New Zealand captain Ali Riley has left Chelsea Women after a single season to join Bayern Munich.
The 31-year-old wing-back arrived from Swedish club Rosengard last summer but suffered a foot injury in pre-season.
She was restricted …
Real Madrid's women's side have made their first signing, with Sweden international Kosovare Asllani joining the club after leaving Linkopings.
Asllani, 29, scored for Sweden in their Women's World Cup third-place play-off win over Engl…
Wales international Jonny Williams has re-signed with Championship side Charlton Athletic.
The 25-year-old made 18 appearances for the Addicks in the second half of last season, helping Lee Bowyer's side win promotion via the League One…
Darren Clarke, Open champion in 2011, said the honour of hitting the first shot at this year's tournament was "up there" in his career highlights.
The Northern Irishman, 50, produced a fairytale start as he birdied the first and led on …
Rory McIlroy made a quadruple bogey on the first hole and triple bogey at the last as his bid for a home Open victory at Royal Portrush was left in tatters.
The 2014 winner, playing in his home country of Northern Ireland, sent his firs…
Girona have signed Leeds United midfielder Samu Saiz for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.
The 28-year-old Spaniard ended last season on loan with Getafe, scoring once in 10 appearances.
He joined Leeds from Huesca in July 201…
Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks feels it is only a matter of time before the club end their trophy drought under manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Pochettino took charge in 2014 and led Spurs to the Champions League final in May, only to be…
Britain's Simon Yates claimed his maiden Tour de France stage win with a shrewd victory on stage 12.
Yates outsprinted Pello Bilbao and Gregor Muhlberger in a technical finish in Bagneres-de-Bigorre after the trio had broken clear with …
Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have signed Derby County striker Nick Blackman on a two-year deal.
The 29-year-old spent the 2017-18 season on loan with Maccabi, scoring 10 goals in 13 league appearances.
Blackman cost the Rams £2…
When Greg Rutherford posted a photo of himself in training to swim the Channel, he wasn't expecting to be criticised for his "dad bod".
Rutherford, the 2012 Olympic long jump champion, retired in June last year and is currently training…
The National Armwrestling team, the Golden Arms returned home from the 10th Africa Armwrestling Championships in Bamako, Mali with 18 medals won.
The Golden Arms who went into the 2019 Championship as the defending champions, managed 11…
South African twins Dan and Jean-Luc du Preez have signed permanent deals with Sale Sharks, having initially agreed to join the Premiership side on loan.
The 23-year-old back-rowers have been released from contracts with Cell-C Sharks i…
England's World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss will take charge of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in 2020.
The Australian will step down from the England job when his contract expires after this summer's home Ashes s…
A professor of history at the University of Cape Coast, De-Valera Nym Botchway, has described boxing legend, Azumah Nelson, as a true champion who placed the nation on the international sporting map during his illustrious career.
Prof. …
Seventeen-year-old Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood has "frightening natural abilities", says team-mate Marcus Rashford.
Greenwood scored in a 4-0 pre-season win over Leeds and boss Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer says he could start in t…
Italian champions Juventus have completed the £67.5m signing of 19-year-old Dutch international defender Matthijs de Ligt from Ajax.
De Ligt, who had also been linked with Manchester United, Barcelona and Paris-St Germain, has signed a …
Odion Ighalo scored the only goal as Nigeria beat Tunisia in the third-place play-off at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Ighalo, the tournament's top scorer with five goals, tapped in after keeper Moez Ben Cherifia deflected the ball off his…
Derek McInnes says his players will not be distracted by Lapland's midnight sun in their Europa League first qualifying round second leg with RoPS.
The concession of a late away goal in Aberdeen rewrote the script for the match in Arcti…
Neil Lennon expects Celtic to make a fourth summer signing "in the next few days", while admitting midfielder Jose Cifuentes is on the club's radar.
Lennon refused to elaborate on the unnamed target after the 5-2 aggregate Champions Lea…
Celtic will face Estonian side Nomme Kalju in the Champions League second qualifying round after an ultimately straightforward win over FK Sarajevo.
Leading 3-1 from last week's first leg in Bosnia, the Scottish champions had an early s…
Jason Roy has been named in England's Test squad for the first time for the match against Ireland at Lord's, which starts on 24 July.
Roy scored 443 runs as an opener in England's triumphant World Cup campaign, but is not a regular top-…
Chris Froome has officially been named winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after Juan Jose Cobo was stripped of the title over doping irregularities.
It retrospectively makes him Britain's first Grand Tour winner - Sir Bradley Wiggins ha…
Wales midfielder Angharad James has joined Reading from fellow Women's Super League side Everton.
The 25-year-old made her international debut aged 17 and has since won 74 caps for her country.
James, who started her career at Arsena…
St Mirren have been "blown out of the water" in their bid to sign striker Thomas Verheydt, says boss Jim Goodwin.
The former Crawley Town forward, 27, scored 13 goals in 35 games for Dutch second tier side Go Ahead Eagles as they reache…
Former Leicester City right-back Danny Simpson, 32, will go on trial with Celtic next week. (Sun)
Arsenal manager Unai Emery, who has had bids for Celtic and Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney turned down, says the Gunners are close to c…
Oan Djorkaeff scored a late penalty to spare St Mirren consecutive League Cup upsets and earn Jim Goodwin his first win as the Paisley club's manager.
The Premiership side, who lost to Dunfermline Athletic in their opener, were frustrat…
The Confederation of African Football's Executive Committee was "almost unanimous" in backing the move to bring Fifa's top official to work with Caf when it met in Cairo on Wednesday, according to the head of the Nigerian FA, Amaju Pinnick…
RoPS Rovaniemi "have to be confident" about Europa League progress in their second leg against Aberdeen, says goalkeeper Antonio Reguero.
The former Ross County custodian made a series of saves in last Thursday's first qualifying round …
Steven Gerrard believes he is "very close" to having the squad he thinks he needs to make Rangers challengers for the Scottish title this season.
But he denies telling former Rangers striker Andy Gray that he is convinced they can win t…
Midfielder Josh Vela will bring "energy and a competitive edge" after signing for Hibernian, says manager Paul Heckingbottom.
The 25-year-old joins the Easter Road club on a three-year contract after leaving Bolton Wanderers.
He spen…
Manager Angelo Alessio has warned "there's no reason to be complacent" as Kilmarnock look to complete a Europa League win over Connah's Quay Nomads.
The Scottish Premiership side hold a 2-1 lead after the first leg against the Welsh Pre…
Frenchman Claude LeRoy has criticised the new timing of the Africa Cup of Nations, saying that top players arrive exhausted after a long European season.
The finals are being played in June-July for the first time in their history in Eg…
The Normalisation Committee (NC) of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has declared that it has no intention of seeking an extension of its mandate when the current term ends on September 30.
The NC, therefore, debunked rumours that t…
Former president Sepp Blatter has said the decision to appoint secretary general Fatma Samoura as the 'Fifa General Delegate for Africa' is colonialist and flouts Fifa rules.
Last month, football's world governing body made the move in …
Arsenal are trying to sign some "very big, very expensive players" this summer, says manager Unai Emery.
Several fan groups and bloggers have called for change at the club and Emery said the Gunners are being "very demanding" with their…
Leeds are in talks about a new deal with midfielder Kalvin Phillips, chief executive Angus Kinnear has confirmed.
Aston Villa are among the clubs interested in 23-year-old Phillips, who was outstanding as the Whites reached last season'…
Newcastle United have appointed Steve Bruce as their head coach on a three-year contract.
Former Sunderland manager Bruce, 58, resigned as Sheffield Wednesday boss on Monday following talks with the Magpies at the weekend.
Newcastle …
For more than two years, Formula 1 has been preparing a radical rule change in 2021 aimed at making the racing closer.
Last month, a $175m (£141m) budget cap was secured and it was agreed to delay the finalisation of sporting and techni…
The Normalisation Committee (NC) of the Ghana Football Association has cancelled a proposed meeting with representatives of clubs, to discuss the proposed start date for the 2019/20 league season.
The meeting was also to deliberate on t…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, has released Obed Owusu and four others, following their inability to impress during their stay with the club.
Owusu, together with Daniel Nii Adjei, Stephen Nyarko and Ivorian striker Dany Zabo Teguy…
Northern Ireland's rugged and spectacular north-east coastline will come alive with excitement and expectation on Thursday when the Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951.
The County Antrim club will h…
Morocco hosts of the 2019 African Games, has listed the seven cities that will host the continent’s multi sports event, next month.
The Games, fixed for August 19 to 31, would be organized in the cities of Salé, Rabat, Temara, Casablanc…
Former league winners, Court Winners from Donkorkrom exhibited their dominance when they beat home team Supreme Fingers from Nkawkaw by three sets to one in the week eight fixture of the Akro-Ako Eastern Regional Volleyball League played a…
Tiger Woods is "not as sharp" as he would like to be for this week's Open Championship but says a light schedule is vital to prolonging his career.
The 43-year-old has played just three tournaments - two of them majors - since winning t…
This year has marked a new chapter in the story of Sophie Hahn.
With a new coach at the helm, Hahn has a renewed confidence and - with a world record already under her belt this season - the stats to back it up.
Dubai soon beckons fo…
Sprinter James Ellington will make his first competitive appearance since a serious motorbike accident at the Anniversary Games on Saturday.
The Briton has not run competitively since the accident in Tenerife in 2017.
But the 33-year…
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy says it would be hard not to "burst out crying" if he won the Open on home soil at Royal Portrush.
McIlroy shot a record 61 on the course as a 16-year-old and securing the Claret Jug this week would be ex…
Premier League newcomers Sheffield United have signed former Manchester United midfielder Ravel Morrison on a one-year deal.
Morrison, 26, attended the Blades' pre-season training camp in Portugal earlier this month.
He played in Man…
Australian utility back James O'Connor could make his international return this weekend after a six-year absence.
The 29-year-old was released by Sale Sharks earlier this month and has now joined Queensland Reds, making him eligible to …
Arsenal's owner Stan Kroenke says the club needs a "period of stability not more change" following recent criticism from 16 fan groups and bloggers.
A signed letter called on him to "reinvigorate" Arsenal with a boardroom overhaul and a…