World No 1 and top seed Angelique Kerber suffered an unexpected defeat to Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome.
The grandson of legendary musician Bob Marley is up and running in the NFL after being signed by the Washington Redskins.
Cesc Fabregas returned to Barcelona on Wednesday as he linked up with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez to attend the launch of a new boutique in the city centre.
So much for the Cavaliers being rusty.
LeBron James embarrassed every defender Boston threw at him and Cleveland picked up where it left off following a long lay-off, rolling to a 117-104 victory on Wednesday night in Game One of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
Confluence Queens assistant coach, Sabo Okala has described the round leather game as “unpredictable” following his side’s 1-1 draw at home to Adamawa Queens in the matchday seven of the Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL).
Police have released an e-fit of a man they are hunting who is suspected of savagely attacking a Tottenham fan in an unprovoked assault.
The first venue for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been completed, including the installation of cooling technology that was at the heart of the Arabian country’s bid for the tournament.
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech does not believe playing in the Europa League next season would be a disaster, though the club still hope to seal a Champions League spot on the Premier League’s final day.
Germany Coach Joachim Low sees the 2018 World Cup in Russia as the goal and the Confederations Cup in the same country as just a stop along the road, given some of his players would be competing in their third major tournament in three years.
‘Three tournaments in three years is borderline,’ Low told reporters in reference to the 2014 World Cup and last year’s Euro. ‘Even two in two years is hard.’
The list of absentees also includes Jerome Boateng, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos, while Low called up seven newcomers.
Some of his players, including Serge Gnabry and Max Meyer, are to be deployed in the Under-21 European championship at the same time.
‘We are going into the tournament with a prospect squad. We want those who will be with us to learn our ideas, our mechanisms, train with us. That is the aim. To bring them a bit further towards world level,’ Loew said.
Hoffenheim playmaker Kerem Demirbay, 23-year-old Ajax Amsterdam winger Amin Younes and RB Leipzig’s Diego Demme are among the newcomers.
