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DUBROVNIK, Croatia: UEFA president Michel Platini  said yesterday that he will decide whether to run for the top job in world football at...

MILAN: The mother of former Tour de France champion Marco Pantani  has called for an inquest into his death to be re-opened because...

New York: The Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, will host the 2019 US PGA Championship and the 2024...

 Nam Tae-Hee (right) of Lekhwiya vies for the ball with Luiz Guilherme Da Conceical Silva (centre) of Evergrande Guangzhou during their first-leg  quarter-final...

LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, famous for often surreal quotes, returned to a favourite theme yesterday when he described his players as “beautiful,...

MADRID: For two sides with such a great history in European football, the meeting between Barcelona and Ajax today will remarkably be the...

BERLIN: Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund embark on their third consecutive European campaign today at Napoli fully aware they are no longer dark...

MARSEILLE: In-form Arsenal face Marseille today wary of the need to hit the ground running in what was just about the toughest Champions...

SWANSEA, United Kingdom: Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey went from hero to zero and back again in a dramatic 2-2 draw against his former...

LONDON: Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says diving will only be eradicated if authorities from across Europe come together to address the problem....

SOUTHAMPTON, England: Australia captain Michael Clarke was in no doubt his side ‘deserved’ their 2-1 one-day international series win over England after a...

JOHANNESBURG: Arrangements for India’s scheduled tour of South Africa will remain in limbo until after the Indian board’s annual meeting on September 29,...

SYDNEY: Australia coach Ewen McKenzie recalled experienced prop Benn Robinson for the tour of Argentina and South Africa yesterday as he beefed up...

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan cricket’s interim chief yesterday backed Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul Haq (pictured) after former stars demanded his sacking in the...

  Chicago: Zach Johnson fired a bogey-free 65 in yesterday’s final round to win the weather-delayed BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club in...

ZAGREB: Former world number nine Marin Cilic has said he will be appealing a nine-month doping ban imposed on him after he tested...

GUANGZHOU: Top seed Sorana Cirstea crashed out of the Guangzhou Open in the first round yesterday, but British number one Laura Robson powered...

SOFIA: European indoor sprint champion Tezdzhan Naimova has been banned for life after testing positive for the banned steroid drostanolone, the Bulgarian athletics...