Ben McAdoo said the Giants were due for a “break out.” All they gave him were the same old breakdowns.

Two-time world champion Abel Kirui filled a gap on his resume, denying Dickson Chumba a second straight Chicago Marathon title and winning his first World Major Marathon race yesterday.

Nico Rosberg is refusing to get carried away by thoughts of celebrating a maiden Formula One title triumph at the end of the season, despite getting one hand on the championship crown with victory in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Mercedes insist that their troubled driver Lewis Hamilton can still take the Formula One season to the wire despite another difficult weekend at Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

No one, and in all likelihood not even Tiger Woods himself, can know how the former world number one will fare as he makes his much anticipated PGA Tour return at this week’s Safeway Open in Napa, California.

Twice major champion Jose Maria Olazabal has confirmed he will play at the British Masters this week, his first appearance on the European Tour for 18 months.

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile grabbed an injury-time winner as four-time champions Italy snatched a 3-2 comeback win at Macedonia on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a World Cup qualifying embarrassment.

Gareth Southgate is set to drop Wayne Rooney from the England team for today’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Slovenia in Ljubljana and increase uncertainty over the captain’s future role in the national side.

Chile face a must-win showdown with fierce regional rivals Peru today as the South American champions aim to make up lost ground after a stumbling start to their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign.

Axed by Serbia after they failed to reach the Euro 2016 finals, Dusan Tadic is enjoying a new lease of life in international football and has propelled the Balkan nation to top spot in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group.

Wily off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin backed himself yesterday to outfox any batsman in the world after his six wickets in the third and final Test against New Zealand put India in pole position to complete a whitewash.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza and batsman Sabbir Rahman were fined 20% of their match fees yesterday for an altercation with rival skipper Jos Buttler in their team’s victory over England in the second ODI.