Spain’s Marc Marquez doubled his lead at the top of the MotoGP championship after the Honda rider roared back from a slow start off pole position to win the German Grand Prix yesterday.

Jarlinson Pantano (in white) finally provided some joy for Colombia at the Tour de France by winning yesterday’s 15th stage. The country’s top rider Nairo Quintana has been strangely out of sorts over the Tour’s first two weeks, and sits fourth overall at 2min 59sec behind race leader Chris Froome.

Lionel Messi is still the best player in the world despite never winning a major international trophy for Argentina, former Barcelona teammate and Brazil great Ronaldinho said yesterday.

Germany midfielder Mario Goetze’s return to Borussia Dortmund appears more likely after talks with Bayern Munich now has come down to his transfer fee, while Bayern’s Dutch winger Arjen Robben is likely to miss the start of the season with a groin injury.

Jose Mourinho paid tribute to England left-back Luke Shaw as he continued his comeback from a 10-month injury lay-off in the new Manchester United manager’s first game in charge of the club.

After 110 pages of legal gobbledygook and millions of dollars spent on spin, we are destined to have as many questions as answers about the Chargers stadium initiative even after voters cast their ballots on Nov. 8.

Nate Thurmond, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee considered one of the greatest centers ever to play in the NBA, died on Saturday at age 74, his former team the Golden State Warriors said in a statement.

On a Saturday during which Heat President Pat Riley expressed “great regret” over not immersing himself more in negotiations to keep Dwyane Wade, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg was finally able to comment publicly on his team’s major free-agent acquisition after his signing became official late Friday.

Abeba Aregawi will not be selected for next month’s Rio Olympics despite having her doping suspension lifted following a positive test for meldonium, the Swedish Athletics Association (SAA) said yesterday.

South Africa’s Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life.

The leaking of a draft letter urging a complete ban on Russian athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has undermined a key report into doping allegations at the 2014 Sochi Games, WADA board member Nenad Lalovic said yesterday.

A Super Rugby gamble by the Golden Lions in fielding a reserve team against Argentina’s Jaguares backfired on Saturday as they lost 34-22 in Buenos Aires.