World Cup-winning halfback Piri Weepu will be on the bench for the Blues’ opening Super Rugby clash with the Crusaders at Auckland’s Eden Park on Friday night. All Blacks star …
Three-time winner Tiger Woods clearly lacks the mystique he once enjoyed at the WGC-Match Play Championship, which start on Wednesday with 64 of the world’s top players in Arizona. Woods, …
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez looks set to return from his self-imposed exile after apologising to the club for his conduct in recent months. Tevez has not played for the …
Napoli have piled the pressure on Andre Villas-Boas and put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 first leg victory over Chelsea at the San Paolo in …
Goalkeeper Petr Cech acknowledged mistakes on the pitch are not helping Andre Villas-Boas or his Chelsea players. Their defending for Ezequiel Lavezzi’s double in Napoli’s 3-1 win in Italy on …
Dundee United have moved into the top-six of the Scottish Premier League with a crushing 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock. Jon Daly netted from the penalty spot 10 minutes into the …
Napoli have piled the pressure on Andre Villas-Boas and put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 first leg victory over Chelsea at the San Paolo in …
Carlos Tevez has finally apologised to Manchester City following a five-month feud and withdrawn his appeal against a gross misconduct charge. Tevez’s statement, released by City, paves the way for …
Ana Ivanovic upset the seedings in a battle of French Open champions with Francesca Schiavone at the Dubai Open on Tuesday. The 2008 Roland Garros champion from Serbia beat the …
Ana Ivanovic upset the seedings in a battle of former French Open champions with Francesca Schiavione at the Dubai Open on Tuesday. The 2008 Roland Garros champion from Serbia beat …
Allrounder Jacob Oram will play no further part in New Zealand’s home international cricket season after suffering a calf strain. Oram, 33, picked up the injury to his left calf …
Struggling Bologna have beaten 10-man Fiorentina 2-0 to boost their chances of Serie A survival. Bologna were clinical in the first half on Tuesday, with Alessandro Diamanti and Gaston Ramirez …
Chelsea captain John Terry will undergo knee surgery and be out for up to six weeks, dealing a further blow to the team’s faltering season but relieving England of a …
An injury-time goal on his debut by Swedish midfielder Pontus Wernbloom grabbed CSKA Moscow a 1-1 draw with Spanish giants Real Madrid in Moscow on Tuesday in their Champions League …
Aston Villa midfielder Chris Herd has started on the comeback trail after two-and-a-half months out of action with ankle ligament damage. Australian-born Herd played an hour of Tuesday afternoon’s reserve …
Kevin Pietersen hit his second successive century to help a resurgent England beat Pakistan by four wickets in the fourth and final day-night international in Dubai for a 4-0 whitewash. …
England have won the fourth and final day-night international against Pakistan by four wickets to sweep the series 4-0. Kevin Pietersen hit a second successive hundred, finishing with 130 for …
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko says he wants to fight British boxer Dereck Chisora again – so he can knock him out. Klitschko knows he doesn’t need a rematch, “but …
