Eighth seed Kei Nishikori survived a fightback from Ivo Karlovic to win a final-set tie-break and reach the third round of the Australian Open.
The Japanese player took a two-set lead, before 39-year-old Karlovic, who served 59 aces, re…
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has been released from hospital in Austria after treatment for influenza.
The 69-year-old Austrian, who had a lung transplant in August, became ill during a family holiday in Ibiza over the…
Millwall have signed winger Ben Marshall on loan from fellow Championship side Norwich City for the rest of the season.
The much-travelled 27-year-old, who joined Norwich from Wolves in the summer, returns to The Den, having spent the s…
Former Australian Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares reached the second round in Melbourne after seeing off Roman Jebavy and Andres Molteni.
Britain's Murray and Brazilian Soares, winners in 2016, clinched a mammoth tie-break …
Exeter winger Tom O'Flaherty's route to a place in the top side in English rugby has been far from conventional.
Less than two years ago he was studying for a French degree while playing for Bridgend in the Welsh Premiership and trying …
Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri has said the club could be placed under a transfer embargo for the second time in less than a year.
The Owls were under an embargo between April and August under the English Football League's P…
Sheffield United defender Martin Cranie has extended his short-term contract until the end of the season.
The 32-year-old right-back has made three appearances since joining the Championship club in September.
The former Coventry, Ba…
Fast bowler Olly Stone has been ruled out of England's tour of the West Indies because of a back injury.
The 25-year-old Warwickshire bowler has sustained a bone stress injury to the left lower back and will return home for further test…
Scotland approach the Six Nations believing they can win the title despite a lengthy injury list, says head coach Gregor Townsend.
In naming a 39-man squad including three uncapped hookers, the Scots are without 19 others through injury…
As a 5ft 6in, "skinny" teenager, Aaron Wainwright dreamed of playing for Arsenal and was even coached by Gunners midfield legend Patrick Vieira.
Now standing 6ft 2in and tipping the scales at approaching 17st, the 21-year-old Wales back…
Cristiano Ronaldo's header was enough for Juventus to beat AC Milan and claim a record eighth Supercoppa Italiana in a game played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Portugal forward nodded in Miralem Pjanic's lofted pass in the second half t…
Stuart Broad took a hat-trick as England's bowlers claimed 19 wickets on the final day of their first warm-up match in the West Indies.
The seamer took the ninth, 10th and 11th wickets against a Cricket West Indies President's XI, with …
The first managerial meeting between former team-mates Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira ended level as Henry's Monaco side drew with Vieira's Nice.
Allan Saint-Maximin put Nice ahead after a mistake from Youssef Ait Bennasser, but the v…
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa has sent a member of staff to watch every team they have played this season train.
Bielsa, 63, called an unscheduled news conference on Wednesday as the Football Association and English Football League investig…
The powerful painkiller tramadol will be banned in-competition in cycling from March this year.
Cycling's world governing body, the UCI, has announced its own ban despite the drug not being included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada…
Wasps have signed New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa on an undisclosed-length contract.
Tonga-born Fekitoa, who has scored eight tries in 24 games for the All Blacks, will arrive in the summer from French Top 14 side Toulon, where he is…
Cardiff City are interested in signing Everton striker Oumar Niasse on loan, with an option to make the move permanent.
The Senegal international has fallen out of favour at Goodison Park this season, making only seven appearances.
N…
If you play sport recreationally, you will be familiar with the routine of going to training or a match after a full day's work.
It can be tiring, you are probably not at your sharpest, and it can be tempting to just stay at home.
Pr…
When Chelsea's teenage winger Callum Hudson-Odoi first took to the school field as an 11-year-old, he caused quite a stir with one of the coaches, a former player himself.
"Andy Martin, who used to play for Crystal Palace, came running …
Ex-Great Britain cyclist Jess Varnish has failed in her attempt to prove she was an employee of British Cycling and UK Sport at an employment tribunal.
The decision means the 28-year-old is highly unlikely to be able to sue both bodies …
Inter Allies Football Club, will hold justify your inclusion exercise at the Legon Ajax Park to select new players for their junior and senior sides.
The exercise is fixed for January 17, and would end on January 31, 2019.
A statemen…
Mali women's international Bassira Toure has signed her first overseas contract joining Spanish top-flight side Malaga from Mali's AS Mande.
The 29-year-old forward has signed until the end the season after scoring an incredible 47 goal…
Two-time African champions, Asante Kotoko S/C, would be looking forward to breaking a decade old record as they square off against Coton Sport F/C of Garoua in their final preliminary Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), Confederation C…
Mr. John Smith Bannerman, a member of the 1983 squad of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has urged the players of the club, to remain focused ahead of their game against Coton Sports Goroua of Cameroon, in the second leg of the Confederation of Afric…
Former Cameroon captain Stephane Mbia has ended his contract with French club Toulouse by mutual consent.
The 32-year-old midfielder leaves the club just five months after signing with them and making five appearances for them.
Neith…
Charlton's Women's Championship game with Manchester United was abandoned on Sunday because the home side had no oxygen to treat injured players.
League rules say clubs must have oxygen on site but when Charlton defender Charlotte Kerr …
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers says he would "love to be a part" of the new 100-ball competition being introduced in England in 2020.
The 34-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman retired from international cricket in May after a 14-…
The lawyer of Kathryn Mayorga, who has accused Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in 2009, will travel to London to meet a woman who claims to be the Juventus forward's ex-girlfriend.
Leslie Stovall says he has spoken to British model and …
Mr. Kofi Duah Adonteng, a member of the Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has said, his outfit, is on track to execute its mandate.
In an interview with the GNA Sports, after the inauguration of the ad hoc…
The President of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Daryl J. Peoples is expected to grace the title fight between World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa lightweight champion, Emmanuel ‘Gameboy’ Tagoe and Russian boxe, Vyacheslav Gus…
The President of the Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Dr Kofi Amoah, has expressed his confidence in the abilities of individuals appointed on six ad-hoc committees to assist it carry out its mandate to refo…
The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association has accepted a proposal by premier league clubs to participate in a proposed novelty competition scheduled to start next month.
Last week, the premiership clubs indicated the…
Ireland's Shane Lowry equalled the course record of 62 to secure the lead after the first round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in the UAE,
Lowry's bogey-free 10-under-par round on Wednesday included five birdies on the front nine an…
Richard Bowker is to step down from his role as chairman of UK Athletics after 18 months in the position.
The 53-year-old's chairmanship was the subject of a vote of no confidence from the four home countries' federations last week.
…
Dundee and Dundee United have insisted there is no plan to merge the clubs, with new United owner Mark Ogren saying it is "not going to happen".
Speculation had been fuelled by Dundee's plan for a new stadium and Ogren's takeover meanin…
Oran Kearney says Brad Lyons' battling qualities will be crucial as he brought his former Coleraine midfielder to St Mirren on loan from Blackburn Rovers.
The 21-year-old was sold to the English Championship club in September when Kearn…
Andy Dales has joined Dundee on loan from English League One club Scunthorpe United for the rest of the season.
The winger, 24, has scored twice in 25 games for Scunthorpe this term, having joined from Northern Premier League club Mickl…
Chris Erskine has stated that Partick Thistle "will always be my team" despite leaving Firhill to join Livingston for a nominal fee.
The 31-year-old midfielder has played 24 times for the Scottish Championship side this season but found…
Steve Davies has promised to pot plenty of goals after the English striker joined Hamilton Academical following his release by Blackpool.
The 31-year-old returned to the Seasiders for a second spell on a short-term deal in October after…
Monaco manager Thierry Henry says he will not like Nice boss Patrick Vieira "for a little bit" when the ex-Arsenal and France team-mates meet for the first time in their managerial careers.
Vieira became Nice manager last June, while Mo…
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki eased into the third round of the Australian Open with a straight-set win over Sweden's Johanna Larsson.
The Danish third seed needed just 66 minutes to beat world number 75 Larsson 6-1 6-3.
Wozn…
Fulham have signed former Liverpool winger Ryan Babel from Turkish side Besiktas.
The 32-year-old Dutch international, who spent three and a half years at Anfield, has joined the club until the end of the season.
Fulham are 19th in t…
Fifth seed Kevin Anderson is out of the Australian Open after being beaten in four sets by American Frances Tiafoe.
Anderson, who reached the final at Wimbledon in 2018, took the first set 6-4 but his 20-year-old opponent fought back to…
Katie Boulter's run in the Australian Open women's singles came to an end at the second round stage with a 6-3 6-4 defeat by Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka.
The Briton, 22, recorded a memorable win over 2015 semi-finalist Ekaterina Makarova o…
Andy Murray has criticised British tennis for failing to translate his achievements into grassroots growth in the sport at home.
The 31-year-old's future is in doubt as he contemplates further hip surgery.
And the three-time Grand Sl…
Britain's Dan Evans succumbed in three sets after pushing defending champion Roger Federer hard in an entertaining Australian Open second-round match.
Evans, ranked 189th in the world, lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 against the 20-time Gr…
West Indies have recalled batsman Darren Bravo after an absence of more than two years from Test cricket for the first Test against England.
The left-hander has not played a Test since November 2016 because of a dispute with Cricket Wes…
Hearts have recalled midfielder Malaury Martin and striker Aidan Keena from season-long loans with Dunfermline Athletic.
Both played 12 times for the Scottish Championship outfit, with 19-year-old Keena scoring four times.
But they l…
Lord's is set for a £50m redevelopment after owners Marylebone Cricket Club were granted planning permission to replace two stands.
The Compton and Edrich stands at the Nursery End of the London ground will be replaced by new three-tier…
Former Scotland centre-half Stephen McManus is hoping to save Celtic "millions of pounds" in his new role as the club's under-18s coach.
The 36-year-old returned to his former club after being in a similar role with Premiership rivals M…