Spanish club FC Barcelona vice president Jordi Mestre has asked Brazilian left back Dani Alves to make a "quick" decision regarding his future with the team, and to respond to the offer on the renewal of his contract for next season. ...
The United States, heavily favored to win the Women's World Cup, kicked off their campaign with a 3-1 win over Australia. ...
Swiss tennis ace Stanislas Wawrinka has backed World No.1 Novak Djokovic to win the French Open title one day after defeating the Serb in the final at Roland Garros....
American Serena Williams continued to lead the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, published on Monday, with 11,291 points after winning the French Open title....
Ahead of the only cricket Test against India starting Wednesday, Bangladesh bowling coach Heath Streak said it was unlikely that the hosts would opt for three seamers at a venue where pace bowling has largely been ineffective. ...
The Indian hockey team will leave for Belgium from here on Monday night to take part in the Hockey World League Semi-Final. ...
Barcelona overcame resilient Juventus 3-1 thanks to the goals of Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar who wrapped up the treble winning season for the "Blaugrana", following the UEFA Champions League final at outsold Berlin Olympia stadium on Saturday....
Germany sent Saudia Arabia a shipment of rocket-propelled grenades in exchange for support of their bid to host the 2006 football World Cup, a report in the German media has claimed....
Inept batting took the gloss off defiant half-centuries from Marlon Samuels and Shane Dowrich and sent the West Indies crashing to a chastening nine-wicket defeat inside three days in the opening Test against Australia here Friday. ...
Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap lost to Japan's Kento Momota in three games in the men's singles semifinal of the $800,000 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier here on Saturday. ...