FIFA has appointed top German police and security executive Ralf Mutschke as director of security from June, saying the move was part of its commitment to fight match-fixing in the …
Fly-half Beauden Barrett kicked his fifth penalty a minute from time to give Wellington Hurricanes a thrilling 30-28 Super Rugby victory over Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Friday. The …
Young first five-eighth Beauden Barrett kicked a match-winning penalty with two minutes left to guide the Hurricanes to a 30-28 Super Rugby win over the Lions in Johannesburg. Barrett, 20, …
The Nobel Peace Centre and Norway’s football association have announced a new promotion for peace on the pitch – the captains’ handshake. Under the program, dubbed Handshake for Peace, captains …
James Barrett’s 79th-minute penalty broke the hearts of the Lions and ensured the Wellington Hurricanes left Ellis Park with a 30-28 Super Rugby victory on Friday. Butch James’ converted try …
Brazil’s faltering organisation of the 2014 World Cup has come under fire from FIFA as the frustrated world governing body says things are just not working in the South American …
A Hungarian football club with several current and former players suspected of match-fixing says its director has killed himself. The Budapest-based REAC team says Robert Kutasi died Thursday. Police say …
Former Everton and Aberdeen football executive Keith Wyness, tasked with converting the United States to Twenty20 cricket, is upbeat about plans for a league to start in 2013. A week …
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean set the fastest time in Formula One testing for the second successive day on Friday, clocking a best lap of 1min 22.614sec. Grosjean’s French compatriot Jean-Eric …
World Cup winner Jack Charlton is recovering in hospital after undergoing hip replacement surgery following a fall at his home. The 76-year-old, who along with brother Bobby was part of …
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has indicated he has told striker Mario Balotelli he should heed a warning from Italy coach Cesare Prandelli to improve his disciplinary record. Balotelli was …
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has blasted the international friendlies schedule after claiming Belgium made injured defender Thomas Vermaelen play a full midweek match against Greece despite his recent fitness woes. …
FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke says he won’t increase a $US70-million ($A65.1 million) payment to clubs who are demanding a bigger share of 2014 World Cup revenues. Valcke says the 200-member …
Time trials in this year’s Tour de France in July will be five kilometres longer in total than previously announced, race organisers said on Friday. “This small change, which will …
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has predicted that Sunday’s Premier League match at Tottenham is his title-chasing team’s hardest game in the build-up to next month’s clash with leader and …
Former English Premier League clubs Birmingham and Coventry have been banned from the transfer market for failing to submit their financial accounts on time to the Football League. The central …
Nagoya Grampus manager Dragan Stojkovic believes a grenade thrown into the yard of his family home in Serbia was “99 per cent” the work of hooligans from his former club, …
Williams team co-founder Frank Williams will quit the board of the Formula One team at the end of the month. Williams says he will continue as team principal and keep …
