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Football: Sherwood reveals Benteke has buy-out clause 29 May 2015 - 11:14 am

London - Tim Sherwood admits Aston Villa can't stop Christian Benteke leaving because the Belgium striker has a buy-out clause in his contract....

NHL: Sharks name ex-Devils coach DeBoer as bench boss 29 May 2015 - 11:13 am

San José, United States - Peter DeBoer, fired by the New Jersey Devils last December after a poor start, was hired Thursday to...

Tennis: French Open results - collated 29 May 2015 - 11:08 am

Paris - Results from the fifth day of the French Open at Roland Garros on Thursday (x denotes seeded player): Men 2nd rd...

Football: England 'could host 2018 World Cup' - FA 29 May 2015 - 11:06 am

London - England could feasibly step in and host the 2018 World Cup if it was stripped from Russia over new corruption allegations,...

Football: Rangers suffer bruising defeat in play-off first leg 29 May 2015 - 10:52 am

Glasgow - Rangers' hopes of returning to the top flight of Scottish football have been dealt a massive blow following a 3-1 home...

Rugby: Ireland's McGrath could face World Cup woe after Barbarians clash 29 May 2015 - 10:45 am

London - Ireland's Jack McGrath may face a suspension that could ruin his World Cup hopes after kneeing Konstantin Mikautadze in the back...

Football: Pele expected to join Cosmos for Cuba trip 29 May 2015 - 10:42 am

New York - Brazilian legend Pele is expected to join the New York Cosmos, his former club, in Havana for a match Tuesday,...

Football: Late goals take Namibia, Mozambique to final 29 May 2015 - 10:39 am

Johannesburg - Late goals on Thursday took pre-tournament outsiders Namibia and Mozambique to the Cosafa Cup final in north-west South Africa mining village...

Football: Leading Cosafa Cup scorers 29 May 2015 - 10:31 am

Johannesburg - Leading scorers in Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship after semi-finals in South Africa Thursday: 4: Shilongo (NAM) 3: Randriamanjaka, Vombola...

Football: Cosafa Cup fixtures 29 May 2015 - 10:28 am

Johannesburg - Remaining Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship fixtures this week (all times GMT): Friday At Rustenburg Plate final Malawi v Zambia...

Football: Cosafa Cup semi-finals results 29 May 2015 - 10:25 am

Johannesburg - Cosafa Cup southern Africa football championship semi-finals results Thursday at Moruleng Stadium in north-west South Africa: Namibia 3 (Shilongo 18, 32,...

Djokovic, Nadal canter while Kokkinakis breaks through 29 May 2015 - 04:50 am

Paris: World number one Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal stayed on course for a French Open quarter-final yesterday as teenager Thanasi...

Cricket: McCullum vows to maintain aggressive style. 28 May 2015 - 08:57 pm

Leeds, United Kingdom - New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was adamant his side would stick with their attacking approach to Test cricket come...

Platini makes last gasp bid to make Blatter quit. 28 May 2015 - 08:31 pm

Zurich - European football Chief Michel Platini made a face-to-face call on FIFA president Sepp Blatter to stand down at a meeting of...

Football: Nadal calls for Blatter change. 28 May 2015 - 08:25 pm

Paris - Spanish tennis superstar and avid Real Madrid fan Rafael Nadal waded into the great football corruption scandal Thursday, suggesting the game...

Football: Swansea's Demetriou charged with betting breaches. 28 May 2015 - 07:59 pm

London - Swansea striker James Demetriou has been charged with alleged multiple breaches of betting rules, the Football Association revealed on Thursday. "Swansea...

Tennis: Djokovic survives injury scare at French Open. 28 May 2015 - 07:18 pm

Paris - Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a worrying injury scare to reach the French Open third round on Thursday with a 6-1,...

Football: Suarez victim of FIFA 'corruption': union. 28 May 2015 - 07:14 pm

Montevideo - Luis Suarez was "a victim" of the alleged widespread corruption roiling FIFA so his international suspension for biting should be lifted,...