Angeline Nadai Lohalith’s wish is to see peace in South Sudan so that she can represent her war-torn country of birth at the Olympic Games.

Andy and Jamie Murray will lead Great Britain’s bid for more Olympic tennis glory after the brothers were officially named in the squad for the Rio Games yesterday.

Roger Federer beat Florian Mayer 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/1) yesterday to reach the Stuttgart grass-court semi-finals, claiming another record in the process.

Chris Davis hit the game-tying home run in the seventh and had the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Thursday night at the Major League Baseball.

The San Jose Sharks used a first period scoring frenzy to claim a 4-2 win and keep the Pittsburgh Penguins from clinching the Stanley Cup on Thursday to send the series back to the West Coast for Game Six.

Coach Eddie Jones says he wants England to break their mould and play a different style of rugby to upset Australia and make a statement in today’s Test series opener in Brisbane.

Thousands of police surrounded the Stade de France on Friday ahead of the European Championship gala opener between the host country and Romania amid widespread security fears.

Roger Federer beat Florian Mayer 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/1) on Friday to reach the Stuttgart grass semi-finals with another tennis record.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Portugal before becoming the last of the superstars to arrive in France for today’s start of the European Championship finals.

Lionel Messi will return to Argentina’s starting line-up for tonight’s Copa America Centenario clash with Panama, coach Gerardo Martino confirmed yesterday.

Philippe Coutinho struck a spectacular hat-trick and Renato Augusto scored twice as Brazil crushed Haiti 7-1 in their Copa America Centenario Group B match at the Citrus Bowl on Wednesday.

Colombians described as Columbians, Chileans singing their national anthem a capella to try to beat a Pitbull song, Uruguayans with their hands over their hearts and a puzzled look as they heard Chile’s national anthem...