Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk is on the shortlist to add FIFA's best player award to his UEFA Men's Player of the Year honour. The Dutch international denied Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the European title last week and the same trio are in the running for the FIFA...

World record holder Wayde van Niekerk said he would not defend his 400-metres title at this month’s World Championships in Doha as he has yet to recover from a knee injury. The Olympic champion suffered the injury while playing a charity touch rugby game in October 2017 and has not raced...

Lewis Hamilton admitted that he found it difficult to do his job and take part in Sunday?s Belgian Grand Prix following Anthoine Hubert's death in Saturday?s Formula Two race. The defending five-time world champion said it was hard to accept that life went on in such tragic circumstances....

Serena Williams, seeking her 24th career Grand Slam title to match Margaret Court's all-time record, routed Croatia's Petra Martic 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to reach the US Open quarter-finals. The 37-year-old American, a six-time US Open champion, will play for a semi-final berth on Tuesday against...