With the resumption of 2018 World Cup qualifiers on September 1 and a possible La Liga debut for the country’s brightest young star, it’s a big few weeks for Qatar.

Brazil football legend Pele said poor health will prevent him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the Games' opening ceremony on Friday as he had hoped to do.

The Olympic flame wound its way around Rio de Janeiro's iconic landmarks on Friday as protesters unleashed a fresh blast of anger ahead of the opening ceremony of the trouble-plagued sporting spectacle.

Brazilian police arrested a Moroccan Olympic boxer on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the athletes' village in Rio de Janeiro.

Rangana Herath became the first Sri Lankan spinner to bowl a hat-trick in Test cricket to put Australia in deep trouble in their match in Galle on Friday.

Roston Chase joined elite company as West Indies escaped with an unlikely draw against India in the second Test which concluded on Wednesday.

Half centuries from the in-form Kusal Mendis and skipper Angelo Mathews gave Sri Lanka the edge over Australia on the opening day of the second Test yesterday despite a five-wicket haul from Mitchell Starc.

Azhar Ali’s century helped keep England at bay before he was out to the final ball of the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston yesterday.

From the first day of spring training, the Red Sox figured they’d score enough runs in 2016 to wish they could stash a few away for next year.

In a battle of two former finalists, Albin Ouschan of Austria got the monkey of his back as he outplayed USA’s Shane Van Boening to clinch the 2016 World 9-ball Championship with an emphatic 13-6 victory.

Rafael Benitez and Roberto Di Matteo have no regrets about swapping the gilded life of the European elite for the Championship’s war of attrition as they prepare to slug it out in the race for promotion from England’s second tier.

January’s AFC Under-23 Championship in Doha was the platform for the future hope of Japanese football Takuma Asano to spectacularly announce himself to lovers of Asian football.