Wayne Rooney celebrated his 100th England cap by scoring a penalty to lead his team to a 3-1 win over Slovenia in a Euro 2016 Group E qualifier at Wembley on Saturday which only came to life after halftime.
Yuki Bhambri and his New Zealand partner Michael Venus registered a straight sets victory on their Grand Slam debut, but Divij Sharan's Australian Open campaign ended in the first round, in Melbourne, on Wednesday.
The Indo-Belgian duo had earlier in the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open shocked fourth seeds Jeff Coetzee of South Africa and Rogier Wassen of the Netherlands.
The Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, will host the November 30 - December 2 match.
Dutch driver Giedo Van der Garde recognised his hopes of racing in Formula One are over on Wednesday after Sauber paid "significant compensation" to end a contract dispute.
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Italy midfielder Antonio Candreva gave a dazzling performance as he scored a penalty and set up a second goal in a 2-0 win over Finland in their fast-paced final Euro 2016 warm-up in Verona on Monday. The 29-year-old winger coolly converted a 27th-minute spot kick after being brought down and delivered an inch-perfect cross for Daniele De Rossi to head home midway through the second half. Thriving on the right flank in an adventurous 3-4-3 formation, Candreva was a handful for the visitors throughout the evening, showing blistering pace as well as neat footwork. With their coach Antonio Conte fielding a three-pronged attack of Stephan El Shaarawy, Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza, the Italians pressed high and hard to keep the Finns on the back foot from the start.
The United States set a world record of three minutes and 50.40 seconds in the women's 4x100m medley relay final at the world championships on Sunday.
Recently, BCCI's GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim and head of anti-doping unit Dr Abhijit Salvi met senior NADA officials, including Director General Naveen Agarwal, to discuss the road map after the country's richest sporting body came under its ambit.
The Euro 2016 draw has opened up for Belgium, but Marc Wilmots' side are still to confirm their title credentials before their round of 16 match against undefeated Hungary on Sunday.
the countries assured of places in the 32-team field for next year's World Cup finals in Russia after Tuesday's qualifiers.
Sofia Goggia carved up the Jeongseon slope 'like a Samurai' to win the women's downhill on Wednesday and leave American Lindsey Vonn with a bronze medal in her final run in the marquee event of Olympic Alpine skiing.
Surprise Euro 2016 quarter-finalists Iceland want a fairytale ending to their run, like the one that Leicester City enjoyed when they stunned the soccer world by clinching the Premier League title this season, team coaches said on Wednesday. Leicester, with no big names in the squad, finished ahead of far more illustrious English clubs in what was one of the biggest upsets in club football.
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After more goals came from set-pieces in this World Cup's group stage than any other, dead-ball strategy has continued to have a huge impact in the knockout phase, with five of the 11 goals scored in the quarter-finals coming from free kicks or corners.
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The seventh seeds were subdued 6-1, 7-6 (4) by Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny
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Igor Andreev took Russia to their second successive Davis Cup final by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the fifth and deciding rubber.
Philipp Kohlschreiber upset world No 4 Nikolay Davydenko to put Germany level after Igor Andreev trounced Germany's No 1 Tommy Haas in the opening rubber.
Spain coach Luis Aragones could call up a replacement with Celta Vigo's Borja Oubina, Villarreal's Cani or Valencia's Jaime Gavilan among those pressing for a place.
The United States women's soccer team have won gold in the last three Olympics and have never finished out of the top four in the World Cup, winning the tournament twice.
Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio will take charge of his side for the 50th time when they side face South Korea at the World Cup on Saturday and his past record suggests there is every chance he will field his 50th different line-up.
Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to win his 11th French Open title on Sunday:
Injured striker Michael Owen said on Thursday he does not expect to play football again in 2006 - but is urging his England team mates to bring him back a World Cup winner's medal.
His goal in his team's 2-2 draw with Tunisia came 12 years after his first goal in the World Cup finals against Morocco in 1994.
Arsenal had scored 10 goals in two matches against BATE Borisov in the same competition in 2017 but never looked like being as prolific in the freezing temperatures of Belarus.
'When I went home to Sweden after Bigg Boss, people recognised me. They were following the show!' 'In New York, they were calling out my name on the streets!'
South Korea were left with plenty to ponder ahead of this month's World Cup finals after Edin Visca scored a hat-trick to give Bosnia and Herzegovina a 3-1 victory in a friendly in Jeonju on Friday.
Tunisia's 40-year-old goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel will be the oldest player at the tournament which starts on June 9.
Two defeats and one last-gasp victory in the group stage meant an embarrassed Germany made their earliest World Cup exit in 80 years on Wednesday.
Having escaped the 'group of death', it is now do-or-die for the United States and Australia after advancing to the knockout round of the Women's World Cup on Tuesday.
Midfielder Riccardo Montolivo missed out on his second straight major tournament due to injury on Tuesday while Daniele De Rossi was included in Italy's 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in France.
The U.S. took a winning 3-0 lead over Spain in their Davis Cup world group quarter-final tie on Saturday when Bob and Mike Bryan beat Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-6.
The player and captain Leander Paes acknowledged miscommunication and resolved to put the issue behind them ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Sweden.
Exorcising their shootout demons has united the Dutch squad who now believe they can win Euro 2004.
Philippe Coutinho scored a spectacular first-half goal for Brazil in their World Cup Group E opener on Sunday, only for Steven Zuber to cancel it out after the break.
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