Former Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini has slammed ‘envious’ Ruud Gullit after the Dutch great suggested the Italian had failed to prepare the club’s players for the start of the season.

Harry Kane is not one to bristle but deep down he must be weary of the line of questioning each autumn tends to provoke.

Brazilian football star Pelé first came to Qatar in 1973 for a friendly match, with his legendary Santos side playing against Qatar’s Al Ahli at Doha Stadium, and has also visited the country’s Aspire Academy in Doha.

Wales manager Chris Coleman backed Gareth Bale to break Ian Rush’s national goal-scoring record after his brace inspired the Euro 2016 semi-finalists to a 4-0 defeat of Moldova.

El Salvador players were offered financial inducements to win, draw or avoid a heavy defeat in their crunch World Cup qualifier against Canada, the country’s football association said yesterday.

Graziano Pelle insists his glaring Euro 2016 penalty miss is behind him after hitting the opener for Italy in a 3-1 win away to 2018 World Cup qualifying opponents Israel.

Opener Glenn Maxwell's blistering century in Australia's world record 263 powered the visitors to a comprehensive 85-run win over Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international in Pallekele on Tuesday.

Breaking a big toe voluntarily, injuring already damaged limbs in order to stimulate blood pressure...self-mutilation or ‘boosting’ is a unique and sinister challenge for the organisers of the Paralympics to confront.

Spanish athlete Bruno Hortelano is in stable condition after undergoing a three-hour operation in a Madrid hospital to reconstruct his right hand following a car accident.

Having abandoned an attempt to compete at the Rio Olympics, Germany’s ‘Blade Jumper’ Markus Rehm will defend his long jump title at the Paralympic Games in the city.

DeAngelo Williams is the oldest running back in the NFL, and Cam Heyward made sure everyone knew it during training camp.

Carson Wentz was in a New Jersey cornfield Saturday morning hunting geese when he received a call from Doug Pederson.