There was a time when Barcelona fans did not expect success. To wallow in pessimism was the accepted norm. Trophies? Titles? They were for others, usually the reserve of the grandiose club of the capital, Real Madrid.
Russia has again vowed to "defend" the interests of its athletes as the IOC prepares to rule on whether to exclude Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics Tuesday.
He is the struggling team's goalkeeper, but his injury-time score sparked wild celebrations and left the opposition manager proclaiming that a knife wound would have been easier to tolerate.
Test cricketers from Sri Lanka and India have resumed play Monday despite soaring air pollution levels that left players vomiting and struggling to breathe.
She is known as a slalom specialist, but Mikaela Shiffrin fueled her growing all-round star status with a first World Cup downhill victory in Lake Louise.
She had been expected to add to her Lake Louise legend, but Lindsey Vonn crashed in the women's World Cup downhill opener as Mikaela Shiffrin scored her first podium in the speed event Friday.
Russia has spent more than $10 billion building stadiums and infrastructure for the 2018 World Cup, which will be the first time football's showpiece tournament has been played in Eastern Europe.