Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has criticised the "increasingly frustrating and unacceptable" engine problems that have blighted their start to the new season.
Drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo retired at the same time with dif…
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel says he must "digest" the spin that cost him at least second place at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The German four-time world champion lost control while battling with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who inherited victor…
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime been awarded a wildcard for May's Madrid Masters after reaching the Miami Open semi-finals.
The 18-year-old was beaten by John Isner, who lost the final to Roger Federer, but rose to a career-high world ra…
In the green room after the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton turned to Charles Leclerc, from whom the world champion had inherited victory when the Ferrari driver suffered an engine problem in the closing laps.
"You drove great this w…
Graeme McDowell says his win in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship ends "a rough few years".
The Northern Irishman brought a four-year wait for a victory to an end by shooting a final-round 69 to clinch a one-shot win in…
Wales and Scarlets full-back Leigh Halfpenny has said he feared for his career after suffering a head injury.
Halfpenny was out for three months with concussion after suffering a head blow against Australia in November's autumn Tests.
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Ipswich Town loanee Matthew Pennington will miss the rest of the season after rupturing ankle ligaments in training.
The 24-year-old has returned to parent club Everton and will have surgery to repair the damage.
Pennington joined Ip…
American Kevin Kisner claimed his first WGC title with victory over compatriot Matt Kuchar in the Match Play final.
The 35-year-old world number 50, who beat Francesco Molinari in the semi-finals, atoned for last year's 7&6 defeat in th…
Golf is a maddening game usually made more sane by unspoken empathy between opponents. It is this spirit that helps make it the envy of many a sport.
This is why Matt Kuchar is feeling the heat for doing nothing wrong according to the r…
Ireland forward Dan Leavy has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with what his province Leinster describe as "a complex knee ligament injury".
Flanker Leavy, 24, was carried off on a stretcher in Leinster's 21-18 European Champions C…
Queens Park Rangers have sacked manager Steve McClaren following a run of one win in 15 Championship games.
The 57-year-old, who was England boss between August 2006 and November 2007, was appointed in May 2018.
Rangers have won just…
German club Borussia Dortmund have confirmed Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi will miss the rest of the season with a broken metatarsal.
The 20-year-old, who is on loan from Real Madrid, will return to the Spanish capital for an operation…
Competitive domestic football returned home over the weekend after a ten-month hiatus, and the excitement around league centres across the country indicated how stakeholders have missed the game.
With the Normalisation Committee intro…
"The mark of champions and the type of victory that wins you titles."
We all know the cliches.
Liverpool left it until the 90th minute before snatching a winner against Tottenham to climb back above Manchester City at the top of the …
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Paul Pogba is happy at the club, amid rumours linking the midfielder with Real Madrid.
Pogba described the Spanish giants as "a dream club for every player" while on international duty…
Accra Hearts of Oak beat Dreams FC 1-0 to register their account in the Special Competition crafted by the Normalisation Committee (NC) and staged at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday.
Facing Southern Zone B opponent Dreams in their fi…
Fans of rival clubs taunt Chelsea supporters by claiming the club "hasn't got any history" -- which isn't quite fair.
You won't find many other clubs in the top four divisions of English football, for example, who have maintained their …
Is Tottenham's trip to Liverpool a must-win?
The mood at Tottenham seems pretty good at the moment: Optimism is high because that new stadium is finally set to open, and while late, it looks magnificent. Then there's a little reassuranc…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's success in performing a "cultural reset" at Manchester United was a central factor in the club's decision to hand him a three-year contract as permanent manager, sources have told ESPN FC, following confirmation of t…
Chelsea have offered counselling to teenage winger Callum Hudson-Odoi after he was subjected to racist abuse twice in 11 days.
The club reported that the 18-year-old heard monkey chants during Chelsea's Europa League win at Dynamo Kiev …
It is almost three years since Louis van Gaal walked into a Wembley news conference and slammed the FA Cup on to the table.
The Dutchman had just completed what he regards as his greatest managerial achievement: "Winning a trophy despit…
One of the six survivors of the plane crash that killed most of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense in 2016 has died after suffering a heart attack.
Brazilian journalist Rafael Henzel, 45, collapsed while playing football with frien…
Bayern Munich have signed Atletico Madrid full-back Lucas Hernandez for a club-record £68m (€80m).
The 23-year-old, who won the World Cup with France last summer, will join the German club on July 1 on a five-year deal running through t…
Harry Kane has revealed his plans to swap football for American football, and end his sporting career as a kicker in the NFL.
The England captain has made no secret of his passion for the US sport - he attended the Super Bowl in Februar…
Fifteen Premier League clubs and 47 Division One sides have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Special Competition organised by the Ghana Football Association's (GFA’s) Normalisation Committee beginning Sunday.
The competitio…
Bolton staff have been informed on email by owner Ken Anderson a deal to buy the club has been agreed, subject to contract, according to Sky sources.
It is understood the deal to buy the Sky Bet Championship club could be wrapped up wit…
When the Confederation of African Football ratified an expansion to the Africa Cup of Nations in July 2017, introducing eight more teams to the biennial competition, the dynamic of the qualifying program was always going to change.
As h…
Spain's players dedicated their 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win over Malta on Tuesday to their coach Luis Enrique who had to miss the game due to an urgent family matter.
The Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said earlier on Tuesday that Lu…
Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is "nearly fit" and has returned to training, club boss Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old England international has been sidelined for over three months after fracturing his lower left leg a…
Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tactics are similar to Jose Mourinho's and the only difference is that the Norwegian is winning.
Solskjaer has been praised for implementing a more attacking st…
Tottenham face a top-four battle after their title challenge collapsed with a 2-1 defeat at Burnley last month - but what's behind the abrupt decline?
Spurs had maintained form without the injured Harry Kane and Dele Alli, but Kane's re…
Raheem Sterling has admitted he and his England team-mates expected to be abused when playing in Montenegro on Monday night.
England players were subjected to racist abuse from Montenegro fans - which the FA described as "abhorrent" - d…
The Somalia Football Federation (SFF) has confirmed the appointment of Ghana's Bashir Hayford as the new national team coach.
Hayford, who was in charge of hosts Ghana at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations last years, has signed a two-ye…
The father of Moise Kean has said Juventus still owe him two tractors, yet they are not even giving him free tickets to watch his son in action anymore.
Biorou Jean Kean represented his son, who scored his first goal for Italy this week…
President Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Ghana senior footbal team, the Black Stars, on winning their African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against Kenya in Accra.
The Black Stars beat Kenya a goal to nil on Saturday, March …
The line-up for the 2019 African Cup of Nations slated for Egypt between June 21-July 19 has been completed.
Four teams qualified in total from North Africa. They are Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.
Burundi, Madagascar and Mauri…
BOSTON (AP) LaMarcus Aldridge had 48 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs ran past Boston 115-96 on Sunday, giving the short-handed Celtics their fourth straight loss.
The Spurs have won 10 of 12 to strengthen their grip on…
TORONTO (AP) Jeremy Lamb banked home a half-court 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Toronto Raptors 115-114 on Sunday night for their third straight win.
Toronto looked to have won the game after Kawhi Leonard h…
On Sunday the public finally got to enter and see the new state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and while the day came over eight months later than expected, the reviews were extremely positive and the images sublime. The stadium whic…
Saido Berahino's decision to play for the country his family fled when he was 10 paid off at the weekend as the Stoke forward helped Burundi qualify for their first-ever African Nations Cup finals.
A 1-1 draw at home to Gabon in Bujumbu…
England coach Gareth Southgate has said he wants to follow the example of Sir Alex Ferguson in getting the best from young players.
Southgate, a former Football Association head of elite development and England under-21s manager, guided…
Eden Hazard marked his 100th cap with an early goal to set Belgium on their way to a comfortable 2-0 away win over Cyprus in their Euro 2020 qualifier on Sunday.
Michy Batshuayi got the other goal for the top team in the FIFA rankings, …
Italy forward Moise Kean has said he is learning from Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo after becoming the country's youngest goal scorer for more than 50 years.
Kean, 19, scored Italy's second goal on his first start for his country …
It's been a tumultuous season for Jose Mourinho. "Aren't they all?" you cry, and you've got a point. But since his dismissal from Manchester United in December, he's spent his time as you'd expect him to, touring assorted TV studios, offer…
The Banker bet landed again as England kept another clean sheet when beating the Czech Republic on Friday evening, but the Dutch let us down as they were beaten 3-2 by Germany on Sunday. Qualifying for Euro 2020 continues this week and we'…
Football is very good at comparing young footballers to previous greats -- there's a desperation to look for the next Diego Maradona, the next Thierry Henry, the next Cristiano Ronaldo.
But what happens when a footballer comes along who…
South Africa booked the last place at the African Cup of Nations finals with a 2-1 away win over Libya thanks to Percy Tau's double on Sunday to complete the lineup for the 24-team finals being hosted in Egypt in June.
The diminutive 24…
Veteran Brisbane captain Matt McKay will wait until the end of the A-League season to announce his future plans.
The 36-year-old former Socceroo is off contract at the end of the current campaign and, with the Roar yet to appoint a full…
Exactly 39 years to the day on which Nigeria won their first ever African title, the current iteration underwhelmed in their final game of this Africa Cup of Nations qualifier series, despite recording a victory.
In what has got to go d…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Stephen Curry had 26 points, Klay Thompson added 24 and the Golden State Warriors rebounded a night after a blowout loss with a 121-114 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
The Warriors fell 126-91 to the Dallas …