Rangana Herath recorded the best figures by a bowler in a Test in Zimbabwe as Sri Lanka completed a 257-run victory in the second Test at Harare Sports Club yesterday to sweep the series 2-0.

Try as they might, the Oklahoma City Thunder couldn’t slow down Toronto Raptors star DeMar DeRozan on Wednesday.

Wasps centre Elliot Daly is set to make his first England start after being named yesterday in the run-on XV to face South Africa at Twickenham tomorrow.

Artemi Panarin’s goal 25 seconds into overtime gave the Blackhawks a 2-1 victory over the Blues. The Hawks’ winning streak is now at seven games.

Rangana Herath finished with 13 wickets as Sri Lanka completed a convincing 257-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test to sweep the series 2-0 at Harare Sports Club on Thursday.

“I have trust in the team. I trust in Qatar. I believe that we have a chance to qualify.” Uttered in one go with the right facial expressions these words sounded almost magical, especially because they came from someone who happens to be Jorge Fossati, a seasoned veteran who believes in the eternal

Jorge Fossati has launched a scathing attack on people who question Qatari football players’ commitment to the country’s cause just because they were born elsewhere.

The close economic ties between Qatar and the UK were highlighted yesterday at the Sport is Great Conference by the UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Greg Hands, who extended Britain’s support to Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

Runners from 20 countries have arrived in Doha to participate in the 2nd International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 50km World Championship that takes place in the Aspire Zone in Doha tomorrow evening.

JP Guillambert rode Al Marboush to a narrow victory in the Al Rumailah Cup, a 1700m race for local Purebred Arabians three years and older at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club’s dirt track yesterday.

A fund set up to help German jockey Frederik Tylicki, paralysed in a horrific four horse pile-up, has passed the $310,000 mark, organisers said yesterday.

As Jack Wilshere observed, a lot has changed since the last time he turned his car down the long, winding lane into St George’s Park.