Lyon duo Alexandre Lacazette and Nabil Fekir have been recalled to the France squad as the Euro 2016 runners-up begin their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Belarus next month.

Bayern Munich kick off the 2016/17 German Bundesliga season at home to Werder Bremen today with their rivals out to stop them winning a fifth straight Bundesliga title.

Briton Simon Yates powered away to a solo victory in stage six of the Tour of Spain yesterday, a 163.2km ride from Monforte de Lemos to Luintra.

Fernando Alonso has heaped praise on his McLaren Honda team, which is introducing upgraded engines at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, and described them as the best team of his career.

World championship leader Lewis Hamilton yesterday confirmed he expects to be taking a full engine change grid penalty at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.

There are few better circuits for Formula One to begin the second half of the season than the glorious Spa-Francorchamps, where this weekend breathtaking speed will be balanced by testing corners and spectacular changes of elevation.

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia, the swashbuckling opener announced yesterday.

West Indies face India in two Twenty20 internationals in Florida at the weekend in a litmus test for both cricket’s future in the US and Carlos Brathwaite’s credentials as Caribbean skipper.

Jason Roy overcame a dizzy spell to lead England’s charge to a 44-run win under the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-marred first one-day international against Pakistan in Southampton on Wednesday.

Kuwait announced on Thursday that it had sacked the board of directors of both its Olympic committee and football association.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter began his final appeal Thursday against his six-year ban from football, in a long-shot quest for redemption after his career ended in scandal.

FC Seoul took a grip of their AFC Champions League quarter-final after overcoming Shandong Luneng 3-1 in the first leg in the Korean capital yesterday.