Russia beat Egypt to close on qualification

Wales manager Ryan Giggs says that Real Madrid star Gareth Bale is ready-made for Manchester United.

The agent of Maurizio Sarri reportedly touches down in London to finalise a deal for his client to become Chelsea's new manager.

England head coach Eddie Jones brushes aside talk of a confrontation with South Africa fans in Saturday's first Test match at Ellis Park.

The rugby world becomes a little dimmer every year when the brightest burning stars in the league start to peter out and give their fond farewells.

Former world number one Andy Murray loses to Nick Kyrgios in three sets but impressed on his first outing in almost a year at Queen's.

Andy Murray says that he is putting himself under no pressure to win his opening match at Queen's as he prepares to return to the court for the first time in a year.

Record-breaking England take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the ODI series against Australia by winning the third game by 242 runs.

England duo Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes are both ruled out for the remainder of the side's one-day series with Australia.

Claims in a new book suggest that Osama Bin Laden planned to carry out a terrorist attack on the England team at the 1998 World Cup.

The BBC says that Monday's World Cup fixture between England and Tunisia attracted a peak television audience of 18.3m, making it the most-watched programme of 2018.

Former team boss Martin Whitmarsh offers to step in amid a reported staff revolt at McLaren.

Red Bull's choice of fuel supplier means it is not maxing out the power of the Renault engine, according to Cyril Abiteboul.

Brooks Koepka holds off a late charge from Tommy Fleetwood to retain his US Open title, becoming the first person to do so since 1989.

England's Justin Rose is one shot off of a four-way tie for the US Open lead amid a major third-round controversy involving American Phil Mickelson.

The Super 8 structure of the Super League will be scrapped in 2019, with a one-up, one-down relegation system replacing it.

Ex-Castleford Tigers player Zak Hardaker is handed a backdated suspension for testing positive for cocaine last year.

Josh Kelly wins the Commonwealth welterweight title courtesy of a stoppage win over Kris George, who retired at the end of the seventh round.

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye announces his retirement from boxing at the age of 37.

Ronnie O'Sullivan clinches his record-equalling sixth UK Championship crown with a 10-5 victory over Shaun Murphy at the York Barbican.

Barry Hearn responds to comments made by Ronnie O'Sullivan at the weekend, insisting that appropriate action will be taken to "protect the reputation" of snooker.