Closing in on her 102nd birthday, Mieko Nagaoka has racked up a slew of jaw-dropping world bests in her age bracket after only taking up swimming in her late eighties

Lukas Rosol handed the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over France in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final tie yesterday after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a five-set thriller. The 78th-ranked Rosol stunned world number 10 Tsonga 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4 in three hours and 52 minutes.

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi arrives at Sachsenring for this weekend’s German Grand Prix determined to get his championship bid back on track after crashing at Assen.

Federer and Ronaldo have dominated their respective sports for years but they are not similar in style

‘I am not as satisfied as I normally would be if it wasn’t for the sad day that it is. Cycling gets a little bit less important on a day like this, which is normal. I’m happy that I got the win, that’s what I came for to this Tour. I’m happy and at the same moment very sad for everyone involved in t

A lanky guy in a yellow shirt runs on an asphalt road. Marathon runner? No, Tour de France overall leader Chris Froome on the slopes of Mont Ventoux.

Pakistan’s sporting decline has left the vast South Asian nation that once prided itself on producing the world’s best hockey and squash players facing up to an Olympics for which none of its athletes have qualified

Pop superstar Katy Perry re-emerged yesterday after a quiet spell with a song of unity as part of the television coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

JT Miller can cross one thing off his summer to-do list.

On the Panic City scale, where should we put the current alert level for the Mets? If 1 is mild concern and 10 is apocalyptic meltdown, let’s go with somewhere in the 3-4 range. Enough to keep Sandy Alderson busy up to the trade deadline, but no reason to believe this season rapidly will disintegrat

Marc Wilmots has been sacked as Belgium head coach following the national team’s poor showing at Euro 2016.

José Mourinho’s purchase of Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s free signing poses the question: what next for Wayne Rooney at Manchester United?