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Andy Murray secured his fifth singles title of 2016 - and 40th of his career - by beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6 (7-2) in the China Open final. World number two Murray was seriously tested by his Bulgarian opponent but the Scot ended a…

FLORENCE HALL, Trelawny — West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin says England held their nerve better to secure a thrilling five-run win in the first One-Day International match at Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium yesterday. England, bowling…

Tennis investigators are examining whether a match at this year's Wimbledon was fixed after suspicious betting patterns were reported. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), which was set up in 2008 to detect any corruption, has not revealed…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been accused of "failing the clean athletes of the world" at Rio. The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (Inado) says the governing body "lost the anti-doping battle" before…

The first day-night Test to be played in England will take place against West Indies at Edgbaston in August 2017. Play will start at 14:00 BST on 17-21 August and continue until 21:00, with an additional 30 minutes possible at the end of…

Andy Murray will meet Kyle Edmund in an all-British quarter-final at the China Open after the number one seed beat Andrey Kuznetsov in straight sets. The world number two, 29, served five double faults but overcame the Russian 6-2 6-1 in…

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury could lose his licence after he revealed he was taking cocaine. The British fighter, 28, who claimed he had retired on Monday before retracting the comment three hours later, has also said he is…

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…