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 …
FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he thinks he can convince football rule-makers to implement goal-line technology. A high-profile mistake at the last World Cup embarrassment persuaded Blatter to end his …
The English Football Association will refrain from approaching any coaches about the vacant national team job until the “back end” of the Premier League season. The Premier League ends on …
Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg won Friday’s giant slalom on home snow at Ofterschwang for her fifth World Cup victory and second of the season as she moved to the head of …
Women boxers will not be forced to wear skirts when the sport makes its Olympic debut in London later this year, the sport’s governing body for amateurs has announced. The …
Andy Murray defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5 to reach the final of the ATP Tour’s Dubai Open on Friday. It was the Serb’s first defeat of the …
Indonesian football authorities on Friday denied any foul play in the national team’s 10-0 thrashing by Bahrain, after world governing body FIFA announced an inquiry and fans expressed outrage. The …
Former Australia batsman Dav Whatmore, who guided Sri Lanka to World Cup glory, has arrived in pakistan to take over as coach of the national cricket team. The 57-year-old Whatmore, …
Sri Lanka have qualified for the tri-series finals against Australia after beating the home side by nine runs in a dramatic finish to Friday’s one-day clash at the MCG. The …
Gold Coast’s key defender Nathan Bock will be a legitimate ‘first goal’ bet this AFL season after an impressive performance at full forward against Geelong on Friday night. The Cats …
Melbourne held on to record a gritty 66-61 NBL victory over the Kings in a low-scoring clash at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Friday night. Lucas Walker (12 points), Benny …
