As the humble daughter of factory workers at a Bangkok sweet-maker, badminton was a ticket out of poverty for Ratchanok Intanon, who hopes winning gold at the Rio Olympics might inspire more Thai girls to chase their dreams.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday they had improved their procedures for handling evidence of match-fixing after coming under fire from Brendon McCullum.

India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said he will remain captain as long as the country’s cricket board sees fit, ahead of a tour of Zimbabwe this month.

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Sharks 3-1 in San Jose on Monday to move within one victory of capturing their fourth Stanley Cup championship.

While the Golden State Warriors fight to avoid complacency after two lopsided wins to start the NBA Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers hope playing at home will help them find toughness they have so far lacked.

David Warner scored an unbeaten half century as Australia romped to a six-wicket thrashing of West Indies in their opening Tri-Nation Series day-night game at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday.

New manager Pep Guardiola is an ‘incredible asset’ who will ‘transform’ Manchester City, the Premier League club’s chairman said yesterday.

Jose Mourinho faces a public grilling at an employment tribunal brought by former Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro, which opened yesterday after she rejected a £1.2 million offer to settle the case.

Ibrahim Moaaz Mohamed of Qatar set the first championship record of the 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2016 with a 60.49m effort in the men’s discus throw final in Ho Chi Minh City.

In Rome a few days ago, one of the questions posed to Mutaz Essa Barshim was about his health and the lack of heights coming close to those he produced back in 2014.

England manager Roy Hodgson and his 23-man squad arrived at their Euro 2016 hotel in Chantilly, north of Paris, yesterday, having earlier landed at Le Bourget airport.

Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic suggested there could be some bombshell news on his future club on Thursday, the same day he launches his sportswear line.