Usain Bolt's first touch is "like a trampoline" and he will never make it as a footballer, says former Republic of Ireland striker Andy Keogh.
Eight-time Olympic champion Bolt, 32, has been on trial with Australian side Central Coast Ma…
Lewis Hamilton wants to tie up his fifth world title with a victory in Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix despite needing only seventh place.
Hamilton is 70 points ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel with only 75 available in the final three r…
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki says she was "shocked" to be diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but wants to become a role model for people with the condition.
The Dane, 28, discovered she had the auto-immune disease in Aug…
Aleksandar Mitrovic had questions to answer when he left Newcastle United for Fulham. Would he always be the untamed talent who struggled on Tyneside or was there more to the Serbia striker than met the eye?
Mitrovic has gone a long way…
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri admits he has a "tactical problem" and is struggling to fit Ruben Loftus-Cheek into the side despite the midfielder scoring a hat-trick in Thursday's Europa League win over Bate Borisov.
The England man ha…
The Black Queens have lined up three international friendly games before next month’s African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) to be staged in Ghana.
After extensive deliberations between the GFA Normalization Committee, the Black Queen…
Ghana's senior national team, the Black Stars have inched a spot down from 51st to 52nd place on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released for October after not featuring in any fixture during the period under review.
The Stars were u…
Angel di Maria scored a stunning stoppage-time equaliser to earn Paris St-Germain a 2-2 draw at home to Napoli in the Champions League.
Lorenzo Insigne's first-half opener for Napoli was cancelled out by Mario Rui's own goal in the seco…
A new and expanded Club World Cup - held every year featuring some of the Premier League and Europe's top clubs - has been proposed by Fifa.
In official documents seen by the BBC, there are two options for an annual tournament, alongsid…
England international Jadon Sancho scored his first Champions League goal as Borussia Dortmund recorded an impressive win over Atletico Madrid.
The teenager scored Dortmund's third with a simple tap-in after goals from Axel Witsel and R…
Barcelona maintained their 100% start in this season's Champions League as they cruised to victory over Inter Milan at the Nou Camp.
Rafinha opened the scoring for the hosts, who were without Lionel Messi after he fractured his arm on S…
Wasps have released winger Christian Wade from his contract to allow him to pursue a career in American football.
Wade, 27, is third in the all-time Premiership try-scorers list with 82 tries, but won only one England cap.
His decisi…
Al Ahly coach Patrice Carteron said his side made mistakes as they lost 2-1 in Algeria in the second leg of the African Champions League semi-final.
Despite the loss the Egyptians reached a 12th Champions League final with a 3-2 aggrega…
India captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 one-day international runs against West Indies in Visakhapatnam.
Kohli, who achieved the feat in his 205th innings, surpassed India legend Sachin Tendulkar, who did it…
Manchester United are "vigorously contesting" a Football Association charge against manager Jose Mourinho, for comments he made in Portuguese to a television camera after his side's win over Newcastle on 6 October.
It is claimed he used…
Former Arsenal, Manchester United and Netherlands forward Robin van Persie says he will retire from football at the end of the season.
The 35-year-old - who returned to Feyenoord, where he made his debut aged 17, in January - has scored…
Tottenham's chances of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League are "nearly over", according to Mauricio Pochettino.
The Spurs boss saw his goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sent off for a moment of madness before Luuk de Jong's 87th-m…
Primeiro de Agosto coach Zoran Manojlovic was very unhappy with the conditions for his side's loss in Tunisia in the second leg of the Africa Champions League semi-final.
Hosts Esperance beat the Angolans 4-2 on Tuesday evening and 4-3 …
Sloane Stephens beat Kiki Bertens at the WTA Finals, in a result that spared US Open champion Naomi Osaka early elimination.
The American, 25, won six of the last seven games to claim the match 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 6-3.
The victory means al…
Mohamed Salah scored twice to reach a half-century of Liverpool goals in a comfortable victory over Red Star Belgrade, as the Reds went top of Champions League Group C.
It was a dominant display from the hosts, Roberto Firmino firing in…
Egypt's Al Masry left the pitch in protest over a goal as they lost 4-0 AS Vita Club in the second leg of the Confederation Cup semi-final.
The DR Congo side won the tie 4-0 on aggregate and will face Raja Casablanca in the two-leg fina…
LeBron James claimed his first NBA win for the Los Angeles Lakers with a 131-113 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
The three-time NBA champion put up 19 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter, with the …
Have Inter Milan discovered a revolutionary football tactic?
It is a wonder that this has not been tried more often by teams, before the Serie A side's Champions League game at Barcelona.
Here is the scene - Barca have a free-kick on…
The bans issued to Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been extended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission until an investigation into the brawl that followed their UFC lightweight world title fight is completed.
Following his…
From the humble child who played football on empty streets, to the manager who conquered the game, and now the father who escapes the world behind his closed front door with his favourite music.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola cho…
Leeds Rhinos forward Dom Crosby has completed his move to Headingley on a three-year contract following his end-of-season release by Warrington.
The 27-year-old former Wigan prop, who twice helped his home-town club win the Super League…
The Rugby Football Union are prepared to appoint a Premiership coach with no international experience to succeed Eddie Jones as England boss.
Director of professional rugby Nigel Melville has started the hunt for Jones' replacement, wit…
It could have been so different for Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at the US Grand Prix.
As things turned out, Vettel finished fourth, and lost more ground in the championship, which is now just a formality for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilto…
UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov says he wants to face boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in Moscow in a fight he believes will break a world record.
Mayweather told the Russian, 30, to "come into my world" after Nurmagomedov suggested he co…
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki beat Petra Kvitova for the first time in four years with a 7-5 3-6 6-2 victory at the WTA Finals in Singapore.
Denmark's Wozniacki, 28, sealed the win in two hours and 19 minutes despite needing med…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says Romelu Lukaku is lacking in confidence but "the goals will arrive" for the Belgium international striker.
Lukaku scored four in his first five games this season but has failed to find the net…
Defender Marcos Alonso has signed a new contract at Chelsea that will keep him at the club until 2023.
The Spain left-back moved to Stamford Bridge from Fiorentina in 2016 and won the Premier League title in his first season with the Bl…
What we saw at Old Trafford on Tuesday showed why Juventus can win this season's Champions League, and why Manchester United won't.
There was a huge gulf in class between the two sides - United are 10th in the Premier League for a reaso…
Winger Christian Wade, who is quitting Wasps to pursue a career in American Football, has been let down by rugby, says former England back Ugo Monye.
Wade, 27, has won one England cap - against Argentina in June 2013 - despite being the…
"Twice we lost everything and had to start life again. I'm from here but technically I'm not from here either."
Milos Degenek's path to play for his beloved Red Star Belgrade has hardly been a smooth one as he prepares for their Champio…
England's fielding and attitude were "nowhere near up-to-scratch" in their record 219-run defeat by Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international, says coach Trevor Bayliss.
The tourists were thrashed in Colombo on Tuesday after sealing …
More than 20 people were hurt, some seriously, when an escalator ran out of control at a Rome metro station.
Footage shared on social media showed people being crushed at the bottom as stairs on the escalator crumpled.
Many of those …
Real Madrid beat Group G rivals Viktoria Plzen, but it was another unconvincing display by the European champions, whose coach Julen Lopetegui reportedly faces losing his job.
The Spanish giants came into the game on the back of four de…
Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to Old Trafford with a win as his Juventus side outclassed Manchester United to move five points clear at the top of Champions League Group H.
The former United star helped to set up Juve's winner in …
England captain Eoin Morgan said he was not worried by his side's record 219-run defeat in the fifth one-day international against Sri Lanka.
England were thrashed in Colombo after Morgan chose to rest himself, plus Chris Woakes and Oll…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says his side played the best football of his time in charge as they swept aside Shakhtar Donetsk to go top of Champions League Group F.
The English champions dominated from start to finish, with capta…
Black Queens coach, Bashir Hayford, is expected to submit his provisional squad of 30 players for the upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to the Confederation of Africa (CAF) by Friday.
That means the 24 players currently in camp wil…
Nigeria captain John Mikel Obi has pledged financial and moral support to the country's cash-strapped amputee football team, but the Special Eagles face a race against time to make it to the World Cup in Mexico.
The team, who have misse…
Eilish McColgan followed in her mother's footsteps to win the Great South Run on her debut in the event.
The 27-year-old, running competitively over 10 miles (16km) for the first time, clocked a time of 54:43 to take victory, beating St…
Sergio Garcia won his third Valderrama Masters in a row after the event was reduced to 54 holes and completed on the fifth day because of bad weather.
The 2017 Masters champion, 38, was three clear on 10 under with 11 holes remaining go…
Britain's Kyle Edmund cried with tears of joy on the court after securing a maiden ATP title against Gael Monfils at the European Open in Antwerp.
Monfils, 32, the world number 38, broke in top-seed Edmund's first service game and took …
Hull KR head of rugby Jamie Peacock will leave the Super League club at the end of the season.
The 40-year-old has been with Hull since 2016 after a playing career predominantly with Bradford and Leeds.
Peacock said: "I've had three …
Former England back-row Thomas Waldrom has retired from rugby aged 35.
Known as 'The Tank', Waldrom was the Premiership's leading try-scorer in 2015 and 2016 and helped Exeter reach the last three Premiership finals.
The New Zealand-…
Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath - the most successful left-arm bowler in Test cricket - will retire after November's first Test against England in Galle.
The 40-year-old has taken 430 wickets in 92 Tests, which puts him 10th on the all…
Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui says he is going to "fight" to turn around the club's faltering form but could not say whether he would still be in a job for the trip to Barcelona on Sunday.
Lopetegui is under pressure following Real'…