French football club Monaco signed Chelsea's Spanish midfielder Cesc  Fabregas late Friday "AS Monaco are thrilled to announce the arrival of Cesc Fabregas from Chelsea FC on a deal that runs until June 2022," the club said on Twitter. Fabregas confirmed the move...

Cristiano Ronaldo is “very calm” amid the latest developments in an alleged rape case involving an American woman, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said Friday. Ronaldo is being asked by police to provide a DNA sample in an investigation of the allegation by Kathryn Mayorga, a former model...

Britain’s Andy Murray announced on Friday that "daily pain" might keep him from Wimbledon this year, and floated the possibility of retiring from tennis. Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray told a news conference that his hip pain is becoming "unbearable," and the Australia Open may be...

Just one day after Cristiano Ronaldo’s ex-girlfriend Jasmine Lennard accused him of subjecting her to years of verbal and emotional abuse, there is a new development in the rape case against the Juventus star. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the Las Vegas Metropolitan...

Vinicius Junior starred and Real Madrid steadied the ship as a 3-0 win over Leganes on Wednesday put them on the brink of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals. Vinicius, the 18-year-old Brazilian signed by Madrid last summer, capped an electric display at the Santiago Bernabeu with a...

Egypt and striker Mohamed Salah has been named African Footballer of the Year for the second successive year at the Confederation of African Football’s 2018 awards ceremony in Dakar on Tuesday. Just as he did 12 months ago, Salah beat fellow nominees including Liverpool FC teammate...

Four-time champion David Ferrer cruised through the opening round of the Auckland Classic Tuesday but South Korea's Chung Hyeon suffered a stunning loss to local underdog Rubin "Jose" Statham. Ferrer, 36, has retired from Grand Slams but the former world number three is making a few...

Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will return to Old Trafford as caretaker manager until the end of the season, the Premier League club said Wednesday. United sacked manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday after the sixth-placed side made their worst start to a season for...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect following a dismal start to the season, the Premier League side announced Tuesday. United have made their worst start to a league season in 28 years and were beaten 3-1 by arch-rivals Liverpoool Sunday in...

Pep Guardiola says FIFA proposals designed to limit the number of players allowed to be loaned out to rival clubs will seriously alter Manchester City's business model. City and Chelsea are among the Premier League teams who will be most seriously impacted by the proposals that, from...

Roger Federer said he hoped a ballboy who dropped a ball during the climax of his ATP Finals last-four defeat against Alexander Zverev would not have a sleepless night. Germany's Zverev won the match 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) but the end of the contest at London's O2 Arena on Saturday was overshadowed...

Karen Khachanov caused one of the shocks of the tennis year by overpowering Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4 in the Paris Masters final to end the Serbian's remarkable spell of dominance in the men's game on Sunday. The 22-year-old Russian has for some time been seen as one of the rising young talents...

Controversial Uzbek businessman Gafur Rakhimov was elected president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Saturday despite fears that his appointment could lead to the sport's ejection from the Olympic Games. Rakhimov won 86 of the 134 second-round votes in the ballot in...

China'a number one Wang Qiang has been left "really tired" at the end of a punishing season on the WTA tour and believes she has played "too many matches". The world number 22 has been on a spectacular run of form recently that has seen her leapfrog Zhang Shuai to become China's top...

Former England manager Glenn Hoddle remains in a serious condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack, a spokesperson for the former Tottenham midfielder confirmed on Sunday. Hoddle collapsed on his 61st birthday on Saturday shortly before he was due to go on air as a pundit for...

Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice, including a thunderous 25-yard drive, as Italian champions Juventus surged seven points clear in Serie A on Saturday following a battling 2-1 victory at Empoli. Empoli, without a win since the opening weekend of the season, grabbed a 28th-minute lead at...

Centenarian cyclist Robert Marchand donned his lycra shorts again Friday and rode cautiously around France’s indoor Velodrome National, becoming by far the oldest person to take a spin on the circuit. Marchand, who in 2012 set a world record for a 100-year-old when he cycled 24 kilometers in an...

Juventus president Andrea Agnelli says he will support Cristiano Ronaldo as the forward faces a rape allegation. American Kathryn Mayorga has accused Ronaldo of sexually assaulting her in a hotel in Las Vegas in 2009, something the Portuguese has strenuously refuted. German...

Malaysia's top cricket stadium, which has hosted some of the game's greats, may have to be abandoned after a property developer decided to turf out the sport's local governing body, an official said Monday. The Kinrara Oval, which was built in 2003 and has hosted one-day internationals...

Honda's Marc Marquez stormed to a nail-biting victory in Japan Sunday to capture his third straight MotoGP world championship as Ducati rival Andrea Dovizioso crashed out. The Spanish sensation has now won five championships in motorcycling's premier class, putting him level with...