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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:…

Former Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov is in training with a view to coming out of retirement four years after being diagnosed with leukaemia. The Bulgarian, 36, wants to play professionally again and says the relegated club is his…

Tiger Woods played his first stretch of holes since last August at the opening of a course he helped design. The former world number one hit a ceremonial tee shot then played a few holes with his friend Mark O'Meara at Bluejack National in…

Jeremy Lin scored 18 points to lead a balanced Charlotte attack on Saturday as the Hornets beat the Miami Heat 96-80 for their first NBA play-off victory in 14 years. After two deflating defeats in Miami, the Hornets fed off their home…

World number five Rafael Nadal has filed a lawsuit against former French government minister Roselyne Bachelot, who accused him of doping. "I intend to defend my integrity and my image as an athlete but also the values I have defended all…

Lancashire Thunder have signed World Twenty20-winner Hayley Matthews as the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League squads have been confirmed. West Indies batsman Matthews, 18, replaces Australian all-rounder Jess Jonassen who suffered an…

Nigerian football's crisis has taken a bizarre twist with an attempt to appoint a dead referee for Sunday's match between Warri Wolves and Giwa FC. It comes as Chris Giwa continues to challenge Nigerian Football Federation president Amaju…

England women won the season's penultimate World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in Canada. A dominant second-half performance saw them defeat champions New Zealand 31-14, having trailed 14-7. READ MORE:…

England batsman Jonny Bairstow hit a career-best 246 as Division One champions Yorkshire dominated day two against Hampshire at Headingley. Bairstow and Liam Plunkett, who made his first century for Yorkshire, put on 227 runs for the…

England rugby star Danny Cipriani was "tearful and upset" after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk-driving, a court has heard. Police Sgt. Nicholas Peacock told Mr Cipriani's trial he "appeared to be drunk" when he was brought into…

University of California, Berkeley (Cal) sophomore Toni-Ann Williams will be the first female gymnast to represent Jamaica and Cal at the Olympic Games, after she qualified for the 2016 Games with a strong showing at the Rio Olympic Test…

(SKNIS): Chief Operating Officer of the St. Kitts-Nevis (SKN) Patriots, Richard Berridge, has revealed that several marketing initiatives will be rolled out very shortly in preparation for St. Kitts and Nevis’ hosting of several matches of…

Irish Minister of Sport Michael Ring says he plans to regulate mixed martial arts in the country following the death of fighter Joao Carvalho on Monday. The Portuguese died in Dublin after spending 48 hours in a critical condition…

England's Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow have been named as two of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year. All-rounder Stokes, 24, was named following a "string of match-changing performances", including his 198-ball 258 against South Africa…