David Rudisha tore up the tactical script at the London Olympics to smash the world record in one of the greatest ever 800m runs and emerge as an athletics superstar to rival the sport’s biggest names.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday it had rejected Russia's appeal against the exclusion of its track and field athletes from the Rio Games starting on Aug. 5.

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce is expected to be named the new England manager inside the next 24 hours, British press reports said yesterday, tasked with guiding the under-performing national side to the 2018 World Cup.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni yesterday said spinners would play a key role in India’s upcoming four-match Test series in the West Indies, despite the Caribbean’s reputation as a paceman’s paradise.

The International Olympic Committee said yesterday it would take up to a week to decide whether to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics over its “state” doping machine.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes hailed Pakistan’s Yasir Shah on Wednesday as the best leg-spinner since Australia great Shane Warne.

Pakistan are set to tone down captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s press-up celebrations even if they win the second Test at Old Trafford.

Prodigy-turned-star of Chinese football, Wu Lei, believes that his nation will not only qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, but will put together a fighting display in the second-ever edition of the tournament in Asia.

British sprinter Mark Cavendish withdrew from the Tour de France on Tuesday to focus on his bid for a first Olympic medal at the Rio Games in just over two weeks.

Britain’s Chris Froome took another big step towards a third Tour de France title when he dropped his main rivals in the finale of the 17th stage, a 184-km mountain trek won by Russian Ilnur Zakarin yesterday.

New Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted yesterday that he would not allow key striker Robert Lewandowski to leave the German champions for Real Madrid.

Leicester City captain Wes Morgan has signed a new contract designed to keep him at the King Power Stadium until June 2019, the English champions said in a statement yesterday.