futsal for the visually impaired which include blind athletes as well as those with varying degrees of visual impairments. This marks a watershed moment for FMA and was chosen as its hallmark project to celebrate 10 years since its foundation
In recent years, Fabio Spiteri has made a name for himself by taking on some daunting challenges. The experienced triathlete has managed some impressive feats over the years which has seen him go from successfully completing an ironman to setting sights on even more challenging feats such as finishing a double ironman, a triple ironman and most recently
Controversy around the participation of transgender women in elite women’s sport has been raging for quite a while now. It is probably one of the most delicate and tricky subjects the sporting world has ever faced: on the one hand, every sport needs to be as inclusive as humanly possible. But on the other hand, that inclusivity can’t be at the expense
The Malta Basketball Association is set for a busy week of international competitions as both the men’s and the women’s selections will be in action at the European Championship for Small States. The men’s team, under the charge of the newly-appointed coach Alan Walls, will be hopeful of a strong home showing when they are in action at the Ta’ Qali
San Ġiljan asserted their superiority over Sirens when they stepped into the driving seat from the word ‘go’ to keep their pristine start to the season. Sirens gave their more-quoted opponents a two-goal start when Andreas Galea converted two penalties and then Mattias Ortoleva made the most of a Sirens’ indecision to make it 3-0. At the other end,
Mosta FC completed their first signing of the summer transfer window when they reached an agreement to sign Ghana midfielder Patrick Mensah. The Ghana defensive midfielder put pen to paper on a two-year deal. The 22-year-old was a member of the Ghana U-20 team that won the AFCON in Mauritania a year ago. Mensah is seen as an upcoming player who can
World number one Iga Swiatek said Saturday she is “overwhelmed” to see Serena Williams back at Wimbledon, one year after the US legend limped away from the All England Club. Williams, a seven-time champion at the tournament, and still chasing an elusive 24th Grand Slam title, will be playing her first singles match since her tearful, injury-enforced
