Arsene Wenger, Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino head into the new Premier League season with the burden of expectation weighing heavily on their shoulders.

Argentina’s new coach Edgardo Bauza said yesterday he was optimistic he can convince Lionel Messi to come out of international retirement after meeting the five-time World Player of the Year.

The new Premier League season begins this weekend with, perhaps for the first time in history, all 20 teams dreaming of glory.

Former Pakistan cricket captain Hanif Mohammad, who was dubbed ‘Little Master’ years before the sobriquet was given to India's Sachin Tendulkar, has died at the age of 81 ...

Qatar’s Cherif Younousse Samba, left, and Jefferson Santos Pereira playing a shot during the men’s beach volleyball qualifying match between Austria and Qatar...

The Star of the Day is Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who snared her third gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday with a gut-busting win in the women’s 200m individual medley final.

For Phelps, the butterfly victory was especially sweet after the sting of the London defeat, where he misjudged his final lunge for the wall to let Le Clos steal the gold medal

Kuwait’s Fehaid al-Deehani, competing at the Rio Games as an independent athlete, won men’s double trap gold yesterday.

‘I am very disappointed. The better player won but I can’t wait for next time’

The next few days are expected to be very exciting as Team Qatar bid for Olympic glory in handball, skeet shooting and track events among others.

Qatar duo down Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl of Austria 2-1

Pakistan head into their series finale against England at The Oval wondering if an extra bowler can help them square the four-match series at 2-2.