No.2 seeded Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova took home their second doubles title of the year, handily defeating the unseeded Chinese duo of Liang Chen and Yang Zhaoxuan 6-1, 6-1, in the final of the Pan Pacific Open yesterday.

Barcelona shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to move to the top of La Liga as Luis Suarez and Neymar were on target in a 5-0 thrashing of Sporting Gijon yesterday.

Dani Alves’s deflected strike kept Juventus top of Serie A as they warmed up for a Champions League clash at Dinamo Zagreb with a cagey 1-0 win at Palermo yesterday.

Dustin Johnson edged closer to the USPGA Tour’s $10mn FedEx Cup playoff prize on Friday, firing a three-under par 67 to seize a one-stroke lead in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia.

A group of children stand by a swimming pool in Kiev clutching their goggles and dreaming of emulating the heroes they just watched scoop medals at the Paralympic Games in Rio.

Malaysian badminton king Lee Chong Wei yesterday beat 15th ranked Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the semifinal at the Yonex Open Japan, moving a step closer to his sixth title of the Japanese tournament.

The Kevin Garnett era with the Timberwolves has ended.

He was the seventh player picked in the 2012 NFL draft, a hard-hitting safety from Alabama who was envisioned as a possible linchpin for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defence.

At 7:10pm Friday night at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers starter Scott Kazmir hiked up his right leg, uncorked his body, and delivered a pitch to Yasmani Grandal. And then he turned around and waited, and eventually repeated the exercise.

The mighty Canadians and a determined Russia square off in the semi-finals of the World Cup of Hockey starting Tuesday, a closely watched clash of the two most successful nations in the sport’s history.

German athletics federation (DLV) chief Clemens Prokop has named the International Olympic Comittee (IOC) ‘a problematic actor’ in the fight against doping ...

Jorge Fossati is set to take over the reins of the Qatar football team after fellow Uruguayan Jose Daniel Carreno was sacked yesterday, just a fortnight ahead of a crucial 2018 qualifier in South Korea.