Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa will stay at Honda until the end of the 2018 season, the Japanese manufacturer said yesterday.

Unbeaten heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder could be in line to face rival undefeated British ring kings Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua after a planned bout next Saturday in Moscow was cancelled.

Reigning champion Peter Sagan extended his Tour of California stage victories record on Sunday as he opened the defence of his crown with a win.

Red Bull are hoping that engine and chassis upgrades will help them beat Ferrari and Formula One champions Mercedes more often after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix victory on Sunday.

Fiji’s Olympic committee see no impediment to Jarryd Hayne joining their rugby sevens team for the Rio Games, even though he has not been subject to World Anti-Doping Agency accredited testing procedures while playing in the NFL.

Jazz Carlin believes there could be some unexpected performances by Britain’s swimmers at the European Championships, which she describes as a first step on the team’s Olympic journey.

Kirsty Coventry could become the first female Olympian to win eight individual medals when she competes at the 2016 Games this summer, but recent doping scandals have made the Zimbabwe swimmer wonder if her races in Rio will be clean.

Lee Chong Wei came through an unexpectedly tight first game against German unknown Kai Schaefer before Malaysia reached the Thomas Cup quarter-finals with a 5-0 whitewash yesterday.

CSKA Moscow won their seventh Euroleague title and the first since 2008 after inspired performances by guards Milos Teodosic and Nando De Colo led them to a dramatic 101-96 overtime win over Fenerbahce Istanbul in Sunday’s final.

Manchester's police commissioner demanded an inquiry into the "fiasco" of a fake bomb left behind from a training exercise at Old Trafford that forced the abandonment of a Premier League soccer match.

Al Arabi players and officials celebrate their win in the Emir Cup volleyball at a reception hosted at the Al Arabi Sports Club yesterday.

The two finalists teams of the Inter-School Women’s Cricket Championship 2016 — winners Birla Public School and runners-up Al Khor International School.