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CARDIFF, United Kingdom: South Africa are almost certain to be without premier fast bowler Dale Steyn when they clash with India in the...

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France reacts after winning a game during his French Open quarte-final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at Roland Garros...

Mohammad Ali Al Ghanem (second left), the President of Qatar Shooting and Archery Federation (QSAF), addressing the media at the signing of the...

LONDON: Sunderland defender Titus Bramble yesterday labelled manager Paolo Di Canio  a “strange person” and claimed he was more interested in improving his...

SYDNEY: Former Liverpool star Harry Kewell yesterday signed for Australian club Melbourne Heart as he looks to force his way back into the...

SYDNEY: Swimming Australia revealed yesterday that it had lost a major sponsor just days after its president quit over inappropriate remarks to a...

BERLIN: Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps said Tuesday he was enjoying his retirement from the sport and had no future plans for a...

Portuguese defender Bruno Alves (centre) is teased by team-mates after missing to return a ball during a training session at Praia Del Rey,...

Japan’s midfielder Keisuke Honda (front, left) speaks during the team’s press conference in Saitama yesterday, one day after Japan qualified for the 2014...

DOHA: Qatar will target reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals to be held in Russia, Qatar Football Association (QFA) president, Sheikh Hamad...

MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says Zinedine Zidane has all the right coaching qualifications needed to replace Jose Mourinho in the dugout...

SYDNEY: Tim May yesterday quit as head of cricket’s international players’ union after eight years, lashing out at the sport’s powerbrokers and their...

DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket fans, players and newspapers reacted with shock and dismay yesterday to the tearful confession by former national captain Mohammad Ashraful...

LONDON: Shane Warne believes “heroic” and “courageous” Pakistani-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed can become an unlikely Ashes hero for Australia in England later this...

NEW YORK: Major League Baseball will seek doping suspensions on about 20 players, including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, in the wake...

  MILAN: Dragging cycling from the “mire” of the Lance Armstrong affair will be Brian Cookson’s objective if the British Cycling chief succeeds in...

MIAMI: Two teams that were built to win will meet in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals when Miami Heat defend their title...

MIAMI: When LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined the Miami Heat in 2010, teaming up with Dwyane Wade to form the ‘Big Three’,...