Manchester United right back Rafael has been called up by Brazil to take the place of injured Barcelona defender Daniel Alves.

Rajasthan Royals hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the IPL were ended by a five-wicket defeat to the Decccan Chargers in Hyderabad.

The flame for the London Olympics arrived on British soil on Friday on board a special golden-liveried British Airways flight from Athens.

Toulouse have handed youngsters Amadou Soukouna and Yannick Aguemon professional contracts after they graduated from the youth team with success.

Reigning champions Lancashire were staring down the barrel of an innings defeat at the hands of Warwickshire despite an attempted fightback on day three of their LV= County Championship Division One m...

British world champion Mark Cavendish confirmed he would ride on after winning his third bunch sprint of this year's Giro d'Italia.

Granit Xhaka has become the latest star to leave FC Basel after the Switzerland midfielder agreed to join Borussia Moenchengladbach on a five-year contract.

Kaiserslautern have sacked head coach Krasimir Balakov following their bottom-placed finish in the Bundesliga, chairman Dieter Rombach confirmed to SWR Radio.

Teenagers Todd Kane, 18 and Nathaniel Chalobah, 17, who have never played for Chelsea's senior side, have been called into the squad for Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich, careta...

Andrew Strauss recorded his 20th Test century to end an extended drought with the bat as the England captain put his side in a commanding position in the first Test against West Indies at Lord's.

Motherwell left-back Stevie Hammell has signed a new two-year contract.

Everton release six players whose contracts have expired, including midfielder James McFadden and goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. Goalkeepers Adam Davies and Connor Roberts, winger Femi Orenuga and defen...

Ian Poulter's defence of his Volvo World Match Play Championship continued with a 4&3 victory over Tom Lewis in Spain.

Fans will have to fork out 10 euros (£8.04) to watch Spain's second string squad train in an Austrian resort ahead of Euro 2012, tourism organisers said on Friday.

Quarter finals: 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat 5-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 7-5 6-1; 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-5; 6-David Ferrer (Spain) beat 16-Richard Gasqu...

Portsmouth's former owner Balram Chainrai makes an offer to buy back the stricken club. If it is accepted by creditors, the club could be out of administration within six weeks.

Serbian football champions Partizan Belgrade have named the club's former coach Vladimir Vermezovic as successor to Avram Grant who will step down at the end of the season despite winning the league t...

Scotland fly-half Phil Godman has signed for London Scottish after leaving Edinburgh.

Britain's Mark Cavendish took his third win of the Giro d'Italia with victory in stage 13 at Cervere after an incident-free bunch sprint.

Norwich City reject a transfer request from striker Grant Holt, who scored 15 Premier League goals for the club last season.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) avoided possible sanctions ahead of the 2012 London Olympics when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found it code compliant on Friday.

Red Cadeaux claimed his first win of the season with victory in the Yorkshire Cup at York.

Villa Park will host this season's FA Community Shield between Manchester City and Chelsea instead of Wembley, which hosts the Olympic football final the day before.

9-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 4-0 (Pennetta retired); 8-Li Na (China) beat 14-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-1 7-6(4)

Somerset have signed Twenty20 record-holder Richard Levi for their Friends Life t20 campaign.

British boxer Savannah Marshall produced a brilliant performance to reach the middleweight final at the women's World Boxing Championships and win London 2012 selection.

Ben Ainslie won an unprecedented sixth Finn World Championship title in Falmouth but was denied the chance to finish the regatta in style, as light winds put paid to the final 10-boat medal race.

Edy Reja has quit as Lazio manager, despite pleas to stay from club president Claudio Lotito.

Briton Scott Redding topped the timesheets in second free practice for the Moto2 race at Le Mans while Spain's Maverick Viñales led the Moto3 session.

The Wests Tigers confirmed their title as the NRL's most perplexing team, mounting a spirited second-half comeback without skipper Robbie Farah to defeat the Warriors 24-22 at a packed Leichhardt Oval...

Casey Stoner was again the fastest man on the track during the second free practice session for the MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Pakistan seamer Junaid Khan will not be returning to Lancashire this season.

Widnes have pulled out of a deal to sign former Wakefield forward Jarrad Hickey, who was released by London Broncos earlier this season.

Prospective new Rangers owner Charles Green has vowed to freeze season ticket prices after revealing administrators Duff and Phelps have informed Ticketus of their intention to terminate their contrac...

Bolton striker Kevin Davies has signed a new one-year contract at the club but Wanderers' relegation from the Premier League is being felt with 12 players on their way out.

Billy Bodin and Nathan Thompson have been offered new deals at Swindon but the Robins are to release five players.

Leicester City have signed Fleetwood Town striker Jamie Vardy in a record-breaking £1 million deal.The deal is thought to be the highest transfer fee ever paid for a non-league player.Leicester beat o...

Leicester City have signed Fleetwood Town striker Jamie Vardy in a record-breaking £1 million deal.

QPR have offered several of their young players extended stays at Loftus Road. Angelo Balanta, Michael Harriman, Aaron Lennox and Taylor Parmenter have all been offered new contracts by the west Londo...

Poland's goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski wants to leave Arsenal after months of watching his compatriot Wojciech Szczesny from the bench, a Polish daily quoted the 27-year-old as saying.

Switzerland's Thomas Luthi and Spain's Maverick Viñales topped FP1 for the Moto2 and Moto3 French Grand Prix races.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in talks with Aston Villa over the club's vacant manager's job, his current club Molde have confirmed.

Newcastle have signed Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson on a two-year deal.

Byron Anthony and Scott McGleish head the group of players released by Bristol Rovers after the npower League Two side revealed its retained list.

ACT Brumbies (Australia) beat Wellington Hurricanes (New Zealand) 37-25 (halftime 13-15) in their Super 15 match at Wellington Regional Stadium.

British women's hockey coach Danny Kerry has revealed his Olympic squad.

Ten players are to leave Stevenage this summer. Out of contract players Scott Laird and John Mousinho have both turned down improved deals while Ronnie Henry has been released.

Yeovil midfielder Dominic Blizzard has agreed a new one-year deal with the npower League One club.

Casey Stoner proved his surprise decision to retire at the end of the 2012 MotoGP season had done little to dim his pace or hunger by going fastest in the opening practice session at Le Mans.

The Greek basketball playoff finals between Olympiakos Pireaus and Panathinaikos have been thrown into chaos after the first match of the series was postponed following an attack on the Greens team bu...

Leeds full-back Brent Webb will leave Headingley at the end of the season but team-mate Kylie Leuluai has put his retirement plans on hold.

Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach has been arrested on molestation and assault charges, Delhi Police have confirmed.

(Home team in CAPS) INDIANA 94 Miami 75 (Indiana lead the best-of-seven series by 2-1); SAN ANTONIO 105 LA Clippers 88 (San Antonio lead the best-of-seven series by 2-0)

American David Zabriskie grabbed the Tour of California lead with a dominant victory in the stage five individual time trial in Bakersfield.

Great Britain's long wait for a female European Diving Championship title ended when Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow won the 10m platform synchro event in Eindhoven.

Third round: 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat 14-Juan Monaco (Argentina) 4-6 6-2 6-3; 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech) beat 12-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 7-6(3) 6-3.; 6-David Ferrer (Spain) beat 11-Gilles Simon (Fr...

Third round: 16-Richard Gasquet (France) bt 4-Andy Murray (Great Britain) 7-6(1) 6-3 6-2; 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) bt Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-1 6-1; Andreas Seppi (Italy bt 9-Stanislas Wawrinka (1)6...

Leandro Barbosa and Nene of the NBA were included on Brazil's men's basketball squad for the London Games despite having turned their backs on the team for last year's qualyfying event.

Third round: Venus Williams (U.S.) beat 5-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4 6-3; 9-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 6-3 6-1; 2-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat 13-Ana Ivanovic (S...