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India begin their World Twenty20 on Tuesday as clear favourites to become the first side to win the trophy twice and the first to triumph on home soil. MS Dhoni's side, champions in 2007, face New Zealand in the opening Super 10 game in…

Maria Sharapova "must accept responsibility" for failing a drugs test and serve her ban, according to Andy Murray. The five-time Grand Slam winner, 28, revealed on Monday that she tested positive for meldonium in January. Read more at:…

(ZIZ Sports) -- Senior Sports Officer in the Department of Sport, Vernon Springer has been appointed cricket operations officer for the Leeward Islands Cricket Board. During this week’s edition of “Action Sports” Springer said he was…

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed a bill that makes the state the first in the United States to regulate fantasy sports, a multibillion-dollar online business whose legality has been challenged across the country. The measure…

Maria Sharapova's failed drugs test was "reckless beyond description", according to former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound. Sharapova, 28, revealed on Monday that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium in…

The Professional Footballers' Association believes there is "still much work to do" to educate players following Adam Johnson's conviction for child sex offences. The ex-Sunderland forward, 28, is facing jail after being found guilty of…

The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) expects FIFA-appointed auditors to complete a forensic review of its books within the next six weeks. After the former president of CIFA, Jeffrey Webb, admitted to racketeering charges in the…

A total of 43 prospective athletes have been identified for the Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA), which will compete under the Olympic flag. "By welcoming ROA to the Olympic Games in Rio, we want to send a message of hope to all the…

Ex-England footballer Adam Johnson has been found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a girl aged 15. The jury at Bradford Crown Court found Johnson guilty of a charge of sexual touching, but not guilty on a charge relating to…

Male boxers will not wear protective headgear at Rio 2016 after the International Olympic Committee ratified the rule change by the sport's governing body. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) adopted the change for amateur fighters…

French prosecutors have widened their investigation into corruption in athletics to include the bidding and voting processes for the hosting of the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. Lamine Diack, the former president of world governing body the…

Corruption scandals, elections, a controversial winter World Cup, the destination of the 2026 World Cup and pushing through some major reforms - new Fifa president Gianni Infantino must have a bulging in-tray on his new shiny desk in…

World 1500m champion Abeba Aregawi has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance. The 25-year-old Ethiopia-born Swede failed an out-of-competition test conducted by governing body the IAAF. Read more at:…

Friday's Fifa presidential election will go ahead as planned after candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein lost a bid to have it suspended. Prince Ali, 40, is unhappy with voting arrangements but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas)…

Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter and suspended Uefa boss Michel Platini have had bans from all football-related activities upheld. But the suspensions have been reduced from eight to six years by Fifa's appeals committee. Read more…