Senegal's World Cup exit on Thursday means Africa has suffered its worst World Cup display for 36 years, with no side from the continent in the knockout stage for the first time since 1982.
Going into the tournament, there were high hop…
British number ones Johanna Konta and Kyle Edmund begin their Wimbledon campaigns on show courts on Tuesday.
Konta, seeded 22nd, faces unseeded Russian Natalia Vikhlyantseva on court two at 11:30 BST as she looks to replicate her run to…
Inter have officially signed Kwadwo Asamoah and Stefan de Vrij from Juventus and Lazio respectively.
A statement on Lega Serie A’s official website confirms Asamoah put pen to paper with Inter on May 17.
The Ghanaian, who can play an…
Neymar scored one goal and played a key role in the second as Brazil edged out Mexico in Samara to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for a seventh consecutive time.
Brazil did not have it all their own way, especially in an opening per…
Punches, kicks and chairs were thrown as a mass brawl broke out between players in a Philippines v Australia World Cup qualifying tie.
The Philippines ended the game with just three players left on court after nine of their side were ej…
England have successfully navigated their World Cup group but have now reached the point that has so often proved their instant undoing in the past - the knockout phase.
Gareth Southgate's side face dangerous Colombia in Moscow on Tuesd…
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has signed a new five-year contract with the club.
The 26-year-old Egypt international joined the Reds for £34m from Roma last summer and has scored 44 goals in 52 appearances for the club.
His new dea…
Tennis legend Roger Federer has signed a deal with Japanese clothing company Uniqlo after ending his decades-long partnership with Nike.
The new contract is reportedly worth $300m (£228m) over the next 10 years and was signed after Fede…
Belgium completed a remarkable revival as they came from the World Cup abyss and beat Japan to reach the quarter-finals.
Roberto Martinez's side were trailing 2-0 when he brought on Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli in the 65th minute,…
Roger Federer and Serena Williams both won their first-round singles matches on a day temperatures soared at Wimbledon.
Swiss top seed Federer, who is 37 in August, began his bid for a record-extending ninth men's title with a 6-1 6-3 6…
The headline read: 'Neymar has charmed Brazil, but annoyed the whole world'.
That was how Brazilian newspaper Globo put it, capturing some of the mood around a man who once again combined the sublime and ridiculous like perhaps only he …
Lebron James sent a message to Cleveland Cavaliers fans after agreeing to join the LA Lakers in a stunning free agency move. James, 33, put an end to the saga in the early hours of the morning by joining the Lakers on a four-year deal wort…
Jerome Boateng has no plans to quit international football despite coming in for criticism following Germany's shock group-stage exit at the World Cup.
Boateng, 29, was one of nine players from the squad that lifted the World Cup four y…
Online sports betting company, Betway Ghana, on Friday, June 29, held an open event at their Concept Store in Adabraka offering health screenings to residents.
The event saw residents of Adabraka receiving information on health-related …
With all the skill and athleticism of the players and the drama of the on-court action, it's easy to think no further than the tennis itself at Wimbledon - but there are whole teams of people working busily to make it all happen.
Who ar…
It has been up there with one of the most dramatic group stages in World Cup history.
Defending champions Germany are out, England have sailed through to the knockout stage while the opening games were packed with goals, penalty saves a…
African football has suffered a "big step back" after Senegal's exit sealed the continent's worst World Cup showing for 36 years, says Didier Drogba.
Senegal became the first team in World Cup history to go out on the fair play rule aft…
Kylian Mbappe announced himself on football's biggest stage with two fine goals that gave France victory in a classic World Cup encounter with Argentina, and a place in the quarter-finals.
Though much of the focus before the game was on…
Edinson Cavani scored two superb goals as Uruguay beat Portugal to set up a World Cup quarter-final meeting with France.
Defeat for the European champions finished Cristiano Ronaldo's hopes of success in Russia just hours after Lionel M…
What makes the perfect World Cup penalty? Who has the best record from the spot? And does luck really come into it?
As the tournament enters the knockout phase we have a look at the history of World Cup shootouts, 26 of which have taken…
Tiger Woods shot a five-under 65 in the second round of the Quicken Loans National in Maryland to move to four shots off the lead.
The American, who carded a 70 in his opening round, is using a new putter at the tournament and hit seven…
A number of Argentina's big-name players will not get another chance to win the World Cup, says former defender Pablo Zabaleta.
Argentina have not won the tournament since 1986, and 15 of their 23-man squad in Russia are aged 30 or over…
Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two in both practice sessions on Friday at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Hamilton headed team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.176 seconds in the second session, despite setting his time on the hardest type of tyre…
The knockout stage of the World Cup gets under way on Saturday, when France face Argentina in Kazan at 15:00 BST, a match you can watch live on BBC One.
The last 16 features eight matches over four days in seven cities across Russia.
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Sauber's Charles Leclerc is poised to move to Ferrari next season.
The 20-year-old has agreed, but not signed, a two-year deal to be Sebastian Vettel's team-mate until 2020, according to a source close to Ferrari.
The move comes afte…
Lionel Messi is not dictating Argentina's team selection and tactics, manager Jorge Sampaoli said before Saturday's World Cup tie with France.
Sampaoli reportedly asked Messi whether he should bring on Sergio Aguero in their eventual 2-…
There is no escape for Lionel Messi - the picture above is taken from the back of the Argentina team hotel in Kazan.
Above a three-storey portrait of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is the slogan: "I scored four goals. Can you beat that, L…
India recorded their biggest T20 win as they hammered Ireland by 143 runs to win the one-sided Dublin series 2-0.
It was the second biggest victory in T20 history in terms of runs, with India posting 213-4 before bowling Ireland out for…
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Uruguay v Portugal (19:00 BST)
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has scored four times in Russia, including a hat-trick in his side's opening game against Spain.
While Uruguay are the on…
Hundreds of Egyptian football fans flocked to Mohamed Salah's house after his address was leaked on Facebook last night.
Salah recently returned from Russia with the Egypt squad who failed to make it past the group stage, losing all thr…
A second meeting between football’s world governing body, FIFA and Ghana in Zurich will be without any football representation as its delegation was prevented from travelling last Wednesday.
However, a meeting will be held today between…
Everton striker Wayne Rooney has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Major League Soccer club DC United.
He will officially complete his move when the US mid-season transfer window opens on 10 July.
There is no transfer fee but …
The World Cup group stages have come to an end - with enough memorable storylines to last for a lifetime.
Germany were knocked out of the first round for the first time since 1938 after conceding twice in injury time to South Korea. Tha…
England's last-16 World Cup tie against Colombia is the national side's "biggest knockout game for a decade", says manager Gareth Southgate.
England will play the South Americans on Tuesday after a 1-0 loss to Belgium saw them finish ru…
John McEnroe describes it as "the greatest match ever played" and, 10 years on, the 2008 Wimbledon final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer remains the high point of a rivalry that continues to dominate tennis.
The final - played ou…
Former Australia captain Steve Smith hit 61 off 41 balls in his first competitive appearance since he was banned for ball-tampering in March.
Smith, excluded from national and state cricket for his "leadership" role in the incident in S…
Legendary Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson has been re-living his career highlights with Graphic Online including the biggest regret of his impressive 47-fight career.
According to Nelson, he missed out on a £4 million payday - which would …
Controversial investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has disclosed that he decided to manipulate the outcome of an Accra Hearts of Oak versus Kumasi Asante Kotoko Ghana Premier League clash because he had the "access and contacts".
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World football governing body, FIFA, upon the recommendation of the Government of Ghana, has blocked Elmina Sharks CEO, Papa Kwesi Ndoum, and four others from attending their scheduled meeting in Zurich, Switzerland alone without governmen…
A former Chairman of the Ghana Football Aasociation (GFA), Nana Sam Brew Butler, has denied media reports that he and other members of the GHALCA have been snubbed by FIFA after they were invited as part of a Ghanaian delegation for a sche…
Where the Sputnik stadium used to stand there is a housing block, Orbita's pitch is now wasteland and the old Voskhod ground, named after a space rocket, is crumbling into ruin.
These are just some of the old football arenas in Samara, …
Juan Martin del Potro is one of only three men to have beaten Roger Federer this year.
By saving three championship points to win a testy Indian Wells final in a third set tie-break, Del Potro claimed his first ever Masters 1000 title. …
Japan reached the last 16 of the World Cup by having a better disciplinary record than Senegal - after losing to Poland in their final Group H game.
The match finished in farcical fashion, with both sides happy to play the ball around a…
Yerry Mina's second-half header sent Colombia into a potential last-16 tie with England at the World Cup at the expense of Senegal, who lost out to Japan having received more yellow cards.
Senegal spent the final 20 minutes pushing for …
Sporting Lisbon have sacked coach Sinisa Mihajlovic - just nine days after he was appointed by the club.
The Serb had said his first objective for the troubled club was to "do better than last year" but on Wednesday night the club said …
Well, we didn't expect that did we?
Germany - currently top of the Fifa rankings and reigning world champions, were knocked out of the World Cup in the group stage for the first time since 1938.
Even they couldn't believe it...
Jo…
Divine Naah has ended his four-year stay at Manchester City by joining Belgian second-tier club AFC Tubize on a permanent deal after his contract at the Etihad expired.
Midfielder Naah, 22, was one of numerous young Ghanaians to join Ci…
Athletics' governing body has promised to respect the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (Cas) decision on rules over testosterone levels in female athletes.
The IAAF has ruled some female runners with naturally high testosterone levels w…
Italian giants AC Milan have been banned from European football for one year for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.
Milan had qualified for the group stages of this season's Europa League after finishing sixth in Serie A.
Uef…