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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…

Effectively immediately, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Tuesday that it has separated from the head coach Phil Simmons. This decision was taken at a meeting of the board of directors on Saturday, September 10. “In recent…

US Open finalist Angelique Kerber says that being able to call herself the new world number one "sounds amazing". Kerber, 28, beat Caroline Wozniacki in her semi-final as current number one Serena Williams lost against Karolina Pliskova to…

Former presidents and officials of the West Indies Cricket Board have urged CARICOM to conduct a forensic audit of the board in order to save West Indies cricket from "absolute and total downfall". READ MORE:…

(SKNABA) -- Basketball City was full of excitement on Thursday Evening as the long anticipated 2016 Bigger, Better and More Exciting SKNABA National Bank Premier Division Finals tipped off . Both teams got off to a slow start with Hitters…

Defending champion Thomas Pieters has been forced to withdraw from the KLM Open in the Netherlands after suffering an allergic reaction to a bee sting. The Belgian, 24, who was named as one of Europe's three Ryder Cup wildcard picks last…

Major League Baseball's New York Mets have signed former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow on a minor league contract. Tebow, winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy for best college footballer, will play in the Mets Instructional League. Read more:…

Kell Brook believes beating Gennady Golovkin would be the greatest ever victory by a British boxer. Brook, the IBF welterweight champion, is jumping two weights to challenge for Golovkin's WBC and IBF middleweight titles on Saturday. Read…

El Salvador's national football team say they have refused a bribe to fix Tuesday's World Cup 2018 qualifying game against Canada. At a news conference, team members played an audio recording of the person allegedly offering various…

World number one Serena Williams set a new Grand Slam record of 308 victories with a win over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan at the US Open in New York. The American, 34, won 6-2 6-3 to pass Roger Federer in the all-time list of matches…

Britain's Kell Brook aims to emulate Sugar Ray Leonard when he challenges middleweight king Gennady Golovkin at London's O2 on Saturday. Brook, the IBF welterweight champion, is jumping two weight divisions to take on unbeaten knockout…