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Russia’s national soccer team will be barred from playing at the 2022 World Cup as an official Russian side following doping sanctions that bar the country from major sporting events for four years, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won a thrilling Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix after the Ferraris collided and Mercedes’ six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was demoted from third to seventh.
Washington Nationals have defeated Houston Astros 6-2 in the deciding game 7 of the World Series to secure their maiden title.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from all cricket for two years, one of them suspended, for failing to report “approaches he received to engage in corrupt conduct”.
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur has booked his place in the second round of the Paris Masters with a straight sets win over Serbian Laslo Djere.
French referee Jerome Garces has been appointed to control the Rugby World Cup final between England and South Africa in Yokohama.
Alex de Minaur has outlasted American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (7-2) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-3) to book a Swiss Indoors final with top seed Roger Federer.
Springboks winger Cheslin Kolbe will miss the Rugby World Cup semi-final against Wales because of an ankle injury.
Eddie Jones hailed his players’ dogged defence following a record-equalling victory over Australia that saw them storm into the World Cup semi-finals.
Cheslin Kolbe has returned from an ankle injury he sustained against Italy to be named in South Africa’s starting side for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against tournament hosts Japan on Sunday.
England’s 6-0 EURO 2020 qualifying defeat of Bulgaria was twice halted by the match referee in the first half under a three-step UEFA protocol to tackle racist abuse from the crowd at the Vasil Levski stadium.
World Rugby issued a statement on Tuesday conceding that the officiating over the first weekend of the World Cup was not up to scratch and promising it would improve.
Italy have scored three tries in 10 minutes to give themselves some breathing room against a stubborn Namibia before recording a 47-22 win in their pool opener in Osaka.
France dominated the first half and just held on in the second to edge Argentina 23-21 in a thrilling Rugby World Cup Pool C clash at Tokyo Stadium on Saturday.
Four-times grand slam champion Kim Clijsters plans to come out of retirement after a seven-year hiatus, returning to the WTA Tour in 2020, the 36-year-old Belgian said on Thursday.
Top-seeded titleholder Novak Djokovic, five-times champion Roger Federer and world No.2 Rafael Nadal are again the men to beat at the US Open.
Loose forward Juan Manuel Leguizamon will follow a select group of Argentines to have played in four Rugby World Cup finals after he was named in the country’s 31-man RWC squad for next month’s tournament in Japan.
Ashleigh Barty has lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters, missing the chance to reclaim to regain the No.1 ranking.
Wayne Rooney, fresh from signing a deal to become a player-coach at English Championship side Derby County from next January, told reporters that he had always hoped to become a manager once his playing days were over.
Max Verstappen has made five pitstops, spun and then won a crazy German Grand Prix while Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton had a nightmare afternoon but still stretched his overall lead to 41 points.
