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A league system for Test cricket could be in place by 2019, according to International Cricket Council chief executive Dave Richardson. The one-sided nature of England's current series against Sri Lanka led former captain Michael Vaughan…

Andy Murray eventually found his form to get the better of home favourite Richard Gasquet and reach the semi-finals of the French Open. Murray lost the first set from 5-2 up and let a similar lead slip in the second before taking the…

In recent weeks the so-called "big three" was being reduced to the "big one" because Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy were struggling to live with the excellence of top dog Jason Day. Yet now the world's leading trio head to this week's…

Manchester United's 18-year-old striker Marcus Rashford has signed a new deal which will keep him at Old Trafford until June 2020. He scored twice on his first-team debut against Midtjylland in February and finished the season with eight…

(PRESS RELEASE) It was not to be. In spite of the pressure placed on FLOW 4G Cayon Rockets, the defending Final Four champion S L Horsford St. Paul’s United could not secure their entry into the 2016 finals of the competition – The Best of…

Olympic chiefs have announced 23 competitors at the London 2012 Games have failed retrospective doping tests. Those athletes are from five different sports and six different countries. Read more:…

Nine-time winner Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the French Open because of a wrist injury. The Spaniard had progressed to the third round with a straight-sets win over Facundo Bagnis on Thursday Read more:…

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo sprung a surprise by comfortably heading the Mercedes drivers in second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. The Australian finished 0.606 seconds quicker than Lewis Hamilton, who earlier set the pace in first…

Maria Sharapova has been named in Russia's tennis team for August's Rio Olympics, despite currently serving a doping suspension. The 29-year-old tested positive for meldonium at January's Australian Open. But the country's tennis…

Batsman Nick Compton says he will be playing for his place in the side when England face Sri Lanka in this week's second Test in Durham. The 32-year-old was out for a third-ball duck in England's only innings of the first Test win at…

Days after West Indies opener Chris Gayle was involved in another sexism row, Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Renegades has confirmed that they will not be re-signing him for next summer’s KFC Big Bash League. Renegades chief…

Manchester United could make striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic their first signing of the Jose Mourinho era. Sweden international Ibrahimovic is out of contract after deciding to leave French champions Paris St-Germain. Read more:…

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the team must not make any errors at the Monaco Grand Prix in the wake of his drivers crashing out of the last race in Spain. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided while disputing the lead on the first lap…

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne escaped serious injury from a fall at Mildura in Australia but will remain in hospital overnight. Payne complained of abdominal pains after she fell from Dutch Courage, trained by her brother…

Muirfield will not stage another Open Championship after maintaining its ban on women members in a vote described as "indefensible" and "embarrassing". The Scottish club said voting in favour of allowing women had fallen just short of the…