FIFA denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation.

A Japanese comedian will run the marathon for Cambodia at the Olympics in Brazil this summer, an official said yesterday, a second attempt by the funnyman to go to the Games for the Southeast Asian sporting minnows.

Usain Bolt’s agent says the sprint star is not the Jamaican athlete whose retested sample from the 2008 Beijing Olympics has revealed a doping violation.

New Zealand’s shot put queen Valerie Adams continued to put last year’s injury woes behind her with a dominant victory in yesterday’s Diamond League meet in Rome.

Wayde van Niekerk made sprint history by becoming the first athlete to dip under benchmark times in the 100, 200 and 400m, but the South African insists his focus this season is wholly on the one-lap race.

Serena Williams moved to within two matches of winning a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 win over Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the French Open quarter-finals yesterday.

Novak Djokovic reached his 30th Grand Slam semi-final yesterday but his quest for a first French Open title was almost scuppered by disqualification.

The Doha-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) yesterday announced the appointment of Michael Hershman, co-founder of Transparency International, as its Group CEO.

Australian experience and guile takes on Spanish youth and power at the French Open today when Samantha Stosur plays Garbine Muguruza in the first of the semi-finals.

Andy Murray takes on defending champion Stan Wawrinka today looking to become the first British man to reach the French Open final since 1937.

Brazil international defender Dani Alves has told Barcelona he intends to leave after eight successful seasons but compatriot Neymar will extend his stay, the Spanish champions confirmed yesterday.

Former Swansea manager Garry Monk was given one of the most precarious jobs in English football when he was named as the head coach of Leeds United yesterday.