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Defending champion Cyril Despres extended his overall lead in the motorcycling category in the Dakar Rally after the 11th stage of the race on Wednesday. However, while the 38-year-old Frenchman …

Chelsea’s hopes of winning the English Premier League title were left hanging by a thread after a 2-2 draw with strugglers Southampton on Wednesday. The result, which came on the …

France’s nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb leads the season-opening world championship race the Monte Carlo Rally after the first four specials. The 38-year-old Citroen driver, who is set to compete …

Springbok flanker Schalk Burger will captain Western Stormers in the 2013 Super 15 season after recovering from injury, coach Allister Coetzee has confirmed. Burger, 29, suffered a knee injury in …

Ferrari have taken on Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa as test driver for the upcoming season. The 41-year-old had previously been test and reserve driver with McLaren before last season …

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal is in the “final stages” of recovery from a knee injury and is on course to return to the ATP Tour next month, the head …

Simon Mannering will captain the New Zealand Warriors for a fourth NRL season. New coach Matthew Elliott told the players last week that Mannering would stay in the role he …

Stoke forward Jon Walters was confident memories of his previous miserable outing would not have a negative impact on his performance in yesterday’s FA Cup third-round replay against Crystal Palace. …

The Rugby Football Union is confident the build-up to the 2015 World Cup will be free of pay disputes involving the England team after agreeing a new four-year deal with …

Ramnaresh Sarwan has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the upcoming limited overs tour of Australia while Marlon Samuels has been left out due to an eye injury …

French international striker Loic Remy has joined Queens Park Rangers from Marseille on a four-and-a-half-year contract, the Premier League club have confirmed. QPR said the transfer fee was a “club …

Former Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson has asked to be “left alone to live the rest of my life”. The 24-year-old also told the Manchester Evening News he’s been undergoing …

Melbourne Stars captain Shane Warne is facing another one-match ban – this time for a slow over rate. Warne was suspended for one game last week after his heated confrontation …

German qualifier Daniel Brands on Thursday stands in the way of Australia’s Bernard Tomic and a potential marquee Australian Open clash with Swiss great Roger Federer. Tomic, fresh from his …

Shane Warne has been reported for his second code of behaviour breach in as many games, after his Melbourne Stars were beaten by Perth Scorchers in a last-ball thriller in …

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been disqualified from driving for six months, after a court heard he failed to understand a letter sent to him by police. The 28-year-old …

Paceman James Faulkner was left a shattered figure after his no-ball cost the Melbourne Stars victory in their rain-affected Twenty20 semi-final clash with the Perth Scorchers at the WACA Ground. …

Overnight leader Brady Watt continued his recent good form to claim medallist honours in qualifying at the Australian Men’s Amateur Championship at Commonwealth and Woodlands Golf Clubs in Melbourne. Western …