Frank Lampard scored the first ever hat trick in franchise history, pacing New York City FC to its largest margin of victory with a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.

Rejecting a move to Premier League rivals Arsenal was an easy decision for Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy because he has “unfinished business” with the champions.

French forward Franck Ribery has been called to order by Bayern Munich over his criticism of the club’s former coach Pep Guardiola as well as his conduct on the pitch.

With one month of the transfer window left remaining, Premier League clubs are poised to push escalating fees closer to another new record this week.

Eighty years after Jesse Owens won four medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, his daughter says Germany’s Nazi leader Adolf Hitler refused to shake her father’s hand.

Four years after emerging from the horrors of childhood abuse to win America’s first Olympic judo gold, Kayla Harrison is a woman on a mission as she returns to defend her crown in Rio.

Jay Litherland will be swimming for three when he tackles the 400m individual medley at the Rio Olympics.

If bravery was an Olympic sport, the 10 athletes who make up the first-ever refugee team in Rio would be odds-on for a clean sweep of the gold medals.

When Olympic sailors compete in Rio the cameras will show a made-for-television scene of sparkling tropical waters and mountains. Luckily, the billions of viewers won’t catch the revolting stink.

South Sudan’s first ever Olympic Games team is in disarray over allegations that an advertising deal influenced which athletes were selected to compete at Rio.

On one side of the cramped outdoor pool, children are taking swimming lessons. Opposite, another group of kids riotously splash around.

This whole business about the Rams returning to Los Angeles? It just got real.