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More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Wednesday. The most recent phase of ticket sales, a random selection draw, closed at the ...

More than two decades have passed since Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia famously sealed a 2-1 victory over the United States but the thrill of delivering his country their first ever ...

Serena Williams marked her comeback appearance with victory at the Rothesay International Eastbourne and admitted afterwards she feared there would never be a return to tennis. An injury to her ...

Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy questioned the move by swimming’s governing body FINA to restrict the participation of trans athletes in elite women’s competitions, telling Reuters that there had ...

Romelu Lukaku will return to Inter Milan on a one-year loan deal, the PA news agency understands. Inter chiefs are thought to have struck an 8 million euro loan fee with ...

Sunday’s matches in the 2022 CCA #BAOGroup T20 Cup went some way to clarifying the qualifying positions for the final stages, which will take place next month. The top two ...

Andy Murray said he remains on course to play at Wimbledon even though he is still being hampered by an abdominal injury which has left him unable to practice fully. ...

Ryan Giggs has expressed his sadness that he will not be at the 2022 World Cup after standing down as Wales manager with immediate effect. Giggs has been on leave from ...

The pinnacle of the British summer is upon us again with the 2022 edition of Wimbledon. Here, the PA news agency picks out five talking points ahead of this year’s ...

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck will step down at the end of June after 19 years in the role, the Premier League club said on Monday. American lawyer Buck, who was appointed ...

Italian Matteo Berrettini retained his title at the Queen’s Club Championships with a 7-5 6-4 defeat of Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic on Sunday, as the world number 10 gave himself ...

England’s Matt Fitzpatrick delivered a shot for the ages when he needed it most on Sunday, finding the green from a fairway bunker at the last hole to win ...

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen celebrated his 150th Formula One race on Sunday with a victory in the Canadian Grand Prix that extended his world championship lead. The 24-year-old Dutch ...

West Ham boss David Moyes and captain Declan Rice have been banned by UEFA for one and two matches respectively following the club’s Europa League defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. ...

Bayern Munich have agreed terms with Liverpool to sign Sadio Mane, British media reported on Friday. German champions Bayern will pay a fee in the region of 35 million pounds for ...

Formula One’s governing FIA on Thursday said it plans to introduce changes to reduce or eliminate the “porpoising” that has affected this season’s cars, after Lewis Hamilton suffered ...

North America’s historical ambivalence to football is no match for the spectacle of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday, as he bids to make the ...

Tournament favourite Rory McIlroy was among the five-man pack sitting one shot back of Canada’s Adam Hadwin after the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday while ...

The Golden State Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 in Game Six of the NBA Finals in Boston on Thursday to win the Championship trophy for the fourth time in eight ...

Premier League champions Manchester City will begin the defence of their title at West Ham in the final match of the opening weekend’s fixtures. Pep Guardiola’s side will ...

The Premier League has stated match postponements for player unavailability will only be granted in “truly exceptional” circumstances from next season. From the start of the 2022-23 campaign, clubs will ...

Nick Kyrgios was involved in a heated altercation with the umpire over a time violation before composing himself to down world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas 5-7 6-2 6-4 and advance ...

The government stands by all sports clubs without exception, President Nicos Anastasiades said at the inauguration ceremony of the Aek Larnaca academy sports centre on Wednesday evening. In his greeting, ...

Yorkshire County Cricket Club and a number of individuals have been charged following an investigation into racism claims made by former player Azeem Rafiq, the England and Wales Cricket Board ...