Chelsea gave Antonio Conte a well-timed vote of confidence as Diego Costa and Eden Hazard inspired a 3-0 win against spluttering champions Leicester on Saturday. Conte had to endure speculation he was in danger of being sacked just three months into his Chelsea reign after bookmakers...

Top seed Angelique Kerber suffered a shock defeat at the hands of eighth seed Australian Daria Gavrilova in the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open Friday. Gavrilova dispatched the reigning Australian and US Open champion 6-3, 6-1, and will now face Kristina Mladenovic of France in the...

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic hummed on the baseline to keep himself calm as he survived an almighty scare against 110th-ranked Mischa Zverev to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday. The defending champion, who has been struggling with motivation and injuries, lost the first set and...

FIFA executives will make a final decision on World Cup reform in January after weighing up three proposals on Thursday, as president Gianni Infantino pushes plans to grow the lucrative tournament. Infantino said it was possible that FIFA will leave the competition as a 32-team event, but he...

(Marca)- Deportivo La Coruna are set to be travelling to face Lionel Messi as well as Barcelona after the Argentine returned to training with the first-team three weeks after succumbing to injury.  The 29-year-old was sidelined after suffering a groin injury during the Blaugrana's 1-1...

(Marca)- Sergio Ramos, Marcelo and Pepe are currently in the midst of their tenth season together in the Real Madrid defence, making them the most enduring defensive partnership in Los Blancos' long and storied history. The Portuguese centre-back arrived at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in...

ith the international break providing a useful moment to reinvigorate Real Madrid after four straight draws, Zinedine Zidane will also use the squad's return to instil his authority over the group. Before the dodgy form took over, Los Blancos' players had total trust in their coach,...

Ryder Cup rookies Thomas Pieters and Rafa Cabrera-Bello made a low-key return to the European Tour on Thursday, posting two-under-par 70s in the opening round of the Dunhill Links Championship. Swede Alex Noren, chasing his third victory of the season, led the way on 64 at the pro-am event...

(Marca)- Frank Rijkaard was in charge of the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi was a hopeful starlet, and 50 Cent was at the top of the charts back when the last time Barcelona had floundered to a start this poor in LaLiga. Losing to Celta Vigo meant eight points have been dropped in their first seven...

(Marca)- For the next three or four weeks, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane must plan without Luka Modric and it hasn't always been easy without him in the past. While Los Blancos couldn't be described as being overly dependent on the Croatian, there is no doubt that his absence is a big...

(Marca)- It has been 13 years since so many Real Madrid players were called up Ifor the Spanish national team, as six of Los Blancos' stars were included in Julen Lopetegui's 23 man list on Friday. Matches against Italy and Albania in the weeks ahead, it wasn't since Inaki Saez was in charge...

Inter Milan's recent aversion to European football continued as they lost 3-1 to Sparta Prague on Thursday to suffer a second straight Europa League defeat this season and fourth in a row. It is six years since Inter last won the Champions League but they have not played in Europe's top club...

Turkey's Besiktas played to a 1-1 draw Wednesday against Ukraine's defending champions Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League tournament. Ricardo Quaresma scored the only goal for the Black Eagles on a spectacular free kick in the 29th minute at the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul. Dynamo Kyiv's...

(Marca)- For the third straight match Real Madrid were kept from victory as they drew 2-2 with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night in Champions League action at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. It marks the third consecutive draw for Los Blancos, who previous had played to a 1-1 final...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane denied on Monday there was a rift between him and Cristiano Ronaldo after the team's talisman appeared to react angrily to being substituted in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Ronaldo's response to being taken off in the 72nd minute of the game has been...

Antoine Griezmann was Atletico Madrid's hero once more with the winner as last season's Champions League finalists moved third in La Liga with a 1-0 win over 10-man Deportivo la Coruna. However, the hosts' victory was overshadowed by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered by...

(Marca)- Since the 2009/10 season, when Cristiano Ronaldo became the world's most expensive player after signing for Real Madrid, the Portuguese has always started a new campaign with goals - until now. Never in the entire time that he has been at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu has his output...

The Texas Rangers became the first American League team to clinch a playoff spot when they clinched the AL West Division with a 3-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday. Starter Cole Hamels breezed through seven scoreless innings while Carlos Beltran and Adrian Beltre each homered to...

(Marca)- It will always be a source of conjecture when a player of Lionel Messi's stature goes down with an injury, however the Argentine has suggested a few days rest is required to allow him to return even stronger. The sense of panic was palpable around the Camp Nou on Wednesday evening...

The rest of Barcelona's squad will have to do "a little bit more" to make up for the absence of five-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi for the next three weeks, according to captain Andres Iniesta. The Argentina forward faces a spell on the sidelines after sustaining a groin injury...