Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks dies aged 67
Spinks, who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1978 in one of the most shocking upsets in boxing history, died of cancer.
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Super Bowl LV: One for the ages despite COVID, politics
Overcoming a season that teetered on collapse, fans of American football are set to be rewarded with a memorable match.
In Pictures: Mexico’s Tigres UANL seal progress at Club World Cup
CONCACAF Champions League winners beat Ulsan Hyundai in front of a thin crowd to reach semi-finals.
Australian Open: More than 500 to isolate after COVID case at hotel
Victoria region's head says main event not affected by positive case detected among one of the hotel's staff.
Olympics organisers unveil COVID rules for Tokyo Games
First in series of playbooks lays out COVID-19 measures, including face mask mandates and bans on singing and chanting.
Barcelona to sue newspaper for publishing Messi’s $674m contract
El Mundo says Lionel Messi's deal is 'largest in the history of sport' and contributed to Catalan club's financial woes.
‘Humanity at its worst’: Man Utd star Rashford racially abused
England international receives racist abuse on social media after his team drew 0-0 with Arsenal.
Suarez Navarro dreams of Olympic return after cancer treatment
Spain's tennis player was diagnosed with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma and went through chemotherapy.
Tokyo Olympic Games will not happen ‘without spectators’
Organising committee confident event will go ahead despite health warnings, lack of public support.
Is Mesut Ozil’s ‘dream’ move to Fenerbahce a gamble?
Arrival of Ozil surely the biggest signing in Turkish football for years but it raises the stakes for Fenerbahce.
Football: Cristiano Ronaldo under investigation over trip to Alps
Juventus striker allegedly broke coronavirus-related restrictions by travelling outside of Turin.
Mesut Ozil rules out Germany comeback
Former member of the German national football team says will never play for them again.
Former PSG boss Thomas Tuchel named new Chelsea manager
The 47-year-old former Paris St Germain coach replaces Lampard who was sacked this week.
Asia football body axes tournaments, centralises Champions League
Forty-team Champions League will stage group games in one West Asian and one East Asian hub from mid-April.
Chelsea fires coach Frank Lampard halfway through second season
Lampard leaves with the lowest points-per-game record of the dozen managers since 2003.
Poirier stuns McGregor in 2nd round in UFC 257 upset
Dustin Poirier stops McGregor with a flurry of punches in the second round, avenging his loss to the Irish superstar.
‘No plan B’: Postponed Tokyo Olympic Games set to go ahead this year
With just more than six months to go until the postponed Games, doubts have grown over the event.
Japan plans mass vaccination as Olympic doubts mount
Media reports mass vaccination could be completed by June, as public resistance to the Games grows.
Qatar’s beIN denies Saudi Arabia lifted ban against the channel
BeIN says it is hopeful of positive moves to fully allow beIN back into Saudi Arabia following Gulf reconciliation.
How Zimbabwe’s footballers turned to ‘money games’ for survival
The unsanctioned, illegal matches provide much-needed cash after the cancellation of the regular season due to COVID.