Greats of the game including Andres Villas-Boas, Xavi Hernandez, Carles Puyol, Edwin van der Sar, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Marc Overmars are in Amsterdam early next week to take part in Aspire Academy’s two highest profile events, namely ASPIRE4SPORT and the Global Summit on Football Performance & Sc

Orica’s Esteban Chaves beat Italian Diego Rosa in a dramatic sprint finish to become the first Colombian winner of one of cycling’s five monuments at the Tour of Lombardy yesterday.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova ended her 13-month title drought with a straight set win over Dominika Cibulkova at the Wuhan Open yesterday.

Lewis Hamilton blitzed his rivals in qualifying yesterday to secure pole position for today’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion clocked the fastest lap ever recorded at the 5.543km circuit in 1min 32.850sec.

Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar said he was in dreamland yesterday after his debut five-wicket haul at home left New Zealand tottering at 128 for seven on day two of the second Test in Kolkata.

Opener Tamim Iqbal smashed a brilliant century as Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan by 141 runs in the third one-day international (ODI) to clinch the three-match series 2-1 in Dhaka yesterday.

The 22nd Gulf Incon - Metabo Cricket tournament got off with Force India defeating hosts Metabo by 4 wickets in the opening match at the Qatar Cricket Sports Complex at West Bay.

James Milner’s 84th-minute penalty earned Liverpool a gritty 2-1 victory at Swansea City yesterday that saw Jurgen Klopp’s side climb to second place in the Premier League table.

The oft-maligned Edinson Cavani was at his clinical best yesterday with a first-half brace to help champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) ease to a 2-0 victory over Bordeaux in Ligue 1.

Leaders Bayern Munich dropped their first Bundesliga points of the season yesterday as their 1-1 draw at home to Cologne denied Carlo Ancelotti a record-equalling sixth straight win.

NorthEast United FC beat Kerala Blasters FC 1-0 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in front of 27,629 fans to kick-start Hero Indian Super League 2016 yesterday.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is not worried by his team’s performances following three successive draws but knows they have a lot of work to do to return to winning ways.