Securing a last minute deal, Qatar’s Amro al-Hamad will make his debut in the Dutch Superlights Challenge as part of the Superprix race weekend at Zolder circuit in Belgium.

Rain disrupted play for a second day yesterday at the Wimbledon Championships as Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer motored to one-way wins under the closed roof of Centre Court.

Usain Bolt will embark on the first major test of what he plans to be a triumphant swansong as the Jamaican Olympic athletics trials get under way.

Michael Phelps took another step towards a last Olympic hurrah on Tuesday as 2012 gold medalists Missy Franklin and Matt Grevers failed to qualify at the US swimming trials for the Rio Games.

After Poland beat Switzerland to reach the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, Lukasz Fabianski let his joy show, a rarity for someone deemed too shy to be really good.

Gareth Bale has branded Wales’ Euro 2016 quarter-final clash with Belgium tomorrow as the nation’s biggest game in decades.

Germany defender Mats Hummels said they will use painful lessons, learnt from their Euro 2012 defeat to Italy, for Saturday’s quarter-final against the Azzurri.

There was a collective intake of breath in the stands and a string of worried faces in the dugout as Wales captain Ashley Williams lay flat on the turf in the closing stages of their Euro 2016 victory over Northern Ireland.

Brazilian giants Carlos Barbosa on Tuesday beat Qatar’s Al Rayyan to reach the final of the Futsal Intercontinental Cup.

Nico Rosberg is the only current Formula One driver to have won in Austria and Mercedes’ championship leader intends to keep it that way on Sunday by completing his hat-trick in Red Bull’s backyard.

Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro is relishing every moment of his return to Grand Slam action at Wimbledon after being pushed to the brink of retirement by a serious wrist injury.

Australian Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson withdrew from the Rio games yesterday, saying she was devastated she had injured her hamstring during training and could not compete.