Sports

Country backs move to allow their participation in 2024 Olympics, without national flag

Swedish pole vaulter registers 6.10m jump to open his 2023 season with win on home soil

Australian tennis star avoids conviction for what magistrate calls a ‘single act of stupidity’

Pakistani weightlifter not in preliminary list of participants, prepared by PWLF, for 2023 event

Record-breaking NFL quarterback hanging boots, one year after reversing decision to quit

Co-hosts ask FIFA to confirm whether Saudi would be sponsoring 2022 Women’s World cup

Red Devils beats Nottingham Forest 2-0 in second leg, 5-0 on aggregate in semi-final

Women’s field includes three other world record holders

PSG coach informs defender Ramos injured his adductor while forward Mbappe had knee issue

French forward misses penalty twice and then went off injured, but PSG earned 3-1 win over Montpellier

Football-mad city hopes Napoli will end three decades of waiting to be crowned Italian champions

Spending by top-tier clubs was nearly three times more than in January 2022

Right-back joins Conte's team on loan until the end of the season

Tournament director reveals Serb had a three-centimetre tear in his hamstring during his run to title

Late strike from forward helps his club win 2-1 at home against Wolfsburg

French club’s manager Galtier says team performs well when all three stars play together

German relieved after ATP finds ‘insufficient evidence’ to substantiate domestic abuse claims against him

Manager Howe hails side as ‘a club on the up’ after they won 2-1 in semi-final

Seattle Sounders face the prospect of meeting Spanish giants Real Madrid in Club World Cup

Full-back Darmian scores lone goal to put tight quarter-final in holders’ favour

FIFA's second-in-command Sheikh Salman thanks members for ‘placing faith in me’ for another four years

Committee won’t allow country’s athletes to compete without restrictions

Manchester United manager urges football authorities to stamp out recklessness

Blues pay Premier League record fee for Argentine midfielder to Benfica

MoneyGram chief Holmes says next several years will provide continued expansion

Argentine superstar admits ‘there is nothing left’ to achieve in his glory-laden career

LIV Golf star, however, says he will prioritize majors if allowed to return to US circuit

Olympic body responds after Kyiv accuses it of promoting war for considering Russian athletes’ return

Uruguay defender becomes Premier League club’s fourth recruit of January transfer window

Four-time Olympic champion expects 2023 to be the final year of his glittering career

Sabalenka’s Australian Open win is a welcome balm for women’s circuit lacking star power

Former Burnley boss brought in to save struggling Premier League club from relegation

French football chief’s conduct towards women, public comments, governance failings denounced

Northern Irish golfer claims one-stroke victory to start his season on a winning note

Coach departs with Spanish club 14th in La Liga, one point above relegation places

Moyes’s men beat third tier Derby 2-0 in fourth round courtesy goals from Bowen, Antonio

Manager signs four-year contract, says will lead Socceroos’ next World Cup campaign

Presidential aide unhappy after Olympic body says it’s considering Russian athletes’ return

Mitoma’s stoppage-time winner seals 2-1 win over troubled Reds in fourth round

Beat Dundee United 2-0 to stay comfortably on top of Scottish Premiership

Real Sociedad goalkeeper Remiro keeps cleansheet to churn out 0-0 draw in La Liga

French giants play 1-1 stalemate, but maintain three-point cover at the top

Former tennis star congratulates great rival on winning 10th Australian Open, 22nd Grand Slam title

Serb primed to pull away with most majors after record-equalling 22nd title at Australian Open

Australian Open champion eyes next month’s Dubai event, but says it will depend on recovery from hamstring injury

Serb beats Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 in final to equal Nadal's 22 Grand Slams record

Former sprinter’s compatriots ask ‘Where’s the money gone’ after Olympian loses millions in fraud

Coach says his team doesn’t have much time left to find form before PSG clash in UCL

Striker nets brace to help club bag 2-1 win over winless Cremonese in Serie A

Captain hails midfielder after he scores twice in 3-1 win over Reading in FA Cup