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PARIS, France: Former Senegal coach Bruno Metsu () once told his players they were playing the match of their lives as he sought...

BUENOS AIRES: Barcelona star Lionel Messi will be part of an Argentina squad to face Italy in a friendly in Rome next month...

London: A deal between Valencia and Tottenham Hotspur for the sale of Spain striker Roberto Soldado has been completed, the La Liga club’s...

DOHA: Belgium’s second division football club KAS Eupen, owned by Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) will have the Aspire Academy logos printed on their...

AKRON, Ohio: Brandt Snedeker has yet to win one of the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) titles but the in-form American goes into...

LONDON, England: Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has withdrawn from next month’s athletics world championships because of injury, she said yesterday. Ennis-Hill was...

Pittsburgh: Rookie Brandon Cumpton pitched seven scoreless innings for his first major-league victory and Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run home run to spark...

WELLINGTON: Super Rugby finals fever reached Hamilton yesterday with fans queuing overnight to purchase tickets to the Waikato Chiefs showdown with Australia’s ACT...

England’s captain Alastair Cook walks with batting coach Graham Gooch (left) and coach Andy Flower (right) during a training session before tomorrow’s third...

NEW DELHI: Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (pictured) and 38 others were charged yesterday over a spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League that...

Gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky of the US, poses on the podium with her medal during the award ceremony of the women’s 1,500m...

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: This week’s third Ashes Test will see the International Cricket Council (ICC) trial an independent television feed with the aim...

New Delhi: Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone yesterday confirmed that the 2014 Indian Grand Prix will have to be dropped to tweak the...

Cricket legends Kapil Dev (left) of India, Sanath Jayasuriya (second left) of Sri Lanka and Denis Lillee of Australia (right) listen as former...

South Africa’s captain AB de Villiers cracks a joke with photographers during a practice session ahead of their fifth and final One Day...

MELBOURNE: Cricket World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have been drawn in the same group for the 2015 tournament, while title-holders India...

CARLSBAD, California: After a rough past couple of months that included a tight loss to Maria Sharapova at the French Open and an...

WASHINGTON, United States: Juan Martin Del Potro, coming off an epic Wimbledon semi-final loss to world number one Novak Djokovic, says he is...