‘In the other countries they want to be comfortable and know they will always be the top dogs in the Champions League. They want it to be a competition of two, three or four and if possible a competition of just one. So this (England) is a special country’

Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t know when he will return to racing – only that he feels confident he will.

‘I think you have to take an old-school approach. If you see it high, let it fly’

Matt Smith’s header made a mockery of Newcastle United’s status as favourites to go straight back up to the Premier League as Fulham ran out 1-0 winners in their Championship season opener on Friday.

Mourinho will be itching to get under Ranieri’s skin, particularly having beaten him only twice in their six head-to-head encounters to date

Russian breaststroker Yulia Efimova said yesterday she would take part in the Rio Olympics, a day after winning an appeal against a doping ban, but there was no immediate confirmation from swimming’s governing body FINA.

‘We’ve done so many routines we’re kind of on autopilot right now, so it’s just like go, go, go, go’

Mangueira is a favela in close proximity to Rio’s iconic Maracana stadium. But for its inhabitants the stadium and the Olympics are a world apart

When Bisweshwar Nandi caught his first glimpse of the Olympic rings after touching down in Rio with his gymnastics protege Dipa Karmakar, he felt an instant surge of adrenaline.

Brazil unfurls a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world to the Olympic Games, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk

Three-time defending champion John Isner beat Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-4 on Friday night in an all-American match to advance to the BB&T Atlanta Open semifinals.

Unheralded Tyrone Van Aswegen, whose only two career wins came on the South African tour, is making a bid for his first victory on the PGA Tour.