Leading figures in tennis and sport have rallied to support Naomi Osaka after the women’s world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about post-match media duties,

World number two Naomi Osaka says she is withdrawing from the French Open as a result of controversy over her refusal to speak to the media during the tournament. On

South American soccer body CONMEBOL has announced Brazil as the host of Copa America for the second consecutive time after Colombia and Argentina were stripped of hosting rights for the

Barcelona have completed the signing of Sergio Aguero on a free transfer, following the end of his contract with Manchester City. The 32-year-old, who turns 33 on June 2, has

The 2021 Copa America has been left without a host less than two weeks before it starts after Argentina was stripped of the tournament. Argentina was originally set to co-host

Japan’s tennis player Naomi Osaka could be thrown out of the French Open if she continues to boycott post-match news conferences at the tournament, the board of Grand Slam tennis

Every Manchester City fan I spoke to outside the ground in Porto after their defeat in the Champions League final asked me the same thing – ‘why didn’t he play

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was at pains to stress this Champions League final was about so much more than his tactical and personal battle with Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola –

Chelsea have won the Champions League for the second time in their history as a Kai Havertz goal was enough to see off Manchester City 1-0 at the Estadio do

Brentford will play in the Premier League for the first time next season after beating Swansea City 2-0 in the Championship play-off final. Ivan Toney’s penalty put them on the

Tyson Fury should give up his WBC belt to avoid fighting Deontay Wilder and face Anthony Joshua instead, his father John says. A unification fight with Joshua was set to

Manchester City will be a “completely different beast” to the side beaten twice by Chelsea in the past few weeks when the two meet in the Champions League final, says

Italian football club Juventus has sacked Andrea Pirlo as head coach and are close to announcing the return of Massimiliano Allegri to replace the football legend. 53-year-old Allegri is expected

Liverpool have signed centre-back Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig after agreeing to pay his £36m release clause. The 22-year-old made 21 appearances for Leipzig this season including eight Bundesliga starts

Russia’s foreign ministry has condemned the EU’s call for Europe-based airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace, calling it completely irresponsible. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting after Russia had denied entry to two

US sportswear giant Nike says it stopped working with Brazilian footballer Neymar because he “refused to co-operate in a good faith investigation” into an allegation of sexual assault against an

English fans descending on Porto for the Champions League final were involved in violent clashes on Thursday night, the UK Daily mail is reporting Video footage shows a number of

Mauricio Pochettino is in talks with Tottenham over a return to the club that would see him leave Paris Saint-Germain after less than six months in charge. The Argentine was

Zinedine Zidane has stepped down as Real Madrid head coach for the second time, the club have confirmed. The Frenchman has called time on his second spell in charge of

The head of a Japanese doctors union on Thursday warned holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands of people gathering from around the world, could