Lin Dan’s China will look to reassert their dominance in Badminton ahead of the Olympics by resuming their stranglehold on the Thomas and Uber Cup titles on home ground from today.

Jason Day extended his overnight lead to three shots after 14 holes in the Players Championship second round on Friday before play was suspended for the day in fading light at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Andy Murray can’t remember if he has ever won a match on his birthday, but the British second seed is hoping to make today’s celebrations memorable with a maiden Rome Masters title.

Domenico Scala, a Swiss businessman who led reforms to clean up scandal-plagued FIFA, quit his post at the global soccer body yesterday, saying its watchdog committees had lost their independence and members would be under threat of dismissal.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) smothered Gujarat Lions (GL) to a 144-run defeat in a lopsided Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at the M Chinnaswami Stadium in Bengaluru yesterday.

Chasing a revised target of 66 in 9 overs via the Duckworth-Lewis method, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cruised home with eight wickets and 24 balls to spare against Rising Pune Supergiants in a rain-affected Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Eden Gardens yesterday.

Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton looked forward to ending Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg’s seven-race winning streak after denying the Formula One leader pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday.

An audacious solo attack on the tough white chalk roads of the Giro d’Italia eighth stage saw Italian Gianluca Brambilla rewarded with a prestigious win and the race leader’s pink jersey yesterday.

To the limit. Again.Seemingly fuelled by adversity this entire postseason, the Miami Heat upped the ante Friday night with a 103-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors at AmericanAirlines Arena.

On Friday afternoon, a few hours before he contributed three hits in an 8-4 victory over St. Louis, Yasiel Puig staged a photo inside the Los Angeles Dodgers’ training room.

Tampa Bay has a history of starting slowly in playoff series. That’s bad news for the Penguins, because the Lightning still were good enough to win Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final, 3-1, at Consol Energy Center Friday.

Barcelona sealed their 24th La Liga title as Luis Suarez took his tally for the season to 59 goals with a hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Granada to hold off Real Madrid’s late-season surge.