Manchester United’s teenage striker Marcus Rashford was included in England’s final 23-man Euro 2016 squad, which was announced yesterday, as Danny Drinkwater and Andros Townsend dropped out.

As the young Harry Kane dominated the penalty area with a dazzling display, the future spearhead of England’s attack presented his coach with a welcome thought — ‘fantastic I’ve got a goalkeeper’.

Lionel Messi must shrug off the gruelling demands of a globe-trotting schedule if he is to fulfil his dream of leading Argentina to a first major tournament victory in 23 years at the Copa America Centenario.

Two years after their traumatic World Cup semi-final exit, Brazil are haunted by the past as they head into the Copa America Centenario aiming for their first title in nearly a decade.

Stephen Curry scored 36 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday and into an NBA title rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Nick Bonino scored the game winner in the waning minutes Monday as the Penguins edged the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in Pittsburgh in the first game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.

Jeremy Hellickson was throwing freely and effectively. The Phillies right-hander needed just 79 pitches to get through seven innings Monday night, with the Phillies leading 2-1.

England will test Australia with a high-intensity game plan and are ready for a tough physical battle during their three-test overseas tour next month, centre Luther Burrell said.

Observers of British boxer Tony Bellew’s WBC world cruiserweight triumph over Ilunga Makabu last weekend could have been forgiven for getting a nagging sense of deja vu.

An Olympics triumph can make you a hero in any country but legendary status awaits Abdullah Hel Baki if he can finally rid Bangladesh of an unwanted distinction—the biggest nation never to win a medal.

The trial of Argentina star Lionel Messi in tax fraud charges opened on Tuesday in Spain in his absence just days before Argentina's first match in the Copa America tournament against Chile.

Shelby Rogers, the tearful Cinderella of Roland Garros and the first American woman not called Williams to make the French Open last-eight since 2005, is determined that sudden fame will not be her undoing.