Republic of Ireland must somehow silence superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic when they open their Euro 2016 campaign against Sweden at the Stade de France today.

The debate, at least for the moment, will fade away soon enough, as these last few minutes of the NBA season tick away.

His run support came in the fifth inning, on a line drive just inside the left-field foul pole, pulled by Ian Kinsler to propel the Detroit Tigers to victory.

Croatia needed a touch of Luka Modric magic to beat Turkey 1-0 in their Euro 2016 Group D opener on Sunday, gaining a measure of revenge after their bitter quarter-final elimination ...

European soccer's governing body has warned the English and Russian soccer associations that their teams could be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there is a continuation of the fan violence ...

European soccer's governing body, UEFA, launched disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Football Union on Sunday after violence marred the end of Russia's Euro 2016 match ...

Russia stunned England by scoring an injury-time equaliser to force a 1-1 draw in their Euro 2016 Group B match after Roy Hodgson’s men had dominated yesterday.

The President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani on Friday honoured members of the Qatari youth basketball team, which had won the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) U-18 3x3 World Championship title, held in Astana, Kazakhstan last week.

The Ramadan Sports Festival in Aspire Zone was launched on Friday. A number of exciting matches was held in the men’s football tournament at the Aspire Zone Warm Up track, the men’s basketball tournament and the Staff Futsal tournament at Aspire Dome.

Veteran tennis star Leander Paes’ dream of playing in a record seventh straight Olympics came true yesterday after he was named as Rohan Bopanna’s partner for the men’s doubles by the All India Tennis Association (AITA) yesterday.

Substitute Hal Robson-Kanu scored a joyously celebrated 81st-minute winner as Wales marked their major tournament return by edging Slovakia 2-1 in yesterday’s Euro 2016 opener in Bordeaux.

Fabien Schaer’s powerful header gave Switzerland a narrow 1-0 win over 10-man Albania on the second day of the European Championship finals yester.