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Borussia Dortmund’s Sven Bender and Sokratis (right) warm up during a training session in Dortmund, yesterday. Borussia Dortmund plays their Champions League group...

Crystal Palace’s Welsh football manager Tony Pulis poses for photographers with a team shirt after being unveiled as the club’s new manager in...

Napoli’s Spanish goalkeeper Pepe Reina answers questions during a press conference in Dortmund, western Germany yesterday, on the eve of their UEFA Champions...

This file photo taken on November 23, 2013 shows England batsman Jonathan Trott walking from the pitch on day three of the first...

MACAU: Manny Pacquiao (pictured) has pledged to visit the areas of the Philippines worst hit by Typhoon Haiyan in the next few days...

LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger yesterday ruled out signing former Gunners great Thierry Henry for a third time after the French striker began...

LONDON: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney hit out at two television commentators for saying he deserved to be sent off during his side’s...

BERLIN: Bayern Munich Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has ruled out bidding for superstar Lionel Messi, who has a buyout clause worth 250m euros ($338.5m)...

BRISBANE: England captain Alastair Cook believes his team need to channel the spirit of last year’s sensational comeback in India if they are...

NEW DELHI: India yesterday picked veteran seamer Zaheer Khan (pictured) for next month’s Test series in South Africa, but again ignored opener Gautam...

SYDNEY: Australia’s emphatic humbling of England in the first Ashes Test was met with glee by the nation’s media yesterday which said “the...

MELBOURNE: Hotheaded Australia batsman David Warner concedes he overstepped the mark in sledging England, and Jonathan Trott in particular, during the first Ashes...

BRISBANE, Australia: Australian skipper Michael Clarke was fined 20 percent of his match fee yesterday for threatening tailender James Anderson with a broken...

NAPLES, United States: China’s Feng Shanshan fired a bogey-free six-under par 66 yesterday to win the season-ending $2m LPGA Titleholders tournament by one...

SYDNEY: Jason Day and Adam Scott are looking to build on their World Cup win at the Australian Open this week, with both...

LBC Kentz team poses for a  picture  after  reaching the  semi-finals of the Travelex Cup 2013 PIBAQ competition.  DOHA: Both LBC Kentz and...

A) Action between Al Gharafa and Al Khor during the Qatar Basketball League (QBL) match at Al Rayyan Sports Club  in Doha, yesterday....

SAINT LOUIS: Jhonny Peralta a shortstop who was suspended 50 games last season for doping, signed a four-year Major League Baseball contract yesterday...