Adriaan Strauss will captain South Africa in the upcoming three-Test home series against Ireland during June, new national coach Allister Coetzee announced yesterday in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town.

An inexperienced Germany team suffered a self-confidence sapping 3-1 defeat to Slovakia in Sunday’s storm-affected friendly as the world champions fielded four new caps ahead of Euro 2016.

Chelsea captain John Terry expects Jose Mourinho to be a success at Manchester United, saying the Portuguese is the right manager to lead the 13-time Premier League champions back into contention for major honours.

Celta Vigo forward Nolito strengthened his case for inclusion in Spain coach Vicente del Bosque’s squad for Euro 2016 with his first two international goals in a 3-1 friendly win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Saint Gallen, Switzerland, on Sunday.

Southampton striker Graziano Pelle hit a second-half winner as an injury-depleted Italy beat Scotland 1-0 in a disjointed Euro 2016 friendly in Malta on Sunday.

Portugal made sure the absence of top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, resting the day after after Real Madrid’s Champions League triumph, went unnoticed as they thrashed Norway 3-0 in a Euro 2016 warm-up on Sunday.

Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn won her third consecutive LPGA title on Sunday, firing a final-round five-under par 67 to win the inaugural Volvik Championship by five strokes over American Christina Kim.

Jordan Spieth exhibited his short-game wizardry with six back-nine birdies to claim the Colonial tournament on Sunday for his eighth career PGA Tour victory before his 23rd birthday, an impressive run that is one better than Tiger Woods managed at that age.

It has taken some time but Chris Wood finally delivered on the potential he showed when finishing fifth as an amateur at the 2008 British Open by winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

England beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets on the fourth day of the second Test at the Riverside on Monday.

The Aspire Academy signed a cooperation agreement with the Qatar Fencing Federation (QFF) yesterday aimed at spreading interest in the game in Qatar and bringing up a new generation of global players who will be able to compete across all the GCC, Arab and Asian competitions ahead of the 2020 Tokyo

International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) president Mohamed Hanzab was selected as a member to a new advisory committee formed by the Italian Sports Center (CSI) to formulate and follow up the implementation of international initiatives in the field of sports and community.