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MADRID:  Atletico Madrid reached an agreement to sign Spain striker David Villa from Spanish champions Barcelona yesterday, in what could be one of...

MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo wants to play out the rest of his career at Real Madrid, club president Florentino Perez said in an interview...

Dubai driver Khalid alBalooshi celebrates his victory at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio on Sunday. It was AlBalooshi’s first...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia: Sweden’s Jonas Blixt outdueled four rivals in near darkness yesterday to win the $6.3m Greenbrier Classic by two...

MELBOURNE: Robbie Deans’s tenure as Wallabies coach could end as early as today, with the Australian Rugby Union set to name Ewen McKenzie...

 MUNICH: Mario Gomez will leave Bayern Munich and join Serie A’s Fiorentina for next season, ending four years at the Bavarian club during...

MONACO: French international defender Eric Abidal  has signed a one-year contract with Ligue 1 newcomers Monaco, the big-spending principality club said yesterday. The...

SARASOTA,  Florida: Qatar’s Ali Al Neama and Mohammed Al Nasser finished third in the Superboat class in yesterday’s race on a 5.3-mile course...

LONDON: Andy Murray has warned the country’s tennis establishment that if the millions of dollars generated by Wimbledon are squandered, Britain may wait...

LONDON: Novak Djokovic (pictured) insists he will absorb the lessons of his painful Wimbledon final defeat against Andy Murray and come back stronger...

LONDON: Thanks for the memories Roger and Rafa, but it’s the Novak and Andy show now. Andy Murray’s Wimbledon triumph on Sunday, when...

LONDON: More than a quarter of the British population tuned in to watch Andy Murray become Britain’s first men’s Wimbledon champion since 1936,...

LONDON: British newspapers were in raptures yesterday after Andy Murray’s Wimbledon win, with several calling for him to receive a knighthood for ending...

LONDON: Since celebrating his Test debut with a dazzling century, Michael Clarke has combined the brash self-confidence of his native Sydney with a...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s one-day squad left for the Caribbean with captain Misbah-ul Haq hoping to reverse the team’s dwindling fortunes in the limited over...

KARACHI: Legendary Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram (pictured below) said yesterday he will marry his Australian girlfriend, who has converted to Islam and will...

LONDON: Love him or loathe him, Kevin Pietersen’s return from a knee injury in time to face Australia in the Ashes series will...

NOTTINGHAM: Graeme Swann said yesterday that England did not regard themselves as a “dominant force” in world cricket ahead of this season’s Ashes...