Ibrahim al-Hussein is swimming in the Rio Paralympics as a refugee, but the excitement of the event pales against his real dream — returning one day to a peaceful Syria.

‘In the grand scheme of things, it’s been a very little change’

‘It seemed like he was spotting it better. His slider was really good’

‘This track was very good for us last year and we have improved the car from then so we should have a reasonable chance’

Triple Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he has “no issue” with his private medical records being leaked in a cyber attack by Russian hackers on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Nick Kyrgios has recovered from a hip injury and apparently buried the hatchet with Bernard Tomic after he was named in Australia’s Davis Cup team to play Slovakia yesterday.

‘...we are probably the favourites, but the team that plays at home has advantage’

Andy Murray will miss his grandfather’s funeral today to play in holders Great Britain’s Davis Cup semi-final opener against Argentina in Glasgow.

A new city-based Twenty20 tournament to rival Australia’s Big Bash and India’s IPL is set to be introduced into English domestic cricket in 2018 to ramp up interest in the sport.

FC Seoul sent Felix Magath’s Shandong Luneng crashing out of the AFC Champions League and ended Chinese interest in the competition as they powered into the semi-finals yesterday.

Qatar’s El Jaish confirmed their place in the semi-finals of the 2016 AFC Champions League yesterday evening as a solitary goal from Brazilian striker Romarinho gave Sabri Lamouchi’s side a 1-0 second leg win over Al Nasr of the United Arab Emirates that completed his club’s 4-0 quarter-final aggreg

Leading American athletes have hit back at the release of their medical records late Tuesday, after a Russian cyber espionage group hacked a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database at the Rio Olympics.