Cape Town - Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil play Mexico in their second World Cup match on Tuesday knowing that a win would virtually secure a place in the last 16. Victory in the Group A game in Fortaleza (1900 GMT) would also be revenge for losing 2-1 to ...

Rio de Janeiro - FIFA has on Friday defended Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura's controversial decision to award Brazil a penalty in the World Cup opening game but refused to confirm if he would officiate more games in the tournament. Nishimura was ...

Rio de Janeiro - Fears about the fitness of England forward Danny Welbeck were confirmed on Wednesday when he missed a training session ahead of his side's opening World Cup game against Italy. British newspaper reports on Tuesday claimed the ...

Rome - Andy Murray took revenge for a loss a year ago the ATP-WTA Rome Masters as he defeated Marcel Granollers on Wednesday to open with a 6-2, 7-5 victory into the third round. The Spaniard had benefitted in 2013 when the Scot had to quit their ...

Dublin - Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl against Sri Lanka in the first of the two one-day cricket internationals in Clontarf on Tuesday. Off-spinner Andy McBrine was a surprise absentee from the Ireland team, named as 12th man and Andrew Poynter ...

Cape Town - With just 49 days to go until the Soccer World Cup get underway it's hard to believe it's been four years since our beautiful country hosted this prestigious event. While South Africa also hit a few stumbling blocks in its preparation, it seems Brazil is ...

Cape Town - With just 49 days to go until the Soccer World Cup get underway it's hard to believe it's been four years since our beautiful country hosted this prestigious event. While South Africa also hit a few stumbling blocks in its preparation, it seems Brazil is ...

Cape Town - With just 49 days to go until the Soccer World Cup get underway it's hard to believe it's been four years since our beautiful country hosted this prestigious event. While South Africa also hit a few stumbling blocks in its preparation, it seems Brazil is ...

London - Chelsea regained top spot in the Premier League thanks to a straightforward 3-0 win over shot-shy Stoke City at Stamford Bridge in Saturday's late kick-off. Goals from Mohamed Salah, Frank Lampard and Willian were enough for Jose Mourinho's ...

Newcastle - Juan Mata scored twice as he helped Manchester United warm up for a daunting trip to Bayern Munich with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Newcastle in the Premier League at St James' Park on Saturday. The Spaniard curled in a brilliant free-kick ...

Indian Wells - Jelena Jankovic reached the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters and WTA tournament on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Caroline Wozniacki in a battle of former champions. In a rematch of the 2010 final in the California desert won ...

Port Elizabeth - Australia safely navigated a half-hour batting stint to reach lunch on 31 without loss, on day four of the second Test at St George's Park, in Port Elizabeth, on Sunday. The tourists were sent in chasing 448 to win as South Africa declared on 270 ...