Football

Soccer-Inter ease past Lazio to win Coppa Italia and seal double

ROME, May 13 (Reuters) - Inter Milan ⁠beat Lazio 2-0 in the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday, with an Adam ⁠Marusic own goal and a Lautaro Martinez strike handing the newly crowned ‌Serie A champions the domestic double.

Football

Soccer-City slice Arsenal's league lead to two points with 3-0 win over Palace

MANCHESTER, England, May 13 (Reuters) - Manchester City ⁠kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a comfortable 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Wednesday, trimming the gap ⁠at the top of the table to two points as the title race sprints towards its conclusion. 

Football

Soccer-PSG crowned French champions again after win at second-placed Lens

LENS, France, May 13 (Reuters) - Paris St ⁠Germain secured a fifth successive Ligue 1 title, beating nearest challengers Lens 2-0 away ⁠in their penultimate match of the league season on Wednesday.

Cycling

Cycling-Portugal's Eulalio takes over Giro lead, but Arrieta snatches stage five win

POTENZA, Italy, May 13 (Reuters) - Portugal's Afonso Eulalio ⁠grabbed the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia despite having victory snatched away by Spaniard Igor ⁠Arrieta who recovered from going the wrong way to win a rain-drenched and chaotic stage ‌five on Wednesday.

Motorsport

Motor racing-Honda set for $19 million boost to address F1 engine woes

LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Aston Martin's ⁠partners Honda, whose 2026 engine lags far behind that of rival Formula One manufacturers, could be allowed ⁠to spend $19 million more on development after next week's Canadian Grand Prix.

Cycling

Cycling-Five Canadian cyclists seeking arbitration after women's team pursuit dropped, CBC reports

May 13 (Reuters) - Five Canadian cyclists are ⁠challenging Cycling Canada's decision not to send a women's team pursuit squad to this year's ⁠UCI Track World Championships in October, escalating the dispute to arbitration.

Football

US drops bond requirement for World Cup ticket holders

WASHINGTON, ⁠May 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration will not require World Cup ticket holders from countries flagged ⁠for high rates of visa overstays to pay expensive bonds to enter the United States, ‌a U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.

Football

JDT suffer agonising loss to Buriram as Thai side set up showdown with Selangor

PETALING JAYA: Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) came narrowly close to securing their spot in the Asean Club Championship Shopee Cup final but saw their hopes dashed by Thailand's Buriram United on Wednesday (May 13). 

Tennis

Tennis-Italian Musetti withdraws from French Open due to thigh injury

May 13 (Reuters) - Italian Lorenzo ⁠Musetti has withdrawn from the French Open with ⁠a thigh injury, the world number 10 said on ‌Wednesday, describing the decision as extremely difficult.

Hockey

Ice hockey-PWHL expanding to Las Vegas and Hamilton next season

May 13 (Reuters) - The Professional Women's ⁠Hockey League is heading to Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario next ⁠season, the league announced on Wednesday, joining an expansion class that ‌also includes a new Detroit team.  

Rugby

Rugby-Japan coach Jones handed six-week ban for verbal abuse of match officials

May 13 (Reuters) - Japan ⁠head coach Eddie Jones has been ⁠suspended for six weeks and handed a ‌salary reduction after incidents of verbal abuse directed at local match officials during their Under-23 tour of Australia ​last month, the country's governing ⁠body for rugby ⁠union (JRFU) said on Wednesday.

Other Sports

NFL-First game in Australia among nine international matchups in 2026

May 13 (Reuters) - The NFL on ⁠Wednesday unveiled its 2026 international game schedule which will kick off ⁠in Australia on September 10 when the San Francisco 49ers take ‌on the Los Angeles Rams at Melbourne Cricket Ground, marking the league's debut Down Under.  

Football

Soccer-Morocco to play a trio of World Cup warm-up games

May 13 (Reuters) - Morocco ⁠have confirmed they will play three warm-up matches ⁠before next month's World Cup, giving their new ‌coach more game time with his squad.

Badminton

Zii Jia's Thailand Open campaign ended following first-round loss

PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia's Thailand Open campaign ended in the first round after he lost to Israel's Daniil Dubovenko on Wednesday (May 13).

Tennis

Tennis-Swiatek sweeps past Pegula to set up Rome semi-final showdown with Svitolina

ROME, May 13 (Reuters) - Three-times champion Iga ⁠Swiatek was at her ruthless best as she dismantled American fifth seed Jessica ⁠Pegula 6-1 6-2 on Wednesday to set up a semi-final showdown at the ‌Italian Open with Elina Svitolina.

Football

Selangor reach Shopee Cup final after beating Nam Dinh 2-0

PETALING JAYA: Selangor have secured their spot in the final of the Asean Club Championship Shopee Cup after beating Vietnamese side Nam Dinh 2-0 in the semi-final second-leg match on Wednesday (May 13).

Other Sports

Powerlifting star Bonnie wins record fourth straight Para Athlete of the Year Award

KUALA LUMPUR: Powerlifting champion Bonnie Bunyau Gustin entered the history books with a record fourth straight win in the Para Athlete of the Year category at the 2025 Sports Writers Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100PLUS Awards yesterday.

Football

Soccer-Ancelotti urges Brazil to swap World Cup angst for Carnival-inspired joy

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - Carlo Ancelotti has seen ⁠enough trophies, tantrums and tactical revolutions to know that Brazil's World Cup problem is not a shortage of talent - it is what happens when that talent ⁠starts treating every misplaced pass like a national emergency.

Badminton

Award win lifts Tang Jie–Ee Wei ahead of Malaysian Masters

KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei have received a timely morale boost after just launching their bid to win the Malaysian Masters title for the first time next week.

Cricket

Cricket-England drop Crawley, pick Gay to open and recall Robinson

LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - England have dropped opener ⁠Zak Crawley and selected Emilio Gay as Ben Duckett's likely opening partner in a reshaped squad for the first test against ⁠New Zealand, signalling the start of a rebuild after their 4-1 Ashes thrashing in Australia.