SuperSport United and Kaizer Chiefs have closed the gap behind South African Premiership leaders Mamelodi Sundowns to two points with contrasting victories. Chiefs served up one of their best performances …
China’s Guo Shuang stunned Australia’s Anna Meares 2-0 Saturday in the women’s sprint final at the World Cup Olympic test event, marked by Britain’s Victoria Pendleton’s failure to bag a …
China’s Ding Junhui swept past England’s Shaun Murphy 6-2 on Saturday to reach the Welsh Open snooker final. The 24-year-old, who laid the foundations for victory by taking a 4-1 …
Borussia Dortmund have earned a 1-0 win at struggling Hertha Berlin to open a three-point lead at the top of the German league as Bayern Munich were held to a …
Rangers’ troubles deepened with a 1-0 Scottish Premier League defeat against Kilmarnock and the loss of their unbeaten home record on Saturday. Four days after the 140-year-old Glasgow club was …
Japan striker Tadanari Lee scored his first goal for Southampton as his side returned to the top of the English Championship with a 4-0 demolition of Derby at St Mary’s …
A miserable week for Arsenal was completed on Saturday when they were dumped out of the FA Cup, beaten 2-0 by Sunderland in the fifth round. Four days after they …
Victoria Azarenka overcame a second-set injury scare to thrash Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 6-4 and sweep into the final of the WTA Qatar Open on Saturday. The world number one from …
Nearly a dozen former National Football League players living in Louisiana have sued the NFL, the latest players to accuse the league of failing to protect players from the risks …
Chinese star Liu Xiang beat Cuban rival Dayron Robles at the British Grand Prix Indoor on Saturday in the first clash of the hurdlers since their controversial World Championship showdown …
Former Australia batsman Michael Di Venuto and ex-England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones will play for Italy and Papua New Guinea respectively at next month’s World Twenty20 qualifiers. Di Venuto played nine …
US Open champion Sam Stosur reached the final of the WTA Tour’s Qatar Open on Saturday when semi-final opponent Marion Bartoli retired with a right leg injury. Third-seeded Stosur won …
A horror run of injuries continued for Brent Tate in the North Queensland Cowboys’ 36-28 NRL trial loss to Gold Coast Titans in Mackay. Keen to make an impact after …
Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher notched up his seventh win of the season to reclaim the lead in the men’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday. His second consecutive giant slalom …
Juan Martin del Potro mowed down a surprisingly listless Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-1 to reach the final of the ATP’s Rotterdam Open on Saturday. The Argentine third seed needed just …
A Chinese court on Saturday sentenced two top former Football Association officials to more than a decade in jail, state media said, in a graft scandal that brought the football …
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas believes Didier Drogba will return even stronger for the Premier League club after his latest African Nations Cup heartache. The 33-year-old returns to London this weekend …
Former Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock made a swift return to soccer on Saturday after being confirmed as the new boss of Championship side Leeds. Warnock, controversially fired by …
