Former world number one Andy Murray says he will play no part in this month's US Open.
The 2012 champion had intended to play doubles in New York, but says "doubles is done for me for the time being".
Instead, he will play singles at…
The BMW Championship first-round leaderboard
-7 J Thomas, J Kokrak (both US); -6 J Furyk, J Dahmen, L Glover, B Snedeker, P Cantlay (all US); -5 R Sabbatini (Svk), S Piercy, T Finau, X Schauffele, C Morikawa, R Fowler, C Reavie (all US), …
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard is "really looking forward" to a "hostile" first leg against Legia Warsaw in the Europa League play-off round.
Gerrard's side are just 180 minutes away from reaching the group stage in consecutive seasons aft…
Neymar would take a pay cut of 15 million euros (£13.7m) to rejoin Barcelona from Paris St-Germain, says BBC Radio 5 Live's Guillem Balague.
The Spanish giants are believed to have made several offers for the Brazil international, inclu…
Manager Angelo Alessio says Kilmarnock have no plans to sell Greg Taylor or fellow full-back Stephen O'Donnell this month.
Taylor, 21, has been linked with Celtic, and a £500,000 offer from Nurnberg was rejected in July.
O'Donnell, 2…
Hibernian will reluctantly allow Oli Shaw to go out on loan if they can find a replacement for the striker, says manager Paul Heckingbottom.
The 20-year-old scored seven goals last season but has not started a game since Heckingbottom t…
Everton Ladies striker Elise Hughes has signed her first professional contract with the Women's Super League club.
The 18-year-old academy graduate's deal runs until the summer of 2021.
Hughes, who has already been capped twice by Wa…
Reading Women will play three matches at the Madejski Stadium before Christmas, including against Bristol City in the Women's Super League.
The Royals last played at the ground in February against West Ham United.
Bristol City will b…
The United States women's football team say they are prepared to take their discrimination lawsuit against US Soccer to court after mediation talks broke down.
The US women's team (USWNT) began legal action against the US Soccer Federat…
Nigeria winger Moses Simon is ready for competitive challenge in France as he joins Nantes on a season-long loan from Spanish side Levante.
Last season he scored once in 23 appearances for Levante, whom he joined last summer from Gent. …
Charlton Athletic Women are to seek legal advice regarding a dispute over Kit Graham's contract, with the striker having signed for Tottenham Hotspur.
The Championship club say the 23-year-old remains contracted to them.
A Spurs spok…
Tunisia defender Ayman Ben Mohamed has signed a three-year deal with French side Le Havre as a free agent.
The 24-year-old London-born left back, who grew up in Ireland, decided not to renew his contract with African Champions Esperance…
Government has approved a budget of approximately $1.28m for Ghana’s participation at the 12th edition of the African Games in Rabat, Morocco from August 16-31.
The amount will cover expenses of the 139 athletes and officials of Team …
Hearts manager Craig Levein is thrilled at the prospect of landing "extremely talented" Ryotaro Meshino on loan from Manchester City.
The 21-year-old signed for the English champions from Gamba Osaka last week.
Hearts are now waiting…
Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson has tipped Liam Donnelly for a Northern Ireland recall following an impressive start to the season.
The 23-year-old midfielder, capped once five years ago, has scored six goals in five starts.
Norther…
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and England's Lucy Bronze have been nominated for Uefa's Player of the Year awards for 2018-19.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the other nominees for the men's award, won by Luka Modric last ye…
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has recalled to Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho and fit-again Benfica defender Tyronne Ebuehi for next month's friendly against Ukraine.
Iheanacho, 22, and Semi Ajayi, 25, were left out of the final sq…
The Elections Committee of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has opened nominations for the election of new national officers for the next four years, following the expiration of the tenure of the current executive.
Appro…
The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), has named 16 athletes to represent the nation at the 2019 African Games (AG) in Morocco.
The 16-member team led by Bawah Fusseini – General Secretary of the GAA, would have nine female athletes and…
The Central regional Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) chairman, Mr Twintoh Walker, has advised the national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers to aim to excel at the Africa Games commencing this week in Morocco.
The Black Bombers are re…
Ghana’s U-20 male team, the Black Satellites arrived in Morocco yesterday beaming with confidence ahead of the start of the Africa Games football competition.
The 18-man team was selected following a successful camping at the Ghanaman…
Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has been hospitalized in Italy after suffering a pulmonary microembolism.
According to a statement issued by his club side, Hellas Verona, the former Udinese midfielder has been hospitalized at th…
Unified world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr says he has not signed to fight Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia and hopes their rematch is in New York.
A 7 December rematch in Saudi Arabia was announced on Friday and Joshua's promoter Ed…
We all thought Chris Gayle's 301st one-day game for West Indies would be his last - except for the man himself.
Gayle, 39, scored 72 in his side's defeat by India in what had been expected to be his final match.
But the batsman - who…
Mr. Elvis Adjei-Baah, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, has said the completion of the ten multi-purpose youth and resource centers nationwide remains one of the priorities of the Ministry to overhaul sports inf…
Ghanaian boxer Braimah Kamoko (31-1, 24 KOs) popularly known as “Bukom Banku” would battle Hungarian boxer, Ferenc Albert (27-16, 15KO's) in an International Professional Boxing Cruiserweight contest.
The bout set for September 7, at th…
Nick Kyrgios left court to smash two racquets in a bad-tempered Cincinnati Masters defeat by Karen Khachanov after which he called the umpire "a tool".
The Australian, 24, walked off court after losing the second set against the wishes …
Supporting a football team can often be a rollercoaster for fans, but SC Paderborn have taken that to an extreme over the past five years.
Climbing from amateur football to the Bundesliga summit in a decade, a crushing three successive …
A full house of Olympic, world and European gold medals, a world athlete of the year award, a clutch of blue-chip sponsorship deals, a catwalk jaunt at Paris Fashion Week and the mantle of being one of athletics' post-Bolt era superstars.
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Stephanie Frappart became the first female referee to officiate a major men's European match when she took charge of Wednesday's Uefa Super Cup.
History-making aside, the French official had to deal with VAR reviews, penalty decisions a…
Barcelona and Real Madrid have made unsuccessful offers for Paris St-Germain forward Neymar, says BBC Radio 5 Live's Guillem Balague.
Neymar's former club Barcelona are believed to have offered 100m euros (£92.4m) plus Philippe Coutinho…
Manchester City host Tottenham in the big Premier League showdown of the weekend, but who will come out on top?
BBC Sport's predictions expert Mark Lawrenson is backing the defending champions to triumph, but do you agree?
Last week,…
In the UK, August is traditionally a time when families get away for breaks in the school summer holidays.
But should we spare a thought for footballers, who have been back at work for weeks without any prospect of a holiday for nearly …
Manchester City will once again beat Liverpool to the Premier League title, while two of the three promoted teams will drop straight back down into the Championship.
That's what you told us after we asked you to predict the final standi…
Glenn Whelan says he has not joined Hearts just to "enjoy" himself after signing a one-year contract.
The 35-year-old Republic of Ireland midfielder was a free agent after 16 years in English football, most recently with Aston Villa.
…
The player who suffered the first recorded case of racist abuse in women's professional football has no regrets about reporting it despite "sinking into depression" as a result of subsequent online abuse.
An independent Football Associa…
Ghana’s male hockey team return to action today after a day’s rest to face a tough encounter against host South Africa as both sides chase a qualification ticket for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Today’s clash at the hockey stadium of t…
Footballer Emiliano Sala was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide prior to a fatal plane crash in the English Channel, a report has revealed.
Sala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, crashed on 21 January while travelling from Nante…
Wilfried Bony is hoping his stint at League Two club Newport County will prepare him for a possible move to Italy or Turkey.
Former Manchester City and Swansea City striker Bony, 30, is training with the Exiles to keep his fitness up.
…
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) says it has banned its former president Philip Chiyangwa for life for "bringing Zimbabwean football into disrepute."
In a statement, Zifa accused Chiyangwa of "unilaterally submitting an incomple…
The first day of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain at Lord's.
A break in the weather did allow a 15:30 BST start to be scheduled, only for further rain to inter…
Ulster scrum-half John Cooney, Connacht prop Finlay Bealham and full-back Mike Haley of Munster have been cut from Ireland's World Cup squad.
They returned to their provinces as their Irish colleagues left for warm weather training in P…
England wing Jack Nowell has admitted he pushed himself too hard during his recovery from a serious ankle injury, but hopes to be fit for the start of the Rugby World Cup.
Nowell, 26, was injured in the Premiership final, and had surger…
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she has "never really felt very supported" by other women in sport.
South Africa's three-time world 800m champion will not defend her title in Doha in September after a setback in her challeng…
Breaking the two-hour marathon barrier would be "like stepping on the moon", says Eliud Kipchoge, who has "no doubt" he will achieve it in his next attempt.
The Kenyan, 34, hopes to be the first athlete to break the mark in the Ineos 1:…
The second batch of athletes representing Ghana at the 12th edition of the African Games scheduled for Rabat, Morocco from 19th August to September 1, are billed to depart Ghana on Friday, August 16.
The disciplines making up the second…
Leicester Tigers head coach Geordan Murphy has paid tribute to his former team-mate and "real entertainer" Steve Booth, who has died aged 42.
Booth won two Premiership titles and helped Tigers claim back-to-back European Cup triumphs du…
A genuine first for tournament golf in Europe takes place at the World Invitational starting in Northern Ireland on Thursday as it encompasses separate men's and women's events.
English star Charley Hull is in a women's field which incl…
The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), has named 16 athletes to represent the nation at the 2019 African Games in Morocco.
The 16-member team led by Bawah Fusseini - General Secretary of the GAA, would have nine female athletes and seve…
The Springbok Women will face Kenya in their final Qualifying match on Saturday, while Madagascar will line up against Uganda
Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer was a satisfied man on Tuesday as his charges took a step closer …