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Spain’s Rafael Nadal poses for a picture with a spectator at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire yesterday.  LONDON: Defending champion Novak Djokovic’s preparations for Wimbledon...

  Berlin---German champions Bayern Munich will begin their defence of the Bundesliga title at home to Hamburg on Friday, August 14, after the fixtures...

    Paris---Cofidis have built their Tour de France ambitions almost entirely around the great French sprint hope Nacer Bouhanni. Bouhanni won two stages of...

      New Delhi---India's Satnam Singh Bhamara is hoping his historic selection in the NBA will kickstart a basketball boom in his cricket-obsessed home country....

Colombo - Pakistan's pace spearhead Wahab Riaz was on Friday ruled out of the rest of the Test series against Sri Lanka after...

New York - Teen big man Karl-Anthony Towns was chosen by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the first pick in Thursday's NBA Draft, while...

  London---Former champions Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal were all placed in the same section of the Wimbledon draw on Friday. Top...

Kuala Lumpur - The United Arab Emirates were rubber-stamped as hosts for the expanded Asian Cup in 2019 after signing an official agreement...

    Assen, Netherlands---World championship leader Valentino Rossi recorded the fastest time in Friday morning's practice session ahead of qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix...

Beijing - A deputy head of China's sports administration has been put under investigation, the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption agency said, the highest-ranking...

Eugene, United States - Galen Rupp shook off the shadow of doping accusations to win his seventh consecutive 10,000m US national title on...

    Buenos Aires---Midfielder Lucho Gonzalez has become the latest veteran Argentinian to return to the Buenos Aires giants River Plate. Former Porto and Marseille...

Vancouver - The Women's World Cup heats up this weekend with Australia challenging holders Japan and hosts Canada up against England in the...

Eugene, United States - Principal results on Thursday at the US Athletics Championships, selection meeting for the IAAF World Championships August 22-30 in...

Wellington - New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum announced he had signed a one-year contract extension with the Black Caps on Friday, ending speculation...