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INDIANAPOLIS: US stock car racer Kurt Busch escaped unharmed after a hard crash into the outer wall yesterday during a practice session for...

England manager Roy Hodgson (right) and captain Steven Gerrard attend a media conference at a hotel in Watford in this file picture of...

Virat Kohli attacks on his way to a 41-ball 67 against Hyderabad yesterday.  KOLKATA: Continuing their dream run, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) moved...

HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hyderabad spiced up the race for the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs with a thrilling seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers at...

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo warms up as he attends a training session during open media day at Valdebebas sports ground in Madrid yesterday....

BARCELONA: Lionel Messi signed a new contract with Barcelona yesterday that will reportedly make the four-times World Player of the Year soccer’s best-paid...

HUIXQUILUCAN, Mexico: Brazilian football legend Pele expressed concern yeserday that social protests in his country could prompt nervous fans from abroad to cancel...

LONDON: Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak (pictured) insists the Premier League champions will still be major players in the transfer market despite...

LONDON: The Football Association will take no action against Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore over emails leaked by a former personal assistant,...

MADRID: Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has said he will give Diego Costa (pictured) and Arda Turan every chance to prove their fitness...

LONDON: Midfielder Yaya Toure is upset with Manchester City after an apparent birthday snub and could leave the Premier League champions, his agent...

Sri Lanka’s Suranga Lakma celebrates the wicket of Joe Root yesterday.  LONDON: The T20 World Champions, Sri Lanka reasserted their dominance in the...

The captain of Al Sadd team, winners at the GCC Club Basketball Championship, receiving the trophy from Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani,...

Michael Hussey of Mumbai Indians plays a shot during their Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad, yesterday. Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals’...

TOULON, France: England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson (pictured) announced yesterday that he will retire at the end of the season after Toulon’s...

Winners at the Qatar Football Association (QFA)’s end-of-season awards pose for a picture along with President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al...

French national team coach Didier Deschamps gives a press conference at the French national football team centre in Claire Fontaine-en-Yvelines, outside Paris, yesterday,...

LONDON: Manchester United returned to a tried and trusted trophy winner after an ill-fated adventure with David Moyes when announcing that Dutchman Louis...