BARCELONA, Spain, September 4 (Reuters): Lionel Messi ended speculation about his future at Barcelona by announcing on Friday that he would reluctantly stay for another season rather than tackle his career
MONZA, Italy, September 4 (Reuters): McLaren are paying tribute at the Italian Grand Prix to their longest-serving team member Ray 'Tex' Rowe as he heads to retirement after 55 years with the former cha
MONZA, Italy, September 4 (Reuters): Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace for Mercedes in Italian Grand Prix practice on Friday ahead of a weekend that could bring him a 90th Formula One wi
(Reuters): Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has opted out of this year's Indian Premier League citing personal reasons, his team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) said on Friday.
Harbhajan is the second Chenn
NEW YORK, September 4 (Reuters): Even after 23 Grand Slam titles and more than two decades of professional tennis, Serena Williams is still fighting to quiet the voice within that wants her to strive for n
NEW YORK, September 4 (Reuters): Amanda Anisimova has confessed that she was a bundle of nerves after staring down the barrel of an early exit from the U.S. Open during her second-round battle against fell
ISTANBUL, September 4 (Reuters): Dominik Szoboszlai's powerful long-distance free kick led Hungary to a 1-0 away victory over Turkey on Thursday in their opening Nations League fixture.
Szoboszlai
(Reuters): England's men's and women's national soccer teams are being paid the same appearance fee to represent their country, the Football Association said on Thursday.
In a statement rele
NEW YORK, September 4 (Reuters): Tsvetana Pironkova, playing in her first event since 2017, claimed a shock upset at the U.S. Open on Thursday by dispatching double Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza 7-5 6
(Reuters): Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton spoke on Thursday of loneliness and the "difficult days" of racing in a COVID-19 bubble, but said it was important to be open about
STUTTGART, August 4 (Reuters): Spain scored a stoppage-time equaliser through Jose Luis Gaya to draw 1-1 away to Germany on Thursday in their Nations League opener and first international in almost 10 mont
(Reuters): Tom Seaver, the Hall-of-Fame pitcher who won more than 300 games during his Major League Baseball career and led the New York Mets to their unlikely 1969 World Series championship, has died at t
NEW YORK, September 3 (Reuters): Naomi Osaka stepped into the Arthur Ashe Stadium wearing a mask that read "Elijah McClain" ahead of her second-round U.S. Open victory on Wednesday, harnessing te
NEW YORK, September 3 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic is finding it tough to deal with issues related to his breakaway players body in the middle of the U.S. Open but the world number one says he is moving
NEW YORK, Septemner 3 (Reuters): Former champion Naomi Osaka made quick work of second-round opponent Camila Giorgi 6-1 6-2 at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, in a lopsided matchup at the Arthur Ashe Stad
(Reuters): Fulham manager Scott Parker has signed a three-year contract which will keep him at Craven Cottage until 2023, the newly-promoted Premier League club said on Wednesday.
Parker was named Fulha
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, September 3 (Reuters): World record holder Armand Duplantis continued his perfect record this year when he beat world champion Sam Kendricks to win a special city centre event in Lau
NEW YORK, September 3 (Reuters): Fifth seed Alexander Zverev fought off a spirited challenge from American wildcard Brandon Nakashima to claim a 7-5 6-7(8) 6-3 6-1 victory in the second round of the U.S. O
NEW YORK, September 3 (Reuters): World number one Novak Djokovic brushed aside Briton Kyle Edmund 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday after a sluggish start to remain unbeaten in 2020 and move into the third r
BARCELONA, September 3 (Reuters): Lionel Messi's father and agent met Barcelona club president Josep Maria Bartomeu on Wednesday to discuss the player's wish to leave the club but the talks ended in sta