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CSL champions Jiangsu file for bankruptcy

Jiangsu Suning players and staff members celebrate after winning their first CSL title at Suzhou Sports Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, November 12, 2020. /CFP Chinese Super League

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A tale of two ice hockey cities

A child in his icy hockey kit in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China. /CGTN Beijing's success in winning the bid to host the Winter Olympics sparked an upsurge in the interest in w

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Bencic sets up Adelaide final against Swiatek with epic win over Gauff

Poland's Iga Swiatek (L) and Switzerland's Belinda Bencic. /CFP Second seed Belinda Bencic battled for almost three hours before seeing off 16-year-old American Coco Gauff in three sets on Fri

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Nadal pulls out of Rotterdam Open with back issue

World number two Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week's Rotterdam Open due to a back injury, organizers of the ATP 500 event announced on Thursday.The 20-time Grand Slam winner has been strug

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Australia passes new law to make Google and Facebook pay for news content

Facebook recently lifted a block on news pages in Australia following a week-long standoff with the government.

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European roundup: Real Madrid triumph, Messi scores twice in Barca win

Ferland Mendy of Real Madrid celebrates with teammate Lucas Vazquez (L) after scoring their side's first goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 match between Atalanta and Real Madrid a

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Marc Benioff and this panel of judges will decide who gets one seat on the first all-civilian spaceflight

SpaceX’s first all-civilian human spaceflight mission, which will carry four passengers to orbit using a Crew Dragon capsule later this year if all goes to plan, will include one passenger selec

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Malta’s energy storage tech to stabilize electricity grids reliant on renewables gets $50 million

As energy grids transition away from fossil fuels and towards the use of zero emission sources of power from primarily renewable energy sources, they’re going to need an ability to store and the

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4 essential truths about venture investing

After making pre-seed investments for seven years, I have observed how different the pre-seed stage is from Series A and later-stage investing.Today, I want to highlight four ideas that are true acros

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Champions League: Bayern's unbeaten European run continues at Lazio

There are levels to sport and no tournament puts teams in their place quite like the UEFA Champions League. In last night's Round of 16 game, Bayern Munich, the reigning champions of club football, t

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6-time NBA All-Star Pau Gasol back to Spain to play for Barcelona

Pau Gasol of Spain in action during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 2016. /CFP Pau Gasol is going home, announcing Tuesday that he will sign to play with FC Bar

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Wisetack raises $19M as its buy-now-pay-later service for IRL services scales

This morning Wisetack, a startup that provides buy-now-pay-later services to in-person business transactions, announced that is has closed a total of $19 million across two rounds, a seed investment a

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Wizards top Lakers in OT for 5th straight win, Jazz set records for 3s

Bradley Beal scored 33 points, and Russell Westbrook added 32 on Monday as the visiting Washington Wizards rallied for a 127-124 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers for their first five-game

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Daily Crunch: Spotify announces a high-end subscription

Spotify makes a bunch of announcements, Netflix introduces an intriguing new feature and Clubhouse faces security concerns. This is your Daily Crunch for February 22, 2021.The big story: Spotify annou

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Osaka's Australian win ignites Japan's hope for Olympic gold

With Naomi Osaka winning her fourth Grand Slam title on Saturday, the young Japanese star ignited the country's hope for an Olympic gold medal at the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics.After trium

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Sporting moments of the week (February 15-21)

A photo collage shows Novak Djokovic (L) of Serbia and Naomi Osaka of Japan kiss their trophies after winning the men's and women's titles, respectively, at the Australian Open held between Ja

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Shining moments at Australian Open 2021

Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with his trophy after beating Russia's Daniil Medvedev to win the Australian Open men's singles title in Melbourne, Australia, February 21, 2021. /CFP Nao