Scottish champions Celtic yesterday named former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as their new manager with the target of translating their domestic success into solid European progress.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal could meet for the 50th time after they were placed on a French Open semi-final collision course yesterday.

Former German football association (DFB) chief Wolfgang Niersbach faces a possible two-year ban from soccer following an investigation by FIFA into alleged irregularities over the awarding of the 2006 World Cup.

Al Sadd captain Xavi Hernandez’s first season in Qatar will come to a fitting finale today when the former Barcelona skipper leads his side out for the decider of the Emir Cup against Lekhwiya.

When you are a footballing powerhouse, winning trophies is not a mere requirement but a necessity.

When Tyson Fury strayed again into the weird jungle of prejudice he seems to have constructed for himself—this time singling out Jews to join his cast of targets – he attracted a mixture of responses.

Phil Kessel and Carl Hagelin each scored one goal and set up another to spark the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-2 National Hockey League playoff victory on Wednesday at Tampa Bay.

Steph Curry scored 28 points as the Golden State Warriors roared back to life in their Western Conference finals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder with an emphatic 118-91 victory on Wednesday.

Historic Scottish golf course Muirfield lost its status as a British Open venue and provoked a storm of criticism after voting not to admit female members on Thursday.

US Masters champion Danny Willett conjured up eight birdies in a sparkling first-round 65 to lead the Irish Open by two strokes from Rory McIlroy yesterday.

World champion Jorge Lorenzo is targeting a fifth win in six years at the Italian MotoGP in Mugello this weekend to reinforce his position at the top of the overall standings.

Germany’s Andre Greipel saluted a Lotto team masterclass that delivered him to his third sprint victory of the Giro d’Italia after a flat 182-kilometre 12th stage from Noale to Bibione. “It was amazing to follow the wheels of my teammates today,” said Greipel.