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The Italian government has approved a new sports protocol outlining clearer guidelines on when a match should be postponed for COVID-19 related reasons. Sport, health and government bodies have agreed ...

Local government officials in Melbourne are looking at the feasibility of the city and surrounding region hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, local media reported on Wednesday. The 2022 edition of the multi-sport ...

Greek world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas put on a clinical show against familiar opponent Mikael Ymer of Sweden during a 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory in the opening round of his ...

Britain’s teenage sensation Emma Raducanu cleared a dangerous first-round hurdle at the Australian Open, seeing off experienced American Sloane Stephens 6-0 2-6 6-1 in a topsy-turvy contest on Tuesday. ...

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton turned 37 on Friday with Formula One wondering when the seven times world champion will break the silence surrounding him since the season ended in uproar ...

Francisco ‘Paco’ Gento, one of Read Madrid’s greatest players and a European champion with Spain, has died at the age of 88, the club said on Tuesday. Having started his ...

Andy Murray dipped into the depth of his defensive skills to tame big-hitting Nikoloz Basilashvili during a thrilling 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 win on Tuesday to reach the second ...

Highlights of the second day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, all times local (GMT +11): 1905 MURRAY OUTLASTS BASILASHVILI Five-times runner-up Andy Murray, who accepted a wildcard to ...

Arsenal have been charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion after Gabriel Magalhaes was sent off in the Premier League defeat to Manchester City ...

Novak Djokovic ended speculation over his Australian Open title defence by announcing on Tuesday that he would compete at the season’s opening Grand Slam event after receiving a medical ...

Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said rediscovering her love for tennis and not focusing on results and rankings were among her top goals for 2022, following her return to action in ...

Peter Wright put his name alongside some of the greats of the game by winning his second PDC World Championship. The Scot backed up his 2020 title with a 7-5 victory ...

Manchester United suffered their first defeat under interim manager Ralf Rangnick, falling to a 1-0 loss at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Monday. An 82nd minute ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas showed little sign of the elbow problem that forced him out of his ATP Cup singles opener but failed to find a way past Diego Schwartzman as the ...

Rafa Nadal confirmed his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title on Friday by posting a picture of himself at Melbourne Park on social media and allaying fears that ...

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has expressed fears ‘runaway greed’ risks ruining the Premier League as he called for the reforms put forward in ex-sports minister Tracey Crouch’s review ...

The Cyprus football association (CFA) announced the postponement of one more top-flight fixture on Monday because of the number of coronavirus cases in one of the sides. The CFA said ...

Thomas Tuchel has insisted Romelu Lukaku “will stay our player” despite showdown talks slated for Monday over the Chelsea striker’s controversial comments on his Stamford Bridge situation. Blues boss ...

* Chelsea fight back to draw 2-2 at home to Liverpool * Result leaves Man City 10 points clear at the top * Leeds earn crucial 3-1 victory over visiting Burnley * Brighton win at ...

Five cases of coronavirus have been found in Apoel, the football club announced on Sunday. “After carrying out retests with PCR tests on all the personnel of its football team, ...

Russian Daniil Medvedev’s 2022 season opened with a stunning defeat at the hands of Frenchman Ugo Humbert at the ATP Cup on Sunday, while Italy’s Matteo Berrettini suffered a ...

Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi and three other players have tested positive for COVID-19, the French Ligue 1 club said on Sunday. Argentina international Messi joined PSG from boyhood club ...

Chelsea have to be realistic about catching up with Premier League leaders Manchester City this season, manager Thomas Tuchel said, adding that the club’s personnel issues have contributed to ...

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he takes human rights “very seriously” but that Britain’s diplomatic boycott of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is “meaningless”. The United States, ...