Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says a midweek social media post by Gareth Bale was a “contradiction” with reality. Wales forward Bale, on loan from Real Madrid, missed Wednesday’s incredible 5-4

Everton will host Premier League leaders Manchester City and Leicester City face Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The Toffees beat Tottenham 5-4 in a classic tie

Australia’s second-most populous city will enter a five-day snap coronavirus lockdown, authorities said on Friday, barring spectators for much of the Australian Open tennis tournament. A fresh Covid-19 cluster linked

Bayern Munich have cemented their place in footballing history, matching Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona to win a historic sextuple. Benjamin Pavard scored the only goal of the game on Thursday as

Japan’s Kyodo news agency and others reported on Thursday — citing unnamed sources — that Yoshiro Mori, President of the Tokyo Olympics, will step down on Friday as the president

Sevilla’s Jules Kounde scored a fine goal and Ivan Rakitic struck against his old side as Barcelona lost their Copa del Rey semi-final first leg. Kounde ran from his own

Atalanta will face Juventus in the Coppa Italia final after beating Napoli in the semi-final thanks to two goals from Matteo Pessina. After a goalless first leg, Duvan Zapata fired

Manchester City set a new record for consecutive wins by an English top-flight club after sweeping Swansea aside to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Goals from Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling

Tottenham are out of the FA Cup after Bernard’s extra-time strike sent Everton into quarter-finals with a 5-4 victory in a thrilling tie at Goodison Park. Spurs were in front

The pilot of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter flew into clouds last year in an apparent violation of federal standards, US safety investigators have said. Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation

A former Super Eagles defender Yisa Sofoluwe has died at the age of 53. Reports suggest the former left-back fondly called ‘Dean of Defence’ was initially diagnosed of mild cerebral

The Premier League have confirmed just two new positive Covid-19 results across the division after the latest round of testing. In an update released on Monday evening, the top-flight said

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek has spoken out against the abuse received by referee Mike Dean following Saturday’s Premier League clash with Fulham. Dean has asked not to officiate any

Manchester City extended their lead at the Premier League summit to five points with a thumping 10th consecutive win against Liverpool on Sunday. Reds goalkeeper Alisson endured a nightmare second

Harry Kane returned from injury to inspire Tottenham to a much-needed win over West Brom to ease the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho. After two-and-a-half games on the sidelines, during

Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He

Australia reported no new local coronavirus cases for a third day on Sunday, as tennis players geared up for the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne on Monday.

Manchester United twice let a lead slip away as Everton battled back to secure a 3-3 draw to put a huge dent in the Red Devils’ Premier League title hopes.

Manchester United twice let a lead slip away as Everton battled back to secure a 3-3 draw to put a huge dent in the Red Devils’ Premier League title hopes.

Arsenal slipped to back-to-back Premier League defeats as Ollie Watkins’ early strike gave Aston Villa a Premier League double over the Gunners. Watkins had scored twice as Villa won at