Wissam Ben Yedder backheeled home an injury time winner as Sevilla moved joint top of La Liga in a chaotic 2-1 win over Alaves that saw four players and the referee go off injured.

Recalled fly-half Morne Steyn kicked all the points for South Africa in an 18-10 Rugby Championship victory over Australia in Pretoria yesterday.

Scottish boxer Mike Towell has died in hospital after being seriously hurt in a fight, his management company confirmed yesterday.

Rory McIlroy helped reinvigorate a European challenge with an emotional celebration on the 16th hole after he drained a walk off eagle putt to cap the first day of the 41st Ryder Cup.

US captain Davis Love has no problem with a 5-3 lead over Europe after Friday’s opening Ryder Cup matches, even though that margin has heralded doom for the Americans twice before.

The San Diego Padres began their final series of 2016 on Friday, dropping a 5-3 decision to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

One quarter of the way through the season, the Miami Dolphins look more inept than they did last season, when they finished 6-10.

The championship window hasn’t closed on the Clippers. But the core group of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan might not have much time left to claim the opportunity before them.

It was a one-two finish for Al Shaqab Racing as Motrag came from behind to edge stablemate Zikreet to win the Qatar Total Arabian Trophy for Colts, at the Saint Cloud racecourse here yesterday.

The lots have been picked, the draw is over, the stage is set for the ‘greatest horse race in the world’, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

The United States whitewashed Europe 4-0 in yesterday’s opening alternate shot foursomes session at the Ryder Cup, the first time in 41 years the Americans blanked their rivals to start the team golf showdown.

Babar Azam hit his maiden century while spinner Mohamed Nawaz grabbed four wickets as Pakistan thrashed the West Indies by 111 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in the first day-night international yesterday.