Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen has appeared in court charged with sexual assault and being drunk on an aircraft.
The 29-year-old Ryder Cup winner has also been charged with assault by beating.
Mr Olesen, of Chelsea, south-west London…
England's Manu Tuilagi believes his run of injuries is behind him as he zeros in on next month's Rugby World Cup and Saturday's warm-up against Ireland.
The 28-year-old went without an international start for more than four-and-a-half y…
Italian champions Juventus have called on Serie A to schedule more early kick-offs to help the club grow in Asia.
Juve are below last season's Premier League top six clubs in revenue and see China as a major area for growth.
The Seri…
Borussia Dortmund's England winger Jadon Sancho has agreed a new contract with the Bundesliga club worth about £190,000 a week, including bonuses.
The 19-year-old, who was the subject of summer interest from Manchester United, scored 13…
Reading have appointed former Stoke, Blackburn and Wales assistant Mark Bowen as their new sporting director.
The ex-Norwich player ended last season in a consultancy role at the Madejski Stadium and will be responsible for all football…
Aberdeen have had no contact from Lazio regarding Sam Cosgrove, despite a report in Italy suggesting the Serie A club are interested in the striker.
The 22-year-old Englishman, signed from Carlisle United in 2018, has scored nine goals …
Celtic have confirmed the signing of former Southampton forward Jonathan Afolabi on a three-year deal.
The Republic of Ireland youth international, 19, was a free agent after leaving St Mary's.
"Celtic is just a stand-out team for me…
Turkish club Konyaspor have signed Uganda's Farouk Miya from Croatia's HNK Gorica on a three-year deal.
The 21-year-old attacking midfielder played in all four of Uganda's games at the recent Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
He scored…
Leicester City striker Islam Slimani has joined French side Monaco on loan until the end of the season.
The Algerian, 31, joined the Foxes from Sporting Lisbon on a five-year deal in 2016 for £29m, a then club record.
He has also had…
Twitter will meet Manchester United and Kick It Out following online racist abuse directed at Paul Pogba.
The Frenchman became the third player in a week to be racially abused on social media following a penalty miss.
Several of Pogb…
Blade Thomson makes his Scotland debut and fly-half Finn Russell returns for Saturday's World Cup warm-up Test against France.
Full-back Stuart Hogg is the sole starter retained from last weekend's 32-3 hammering in Nice.
Scrum-half …
England will host West Indies, Australia, Pakistan and Ireland in men's international matches next year.
West Indies and Pakistan both visit for three Tests as part of the World Test Championship, while Pakistan will also play three Twe…
Great Britain will face Slovakia away from home in a qualifying tie for next year's new Fed Cup Finals.
Anne Keothavong's team will play the five-match tie, for a place in the 12-team Finals, on 7-8 February.
This year's finalists Au…
At 12 years, nine months and six days, Michelle Liu will become the youngest player ever to compete at the Canadian Women's Open this week.
The previous youngest was fellow Canadian Brooke Henderson, the current world number eight, who …
Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player, has held the maiden edition of his two-day basketball skills development camp to train and develop young players.
The camp is aimed at raising young players with po…
Ghanaian Premier League giants, Ashantigold Sporting Club, has announced the formation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to steer the affairs of the club.
The IMC, which includes Alhassan Rahman, Mark Mensah, Seth Agyemang, Josep…
Emefa Nukpe was crowned winner of the third Army Officers Mess Tennis Club (AMTEC) Ladies Open after defeating strong contender, Deladem Tanson, 8-5 at the 37 Army Officers Tennis Courts last Saturday.
Emefa, 29, proved too strong for h…
SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv enjoyed another great weekend of football action, with the continuation of the Premier League and the start of the 2019/20 La Liga campaign.
The leading African performances from the Premier League th…
Manager Jayne Ludlow says there needs to be realism about Wales' chance of reaching a first major finals.
As Wales prepare for their opening 2021 European Championship qualifier in the Faroe Islands on Thursday, 29 August, Ludlow estima…
Chelsea right-back Davide Zappacosta is set to join Roma on a season-long loan.
The 27-year-old Italy international arrived in Rome on Tuesday to complete the deal.
Zappacosta joined Chelsea from Torino on a four-year deal for £23m i…
Football's world governing body Fifa has installed a new committee to run the game in Egypt, after the sudden resignation of the previous board.
President Hani Abou Rida and the other members of the Egypt Football Association (EFA) quit…
Cameroon forward Ajara Nchout says being shortlisted for Fifa's 2019 Puskas Award is the highlight of her career so far.
The 26-year-old is the lone African on the shortlist for the goal of the year, which is decided for by a public vot…
Great Britain's Harriet Dart has moved into the second qualifying round at the US Open by beating American Jamie Loeb 6-2 7-6 (7-3).
Dart, 23, reached the third round of Wimbledon in July and needs to win two more matches to qualify for…
Ghana’s table tennis player, Derek Abrefa, has been appointed captain and flag bearer for Team Ghana at this year’s African Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Abrefa is Ghana’s highest ranked table tennis player in the world, having represented t…
The lad is obviously still thinking about his ex.
Nineteen-year-old Portuguese forward Joao Felix signed for Atletico Madrid from Benfica this summer for £113m, but clearly still holds his old side close to his heart (and his shins).
…
England have to "try to capitalise on the opportunity" of Steve Smith's absence from the third Ashes Test, says captain Joe Root.
The Australia batsman is the leading run-scorer in the series with 378 and has helped his side to a 1-0 le…
Ghana winger Samuel Owusu has joined Saudi Professional League top tier side Al-Fayha FC on a three-year deal worth €1.5million euros.
Owusu, 23, joins Al-Fayha from Serbian SuperLiga side Fudbalski Klub ?ukari?ki after impressing wit…
The Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) has set up a seven-member committee to review the Normalization Committee's (NC) proposed statutes to the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA).
The committee, is made up of …
The National Sports Authority (NSA) has called on the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), to organise fresh elections, after declaring the recent elections held by the GAA in Tamale as "illegal".
According to the NSA, it does not recogni…
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has joined Turkish top-flight side Trabzonspor on a three-year deal.
The 29-year-old was released by the Reds in the summer after a six-year stay during which he scored 67 goals in 160 appearanc…
"All our offensive moments of attacking ended in a foul. You can look at the statistics."
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini became the latest in a line of pundits and managers to point a finger at Manchester City last week, upset his side…
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has arrived in Turkey before his expected move to Trabzonspor.
The 29-year-old was released by the Reds in the summer after a six-year stay during which he scored 67 goals in 160 appearances.
…
Arsenal director Josh Kroenke has revealed conceding four goals in the second half of the Europa League final transformed the Gunners' approach to recruitment this summer and praised club staff for "working their magic" in the transfer mar…
Lionesses coach Phil Neville has named his 24-player squad for England women's upcoming friendlies against Belgium and Norway.
Neville has selected 19 players who featured in the Women's World Cup, as well handing call-ups to four debut…
Steven Gerrard is only just past his first anniversary at Rangers, yet has already managed them in 20 Europa League games.
Only twice in those games has Gerrard tasted defeat, but can you name all of the Ibrox club's opponents?
Kilmarnock have signed Finland defender Niko Hamalainen on a season-long loan from Queens Park Rangers.
Hamalainen, raised in the USA, brings competition for left-back Greg Taylor after Calum Waters was loaned to St Mirren and can also …
Joey Antipas has been appointed as Zimbabwe national team coach on a caretaker basis until the end of the year.
He replaces Sunday Chidzambga, who resigned after the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Dynamos and national under-23 coach…
Senegal goalkeeper Alfred Gomis has left Italy for France to join Djion from Serie A club SPAL.
The 25-year old has signed four-year contract with the Ligue 1 club for his first stint outside Italy.
Gomis says he wants to develop at …
Manchester United's Harry Maguire has called on social media companies to "stop these pathetic trolls" after his team-mate Paul Pogba was racially abused online after missing a penalty.
Pogba had a second-half penalty saved in the 1-1 d…
Former world number 230 Juan Carlos Saez has been banned for eight years and fined £10,300 ($12,500) for breaching anti-corruption rules.
The Chilean, 28, was interviewed by the Tennis Integrity Unit after unusual betting patterns wer…
Andy Murray is still searching for his first singles win since hip surgery after losing 7-6 7-5 to Tennys Sandgren in the Winston-Salem Open first round.
The former world number one played with conviction and fluency in the first set, b…
South Korea's Lee Duck-hee has become the first deaf player to win a match in the main draw of a tournament on the ATP Tour.
The 21-year-old, who is ranked 212th in the world, beat Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen 7-6 6-1 at the Winston-Sa…
Professor Francis Dodoo, the President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) for the third consecutive time has said, he will do his best for the Association to thrive again, after he was re-elected for the third consecutive time at the…
Australia batsman Steve Smith has been ruled out of the third Ashes Test after suffering a concussion.
Smith, 30, was hit in the neck by a 92mph bouncer from Jofra Archer on day four of the second Test, but passed an initial concussion …
Ex-Australia boss Darren Lehmann has been named head coach of the Leeds-based men's team for The Hundred, while Yorkshire Diamonds boss Danielle Hazell will coach the women's side.
The Australian World Cup-winning batsman and coach, 49,…
New Zealand women's captain Amy Satterthwaite has announced she is expecting her first child with team-mate Lea Tahuhu and will take a break from cricket.
All-rounder Satterthwaite and fast bowler Tahuhu, 28, have been together since 20…
Serbian Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic has been confirmed as coach of Egypt's Zamalek a day after he left his role at South Africa's Orlando Pirates.
The 49-year-old said "my dream has come true of becoming the coach of Zamalek" at his unve…
Sierra Leone forward Musa Noah Kamara has had his contract with Swedish club Trelleborgs cancelled after just one week.
The club simply stated that the 19-year-old's three-and-a-half year deal was ended for "personal reasons".
"He wi…
It was "incredibly dangerous" for Steve Smith to resume his innings in the second Ashes Test at Lord's, brain injury charity Headway has claimed.
Smith was hit in the neck by a 92mph bouncer from Jofra Archer on day three but passed an …
Ulster forward Marcell Coetzee has been ruled out of South Africa's squad for the Rugby World Cup with an ankle injury.
The back row hurt his ankle and suffered a blow to the head during the Springboks' warm-up win over Argentina in Pre…