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LONDON: Buckingham Palace, the London residence of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, will stage its first football match in October as part of the...

German national team and Arsenal player Mesut Ozil controls a ball during a training session in Munich yesterday, ahead of the World Cup...

MADRID: Mesut Ozil quit Real Madrid to join Arsenal because he realised he no longer had the confidence of Real coach Carlo Ancelotti,...

TOKYO: Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa (pictured) has vowed to fight for his place at Manchester United even though he has not featured in...

ZURICH: Real Madrid’s record outlay of a reported €101m ($133.5m, £86m) for Gareth Bale is a sign of the free market in action,...

FC Barcelona’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi (left) and the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco hold a flag with the logo...

LONDON, England: The England and Wales Cricket Board’s decision to scrap the May Tests which have been a part of their home fixture...

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia has agreed to a request by Muslim leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed not to wear the sponsorship logo of beer brand VB...

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan cricket officials agreed yesterday to review evidence provided by former captain Rashid Latif in his bid to help banned spinner...

PARIS: Taiwan’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Wu Ching-kuo (pictured) believes Cuba’s historic first professional boxing bout in more than 50 years...

Qatar Al-Anabi Racing driver Shawn Langdon celebrates after winning the Chevrolet Performance US Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana, yesterday. INDIANAPOLIs: Shawn Langdon and the...

NEW YORK:  Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani and Steve Curtis will give their new turbine racer, Al Adaa’am 96, its eagerly awaited...

NORTON, United States:  Henrik Stenson, who had two runner-up PGA Tour finishes in 2013, broke through for his first win of the season,...

New york: JR Murphy made his big-league debut as a pinch hitter for Robinson Cano at Yankee Stadium yesterday in front of an...

LEFT: Tommy Robredo of Spain after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during their 2013 US Open singles match at the USTA Billie Jean...

NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal believes that facing Roger Federer at the US Open might have to remain just wishful thinking after the worrying...

NEW YORK: The first time Daniela Hantuchova reached the US Open quarter-finals she was a teenager. The second time she is 30. The...

Wales’ Gareth Bale gestures to fans during his presentation as a Real Madrid player at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, yesterday. Thousands...