Indian captain MS Dhoni has doused controversy about a `missing ball’ umpiring blunder that cost his side victory in Tuesday night’s dramatic tie against Sri Lanka. India’s batsmen faced one …
Scottish Premier League champion Rangers have gone into financial administration, triggering a 10-point deduction that will leave rival Celtic 14 points ahead in the title race. The Glasgow club, which …
Hull KR will be without acting captain Michael Dobson for a month with a shoulder injury, the club have confirmed. The Australian scrum-half sustained the injury in Sunday’s 22-10 Stobart …
The Australian Fed Cup team has drawn a challenging World Group playoff tie against Germany in Germany from April 21-22. The Australians must defeat the Europeans to earn a spot …
Spain’s sports minister has acknowledged his country has a problem with doping that needs fixing. Jose Ignacio Wert says “we have a problem with doping and that’s why we have …
Thousands of Fenerbahce fans shouted slogans outside a Turkish court house in support of 93 suspects, including the club’s jailed president, as the opening hearing into their match-fixing case began …
Malaysia is probing three teams in the country’s top football league for match-fixing, a senior official said Tuesday, following a scandal that saw 18 youth league players suspended. “Three M-League …
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is to visit India in March as the football federation looks to develop one of the world’s most untapped markets, officials said on Tuesday. India is …
The Japan Football Association is moving to hold a match in quake-hit Fukushima during this year’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup. JFA vice president Kozo Tashima said the association has plans …
Fairytale Africa Cup of Nations champions Zambia will return to competitive action in June with 2014 World Cup qualifiers against recent rivals Sudan and Ghana. The Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) defeated …
Australia’s Adelaide United have hit out at a “flawed” court ruling which has pitched them into a sudden-death AFC Champions League play-off with rebel Indonesian club Persipura Jayapura. Club chairman …
The Zambian government has given $US59,000 ($A55,150) to each player in the national side which won the country’s first Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday, the sports minister said …
Liverpool denied Tuesday reports they’d apologised for Luis Suarez’s conduct at Old Trafford as a result of pressure from shirt sponsors Standered Chartered bank. Uruguay striker Suarez sparked fresh uproar …
Andre Villas-Boas’s ex-employer at Porto, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, believes the young Portuguese manager was wrong to move to Chelsea. Villas-Boas has had a difficult beginning to his career …
All Black legend John Kirwan will coach the Barbarians in a three-match international tour. Kirwan, previously in charge of Italy and Japan’s coach at last year’s World Cup in New …
The French Rugby Federation (FFR) wants the postponed France versus Ireland Six Nations game to be rescheduled for next season. “France wants the match to be played next season due …
Mastermind MS Dhoni produced another Houdini-like escape as India tied with Sri Lanka in Tuesday’s one-day match in Adelaide. Just two days after his last over heroics downed Australia, Dhoni’s …
World No.2 Rafael Nadal says Spaniards have given too much publicity to a French satirical puppet show that ridiculed drugs taking by Spanish sports stars. “They are a bit obsessed …
