North and South Korea face off on court in basketball friendly

North and South Korea joined forces for their first basketball friendly in 15 years on Wednesday amid a warming of relations since the Winter Olympics in the South and easing tensions over the North'…

Fan detained in Moscow for vandalising a statue at Otkrytie Arena

Police in Moscow say they have detained a person after a statue was vandalised at the stadium where England played Colombia at the World Cup.Russian social media users posted a picture of the statue …

2018 World Cup: Sweden defeats Switzerland 1-0, England scale through ahead of Colombia on penalty

England on Tuesday evening, overcame decades of penalty shootout agony in their World Cup win over Colombia. Gareth Southgate's team played a 1-1 stalemate with the South American side who were witho…

Tennis: Zverev eases past injury-plagued Australian, Muguruza through to second round at Wimbledon

German fourth seed Alexander Zverev eased past injury-plagued James Duckworth of Australia 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon second round.Zverev, who made the last 16 in 2017, goes on t…

Tennis: Kyle Edmund wins opening match at Wimbledon

British No 1 Kyle Edmund made an impressive start to his Wimbledon campaign by racing past Australian qualifier Alex Bolt in his first-round match.Edmund did not have too many problems overcoming 25-…

Japanese players Keisuke Honda and Makoto Hasebe retire from international football

Keisuke Honda and Makoto Hasebe, two stalwarts of the Japan side that reached the last 16 of the World Cup, have announced their retirement from international football.Both featured in Japan's 3-2 de…

Tennis: Johanna Konta wins in straight sets at Wimbledon

Johanna Konta came through a tough opening examination against Natalia Vikhlyantseva to take her place in the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday.British No 1 Konta was the early centre of attention…

2019 F1 season to start one week earlier than previous years

The Formula One season will start a week earlier in 2019, with the Australian Grand Prix announcing its race will take place on March 17.The Melbourne race has been held on the penultimate weekend of…

Zimbabwe rugby team sleep on the streets of Tunisia ahead of qualifier

Zimbabwe's rugby team were forced to sleep on the streets of Tunisia ahead of their crucial World Cup qualifier against their host this weekend.Images have emerged of Zimbabwe players sleeping on a s…

Nigeria's captain John Obi Mikel reveals father kidnapped before World Cup clash against Argentina

Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel faced Argentina last Tuesday in the knowledge that his father was being held for ransom, but did not tell anyone about it as the kidnappers threatened to shoot "instant…

South Korea teams arrive in Pyongyang

A high-level South Korean delegation arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday with dozens of basketball players as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's favourite sport becomes the latest effort at athletic diplomac…

2018 World Cup: Brazil and Belgium to face off in quarterfinals

Brazil and Belgium have on Monday,progressed into the quarterfinals of the 2018 World cup, following their victories over Mexico and Japan respectively.The first match played on Monday, Brazil defeat…

ATP pressing ahead with plans for a new team competition

The ATP is pressing ahead with plans for a new team competition in Australia in January in a move that casts into further doubt proposals to reform the Davis Cup.In a statement, the governing body of…

Nigeria risk wrath of FIFA over leadership row

Nigeria's government on Monday ordered the country's football association to comply with a court ruling about its leadership, a move that may open up a new confrontation with FIFA.The sports ministry…

Supreme Court fires NFF executive committee

The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Monday directed the Nigeria Football Federation to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court which set aside the election into the Executive Committee of the F…

US Open champion Sloane Stephens first casualty in Wimbledon, loses out to Croatian Donna Vekic

Sloane Stephens became Wimbledon's first big-name casualty this year as the world number four crashed to a shock 6-1, 6-3 defeat against Croatia's Donna Vekic on Monday.Stephens was expected to mount…

Cycling: Cyclist Chris Froome cleared of wrongdoing in anti-doping case

An anti-doping case against cyclist Chris Froome, has been drooped by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) which has cleared the way for his participation in this weekend's Tour de France after re…

Mohammed Salah signs new contract with Liverpool

The 26-year-old Egyptian has committed his future to the club after a remarkable debut season on Merseyside.Having signed from Roma last summer, Salah scored 44 goals in 52 appearances - the second m…

Lebron James to joins LA Lakers for $154m

LeBron James is set to join the Los Angeles Lakers in a four-year deal worth $154m (?116m), his camp have announced.The four-time NBA MVP informed the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday that he was not ex…

VAR checked 335 incidents in World Cup group stage - FIFA

FIFA said video assistant referee (VAR) crews conducted checks on 335 incidents during the World Cup group stage, helping achieve a 99.3 percent rate of correct decisions.The VAR system is being used…