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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has proposed expanding the World Cup finals to a 48-team tournament - a larger number than his election promise. The Italian suggested 16 of those teams would be eliminated after one knockout match - before…

Bangladesh have recalled fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain for the first two of their three one-day internationals against England. Al-Amin, 26, was dropped for the Tigers' recent 2-1 ODI series win at home to Afghanistan. Read more:…

Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali guided England to a four-wicket victory in their only warm-up game before the one-day series in Bangladesh. Captain Buttler made an unbeaten 80 and Moeen 70 in a stand of 139 as England chased 310 to beat a…

Maria Sharapova's two-year doping ban has been reduced to 15 months following her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The five-time Grand Slam winner, 29, was initially banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years…

Batsman Joe Root is set to earn about £1m a year as part of a revamp of England's central contract system. The shake-up has been designed to better reward one-day and Twenty20 international players. Read more:…

England bowlers James Anderson and Mark Wood have been ruled out ofnext month's tour to Bangladesh after a recurrence of recent injuries. Anderson, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, has not played since the fourth Test loss to…

Heather Watson was forced to pull out of her opening match at the Wuhan Open with illness just days after saying she had fully recovered from the problems which affected her US Open campaign. The British number two withdrew against…

Temba Bavuma made a century on his one-day international debut as Ireland lost to South Africa by 206 runs at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Sunday. Bavuma scored 113 in a total of 354-5 after South Africa were put in to bat, with Quinton…

Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week's Wuhan Open, as well as the China Open, with a shoulder injury. Williams, 34, has been troubled by the problem with her right shoulder since winning Wimbledon, her 22nd Grand Slam singles…

Ryan Giggs would be interested in managing Swansea if the club parted company with boss Francesco Guidolin. Giggs, 42, left his position as Manchester United assistant manager at the start of July - ending a 29-year association with the…

The Queen has praised the performance of Britain's Paralympics team at Rio 2016 as "magnificent" as the athletes returned to the UK on a special flight. Parades to celebrate the country's Olympic and Paralympic success have been confirmed…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he will not pick Yaya Toure until he apologises to the club and his team-mates for comments made by his agent. Toure, 33, has made one appearance for City this season and was left out of their…

Maria Sharapova will find out in the first week of October if her two-year doping ban will be overturned, says the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The five-time Grand Slam winner was banned by the International Tennis Federation after…

San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick continued his protest about racial inequality by kneeling as the national anthem was played before a 28-0 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Team-mate Eric Reid knelt with Kaepernick, while two…

FIFA has banned its former vice president, Cayman Islander Jeffrey Webb, from football for life and will be issuing a fine in excess of US$1 million to the former president of both CIFA and CONCACAF. In a statement on Friday from the…