Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the 23-year-old women's mile world record on Friday when she clocked four minutes 12.33 seconds in a race dedicated to former American runner Gabe Grunewald, who died from cancer last month at the age of 32.
The 26-year-old trained at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk on Monday but his state of fitness was still unclear.
The local version of soccer is dubbed 'lapotball'. 'Lapot' in Russian refers to the traditional shoes made of vine which Mordovian residents used to wear in olden days.
Juan Pablo Montoya spun out team mate Scott Pruett late in the race before claiming his first Nascar victory.
Farah Khan wants Shakira to do an item number in her next film, Om Shanti Om, starring Shah Rukh Khan.
Poland's Robert Kubica can be a Formula One star of the future, according to world champion Fernando Alonso.
Colombian striker Stiven Mendoza fired in his second hat-trick of the season as hosts Chennaiyin FC crushed Kerala Blasters 4-1 in an Indian Super League football encounter, in Chennai, on Saturday.
Ivan Ljubicic stumbled in his bid to qualify for the Masters Cup when he lost 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 to Colombian Alejandro Falla in the quarter-finals of the Lyon Grand Prix on Friday.
Former Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya took a major step in his transition to NASCAR racing when he qualified for the Ford 400 Nextel Cup race at Miami Homestead Speedway.
The Colombian stalked out of a pre-Australian Grand Prix news conference after it was hijacked by a satirical television sports show.
Liverpool laboured to a 2-0 win over Denmark's Midtjylland on Tuesday as a goal from Diogo Jota and a Mohamed Salah penalty secured a hard-fought Champions League Group D victory at Anfield.
The visitors went ahead through Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting but Pascal Gross equalised just before the break only for Kurt Zouma to head Stoke back in front moments later. Jose Izquierdo then levelled for Brighton on the hour to earn a deserved point.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field
World No 1 Novak Djokovic and the man who can dislodge him from the top spot by next week, Rafael Nadal, kicked off their China Open campaign with straight set victories on Tuesday.
Paes and his Italian partner Daniele Bracciali were shown the exit at the Thailand Open, in Bangkok, while Somdev and his South African partner Rik De Voest went down fighting in their last four match at the Malaysian Open, in Kuala Lumpur.
India's Narain Karthikeyan finished last, at 20, with a classification time of 1:51.675
The Colombian will not be allowed to compete in NASCAR until his McLaren contract ends, team boss Ron Dennis said.
The Spaniard will replace the Colombian at McLaren for the rest of the season.
Borussia Dortmund eased past nine-man Hamburg SV 3-0 to keep their slim Bundesliga title hopes alive on Sunday as they moved seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich with four games remaining.
Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez is keeping the balance amidst the World Cup hype by reading inspirational books
Jezreel Pannikot reveals life lessons the stars of the 2018 World Cup taught us.
The AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships is taking place in an indoor stadium from Thursday through to November 24 but teams are complaining about a toxic smog hanging over the city, caused by seasonal burning of crop stubble and emissions from vehicles and industry.
The Swiss has never been beyond the semi-finals at Roland Garros.
The South American possess plenty of talent and their run to the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago showed they are capable of something England haven't managed in 12 years -- winning in the knockout stage.
Chennai-based two wheeler major TVS Motor Co on Friday said it would set up a motorcycle assembly plant in Colombia through a joint venture company with a local partner.
A section of crowd shouted monkey noises at Levante's two coloured players during the weekend game that Real Madrid won 2-0.
The second seeded Russian will play her doubles partner Anna-Lena Groenefeld, in the Family Circle Cup.
Panama and Tunisia have been the fall-guys in the two top-scoring matches of World Cup 2018, but both teams will hope to show they have learnt some lessons from their efforts in Russia before they head home after their Group G match on Thursday.
India's golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar romped home to a three-shot victory at the Macao Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour title in Macau on Sunday.
Priyanka is the eight highest paid TV actress in the world with earnings of $11 million.
McLaren set the pace in Friday's Brazilian Grand Prix practice with Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya the fastest race driver.
Maradona, 44, is deciding whether to have surgery in the picturesque port city of Cartagena on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
