Wales recorded their third successive rugby victory over Ireland on Sunday with a last minute penalty by Leigh Halfpenny providing a 23-21 victory in their Six Nations opener. The Welsh …
Scotland’s Paul Lawrie stroked a fluent 65 to win the Qatar Masters for the second time with a four-shot buffer over Australian Jason Day and Swede Peter Hanson at the …
Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi has extended his contract with Roma for five more years, putting an end to lengthy negotiations with the American-owned club and giving the club a …
Tasmanian captain George Bailey has won the toss and sent NSW in on a green-top for the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive. Test discards Phil Hughes and Usman Khawaja will …
Queensland have won the toss and elected to bat in their top of the table Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia starting at the Gabba on Monday. WA’s Shaun Marsh …
Juan Monaco defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-3 6-7 (7-1) 6-1 in an all-Argentina final at the Vina del Mar VTR Open on Sunday to win his fourth ATP title. It was …
Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar on Sunday, sprinting home ahead of Britain’s Adam Blythe and Peter Sagan of Slovakia. Best of the …
Second-half tries from former Sydney Roosters centre Setaimata Sa and Daryl Millard ensured last year’s surprise Super League package Catalan Dragons started the new season with a comfortable win at …
Atletico Madrid and third placed Valencia played out a 0-0 draw in a freezing Vicente Calderon stadium in the Spanish capital on Sunday night. A win would have put Atletico …
Villarreal have won their first away match of the season by beating Sevilla 2-1 from Javier Camunas’ late goal, exacerbating the Andalusian club’s struggles in the Spanish league. Villarreal caught …
Steve Kean intends to make sure Blackburn never get torn apart like they did at Arsenal as he aims to keep them in the English Premier League. The Rovers were …
Arsene Wenger is acutely aware of the risk of burnout to Arsenal’s latest rising English star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The 18-year-old netted his first English Premier League goals with a brace …
Tomas Berdych won his seventh career ATP title by defeating defending champion Gael Monfils 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the Open Sud de France final on Sunday. The top-seeded Czech broke …
Cycling teams at the Tour of Qatar on Sunday welcomed the end of a US federal investigation into Lance Armstrong, saying they were hopeful the seven-time Tour of France champion …
Steve Mandanda’s injury-time reflex save from a close-range effort by Lyon’s Argentinian striker Lisandro helped Marseille to a 2-2 draw in Ligue 1 action on Sunday. Mandanda’s quick reaction after …
Ghana are continuing their march to a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 extra time win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals on Sunday. The Black Stars will …
Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor won the toss and elected to bowl in the second one-day international against New Zealand at Cobham Oval on Monday. A shower of rain swept across …
Ghana are two wins away from a first African Nations Cup crown since 1982 after booking their place in the semi-finals with an extra-time win over Tunisia on Sunday night. …


