Having once given up professional tennis to pursue a career in hotel management, Timea Bacsinszky is used to living in the shadows and the darkness suits her just fine.

Chris Woakes compounded Sri Lanka’s misery in the second Test following a hundred by Moeen Ali as England closed in on a series-clinching win at the Riverside yesterday.

The imperious Virat Kohli will be eyeing a fairytale ending today to a record-breaking season when he leads the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League’s final against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Qalco beat Bin Yousef Cargo by 14 runs in the final to clinch the 1st Mohamed Shamlan Memorial Cricket Tournament.

World champions Germany are set to blood a crop of rising stars in today’s friendly at home to Slovakia as head coach Joachim Loew fine-tunes his Euro 2016 squad.

Marcus Rashford made a bold claim for a place at Euro 2016 as the Manchester United sensation took just 135 seconds to became the youngest player to score on his England debut in Friday’s 2-1 win against Australia.

Ireland maintained their Euro 2016 momentum with a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands at Lansdowne Road in Dublin last night.

Lionel Messi was taken to hospital after suffering an injury scare on Friday as Argentina defeated Honduras 1-0 in their only warm-up game before next month’s Copa America Centenario in the United States.

World number two Jordan Spieth fired a four-under-par 66 on Friday to stand second in the clubhouse at the storm-hit US PGA Dean and Deluca Invitational.

Vincenzo Nibali (pic) all but secured a second Giro d’Italia success with a brave ride to sixth place in yesterday’s 20th and penultimate stage.

In the best of times, sports allow us to dream about extraordinary things. Take Friday. Carlos Urias flew with his family from Mexico to New York City to see his 19-year-old son Julio make his major league debut.

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are headed back to the NBA Finals for a second straight season, with some unfinished business to take care of.