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Up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Rio Games, Olympic chiefs have said. The announcement comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games in…

World number one Serena Williams waltzed through to the Italian Open semi-finals by defeating ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. The top seed, who ate dog food before her win over fellow American Christina McHale in the last…

Chelsea captain John Terry is considering whether to accept a "different role" at the club after being offered a new one-year deal. Terry, 35, is out of contract at the end of this season and in January said he would not be extending his…

British number one Johanna Konta has been beaten in three sets by Misaki Doi in the Italian Open third round. Konta, 24, took the opening set but went down 4-6 7-5 6-2 in Rome to her 25-year-old Japanese opponent. Read more:…

Uncapped duo James Vince and Jake Ball have been named in England's 12-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka at Headingley next week. Vince, 25, looks set to play in the game, which starts on 19 May, while Ball, also 25, will have…

Former Chelsea forward Eidur Gudjohnsen has been named in Iceland's Euro 2016 squad at the age of 37. Gudjohnsen, who has also played for Barcelona, Bolton, Stoke and Fulham, has been with Norwegian club Molde since February. His short…

Nobody in tennis is surprised by Andy Murray's split from coach Amelie Mauresmo, says Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou. British two-time Grand Slam winner Murray, 28, and Frenchwoman Mauresmo, 36, mutually ended their two-year…

Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is set to miss Euro 2016 after dislocating a kneecap in training. The Borussia Dortmund player has been strongly linked with a move to Manchester this summer when Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola will take…

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has been banned for six games by the Football Association for violent conduct against Chelsea's Diego Costa. Belgium international Dembele appeared to eye-gouge forward Costa during Spurs' 2-2…

Lewis Hamilton was fastest by a large margin as Mercedes' closest rivals Ferrari hit trouble in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.652 seconds clear of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, whose car stopped on the track with…

British cyclist Simon Yates will not be provisionally suspended despite failing an in-competition drugs test. Yates tested positive for terbutaline last month, with his Orica-GreenEdge team blaming an "administrative error" over the use of…

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has received a touchline ban for the final three La Liga games of the season. The Argentine, 45, appeared to instruct a ball boy to throw a ball on to the pitch to disrupt a Malaga attack during…

British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton has been suspended amid an investigation into discrimination allegations. It follows a report in the Daily Mail that claimed Sutton made derogatory comments about Para-cyclists. Read More:…

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli will miss the rest of the season after being banned for three games for violent conduct. He admitted a charge after television cameras showed him punching West Brom player Claudio Yacob in the stomach. READ…

British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton has been suspended amid an investigation into discrimination allegations. It follows a report in the Daily Mail that claimed Sutton made derogatory comments about Para-cyclists. Read More:…