Fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios’s US Open campaign ended in pain and tears when he retired from his third round match against Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko with a hip injury on Saturday.

Grigor Dimitrov was once in danger of spending his career either struggling to live up to being dubbed the “new Federer” or being known as the boyfriend of Maria Sharapova.

Juan Martin del Potro reached the US Open fourth round for the first time since 2012 on Saturday but admitted he cares nothing for the result as he rebuilds his career after being pushed to the brink of retirement.

Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda has berated his younger team mates after their shock loss to United Arab Emirates and demanded more effort from them in their next World Cup qualifier against Thailand tomorrow.

With the greatest respect to Sam Allardyce and the opening of a new England era, most people will be relieved when the first international break of the fledgling season is out of the way and business proper resumes on Saturday with an eagerly anticipated Manchester derby.

Title-holders Ivory Coast cleared a header off their goal-line in stoppage time to hang on to a 1-1 draw with Sierra Leone on Saturday to squeeze into the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Wayne Rooney became England’s most capped outfield player when he was awarded his 116th cap by new manager Sam Allardyce in yesterday’s opening 2018 World Cup qualifier away to Slovakia.

Adam Lallana scored with the last kick of the match as England edged 10-man Slovakia 1-0 in Sam Allardyce’s first game as manager in World Cup qualifying yesterday.

Faint hopes Spain’s spectacular fall from grace at the 2014 World Cup was a mere blip were extinguished as another early exit at Euro 2016 finally ended Vicente del Bosque’s eight-year reign.

New Italy coach Giampiero Ventura said he was unconcerned by Thursday’s home defeat to France ahead of his team’s opening World Cup qualifier in Israel today.

Gareth Bale takes his first step on the road to World Cup qualification with Wales against Moldova today and manager Chris Coleman believes he is still getting better.

The Qatar basketball team celebrate their win in the GCC Championship which concluded in Sharjah yesterday.