Barcelona are on the verge of failing to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2007 after a humiliating 4-0 thrashing at Paris St Germain, and the manner of the defeat has sent shockwaves through Spain. As well as PSG ...

Ghana can secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a group game to spare if they beat Mali in Group D in Port-Gentil. Avram Grant's side, beaten on penalties by the Ivory Coast in the 2015 final, set themselves up nicely ...

Nigeria host Algeria and Ghana travel to Egypt in two of this weekend's biggest African qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. Algeria, ranked third in the continent behind the Ivory Coast and Senegal, face resurgent Group B pacesetters Nigeria in ...

Fifa says a member of its financial watchdog has been suspended pending a corruption inquiry centred on the Cayman Islands. Canover Watson was arrested last month on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering. He has denied the charges and has ...

After selling one of the most controversial players in the history of English football for £75m, you could forgive the powers-that-be at Liverpool for playing it safe for a while. Instead, the Reds are seeking to replace Luis Suarez with Mario Balotelli - a man once ...

Courtois' return to Chelsea following his loan spell at Atletico Madrid put him in direct competition with long-time first-choice Petr Cech. Mourinho went with the Belgian, 22, for the Premier League opener at Burnley. "Obviously a goalkeeper is not a player you ...

Everton are keen to secure a season-long loan for Chelsea's Ghana international winger Christian Atsu. The 22-year-old joined Chelsea from Porto in September 2013 but was immediately loaned to Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem for the 2013-14 term. "We are ...

Heavy rain disrupted the second day of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford as the players were forced from the field 35 minutes after lunch. England were 237-6 when the rain came, 85 ahead of India after the tourists were bowled out for ...

Luis Suarez arrives at a Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) hearing that will determine whether the Uruguay striker will have to serve a four-month ban for biting an opponent. The former Liverpool player brushed aside photographers and refused to comment ...

Luis Suarez arrives at a Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) hearing that will determine whether the Uruguay striker will have to serve a four-month ban for biting an opponent. The former Liverpool player brushed aside photographers and refused to comment ...

A Steven Gerrard penalty gave Liverpool the lead, but Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard were on target for United in front of more than 50,000 fans at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami. Meanwhile Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says that he ...

India's Ishant Sharma will remain sidelined with injury for the fourth Test against England, according to captain Mahendra Dhoni. The fast bowler, who took a career-best 7-74 in India's 95-run win in the second Test at Lord's, missed the 266-run defeat in the ...

Scotsman John Paul opens the sprint qualifying and clocks the fastest time so far, 10.308 seconds. We have seen the first Ghana track cyclist at the Games, Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah 2.370 slower, with Olympic champion Jason Kenny to come. Posted on 11:05 ...

New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has criticised the club's pre-season tour schedule in America. United play Los Angeles Galaxy in Pasadena on Wednesday, before games in Denver, Washington and Detroit. Dutchman Van Gaal, 62, blamed ...

Cut to Lord's on Monday afternoon as a broken Cook stepped up to the post-match podium to react to England's latest humiliation. Alastair Cook says he is desperate to continue as England captain, and will do so. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires ...

Louis van Gaal described himself as a "democratic" manager in his first news conference as Manchester United boss. Van Gaal, who was appointed in May but was at the World Cup with the Netherlands until last weekend, arrives at Old Trafford with a ...

Triumphs, tribulations and tears. Fightbacks, fist-pumps and farces. The Open Championship has witnessed the full range of sporting drama and emotions in its 142 previous instalments. Played on nine different courses on rotation since 1951, each boasts ...

Argentine legend Diego Maradona says his compatriot Lionel Messi did not deserve the Golden Ball award at the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Messi, 27, picked up the prize for the tournament's best player following Argentina's 1-0 defeat by Germany in the final at ...

Brazil's World Cup campaign ends in further misery as they lose 3-0 against the Netherlands in the 2014 World Cup third-place play-off to finish fourth. Robin van Persie gave the Dutch an early lead in Brasilia from the penalty spot and Daley Blind smashed in ...

Having survived for 20 overs without scoring a run to take England to the brink of an unlikely draw against Sri Lanka at Headingley, England's number 11 was dismissed by the penultimate ball of the match. Feeling he had let down his team, when asked about ...