Wayne Rooney announced yesterday that the campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia will be his last as an England player.

Former China coach Bora Milutinovic knows what it takes to help Asian nations make history.

Fernando Alonso’s imminent retirement from Formula One is a real possibility, world champion Lewis Hamilton said, adding that he hoped the Spaniard would decide to carry on.

England piled up a world record one-day international total of 444 for three against Pakistan after Alex Hales and Jos Buttler ran riot at a sun-kissed Trent Bridge yesterday.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up a series-clinching 204-run win for South Africa on the fourth day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at SuperSport Park yesterday.

Third-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, a grand slam winner who has taken down world number one Serena Williams, would be judged by most standards as a serious threat to grab the US Open title.

US teenager Frances Tiafoe came tantalizingly close to a stunning US Open upset on Monday, only to be denied by compatriot and five-set master John Isner.

American eighth seed Madison Keys reached the US Open second round on Monday, beating compatriot Alison Riske in a tie which ended at 1.48am local time, the latest finish to a women’s match in tournament history.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are missing old sparring partner Roger Federer, who was forced to skip the US Open for the first time since 1999.

Rafa Nadal was worn out from his Rio Olympics exertions after emerging from an injury absence to win doubles gold, but the Spaniard perked back up with his trip to New York for the US Open.

Novak Djokovic opened the defence of his US Open title with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win over Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz on Monday, but the laboured performance gave rise to fresh concerns about the world number one’s fitness.

The GCC Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2016 will begin today at the indoor hall of Khawla School in Doha.