A first-half hat-trick from Mark Atkinson saw Gloucester strengthen their play-off credentials with an impressive victory at Northampton.
The centre was backed up by scores from Ruan Ackermann, Ed Slater and Franco Marais in an entertai…
Kent gave themselves a good chance of marking their Division One return with a win on a seesaw day at Taunton.
They were restricted to a 38-run first-innings lead, mustering only 209 all out after resuming on 84-2.
Lewis Gregory (3-2…
Everton boss Marco Silva said his side's improved form is down to confidence following their impressive victory over Arsenal at Goodison Park.
Phil Jagielka, who was called into the starting XI as a replacement for Michael Keane shortly…
Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan has died aged 28 in his hotel room during the Sanya Championship on the Chinese resort island of Hainan.
A PGA Tour statement said Irawan's death was because of "apparent natural causes" but a coroner's repo…
Joe Clarke moved to the brink of his second century of the match as Nottinghamshire built a commanding lead against Yorkshire at Trent Bridge.
Clarke (97*) built on good work by Ben Duckett (61) and Chris Nash (75) as the hosts finished…
Hampshire put themselves on course for a big innings victory against Essex after Fidel Edwards ripped through the visitors' first innings.
Edwards took 5-51 as Essex were dismissed for just 164 in reply to Hampshire's declaration of 525…
Two-time world champion Sally Pearson ran her first 100m hurdles in 14 months as she made her comeback from injury at the Australian National Championships.
The 32-year-old won her heat in 12.99 seconds before pulling out of the final b…
Garbine Muguruza defended her Monterrey Open title after Victoria Azarenka was forced to retire with a leg injury.
Former world number one Azarenka, playing her first singles final in three years, required a medical timeout after losing…
Italy's Alberto Bettiol pulled off a shock solo win in the men's Tour of Flanders in Belgium to claim his first ever professional victory.
The Education First rider, 25, attacked with 18km of the 267km one-day cobbled classic to go and …
Soccabet, one of Ghana's leading betting companies, has kick start their first raffle dubbed “Massive Promo''.
A participant of the raffle known as ''Dekoko12'' won the first give away of 10 Renault KWID cars at a live draw, held at the…
Mr. Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe, Sports Business Expert has said, the expansion of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), will bring more sponsors on board.
Speaking at the 6th Association of I…
Mr. Shi Ting Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, says the Embassy will spare no efforts towards promoting cultural exchanges between Ghana and China.
"Amity between people holds the key to sound relations between states," he added.
Mr…
Scotland women will try to take the attack to Brazil in Monday's friendly, head coach Shelley Kerr insists.
The Scots play the side ranked 10th in the world in the second of two warm-up games for their June World Cup debut, having drawn…
The Generation Amazing, Qatar-based international non-governmental organisation (NGO) in sports, has launched football development project at Sabon Zongo in Accra.
The project is aimed at addressing social vices among the youth.
Cons…
The Ghanaian wrestler, Kofi Kingston has become the first African World Champion in the WWE after winning the WWE Championship at the World's Biggest Pro Wrestling event, WrestleMania.
Kingston after 11 years in WWE won the title …
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee is considering a proposal that will ensure that bonuses paid to players of the national teams will trickle down to support the very foundations of their development, as well as a…
The African Development Bank has welcomed the Islamic Development Bank’s agreement to contribute USD$3 million to the multi-partner Somalia Infrastructure Fund (SIF). The signing ceremony for the agreement took place on the sidelines of th…
Kumasi Kotoko were in their prime, when they returned to winning ways with an emphatic 3-0 win over Eleven Wonders at the Techiman Children's Park in match day three of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Special Cup.
Fat…
Dundee have gone from being under pressure to under "enormous" pressure with only six games left to secure Scottish Premiership survival, says defender Darren O'Dea.
The Dens Park side are two points adrift at the bottom of the league a…
Ipswich Town midfielder Alan Judge has signed a new two-year contract with the Championship strugglers.
The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international has featured 12 times since joining on an initial short-term deal from Brentford i…
Rangers will host leaders Celtic in the second last game of the Scottish Premiership season after the post-split fixtures were announced.
The Old Firm sides will meet at Ibrox on Sunday, 12 May at 12:00 BST.
The current bottom two - …
Nettleham Ladies FC will be rebranded as Lincoln City Women from 1 June.
The club play in FA Women's National League Division One Midlands, step four of the women's pyramid in England.
Nettleham manager Richard Cooper, who played for…
Bath meet local rivals Bristol Bears at Twickenham with 60,000 fans set to be at Saturday's game, dubbed 'The Clash'.
Bears-bound lock Dave Attwood starts for Bath, against the club he will rejoin at the end of this season.
Pat Lam's…
Birmingham City midfielder Sarah Mayling has signed a new contract with the Women's Super League club.
The 22-year-old joined Blues from local rivals Aston Villa in 2017.
"The league is growing and getting bigger and better which can…
Wales flanker Josh Navidi says he will be fit for the World Cup as he recovers from one of the most painful injuries of his career.
Navidi enjoyed a stellar Six Nations, starting and impressing in all five matches as Wales won the Grand…
Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland has signed a new two-year deal with Bath.
The 32-year-old joined Bath from Scarlets in 2015 and will now stay at the Recreation Ground until at least the end of the 2020-21 campaign.
Priestland had prev…
Sam Northeast's unbeaten 94 led a fine display by Hampshire's batsmen on the opening day of the 2019 County Championship season against Essex.
Northeast, Aiden Markram (63) and Rilee Rossouw (76) took the hosts to 303-4 when bad light e…
Joe Clarke's superb hundred helped Nottinghamshire to 324-5 on day one of their season opener against Yorkshire.
Openers Ben Slater (76) and Ben Duckett (43) added 75 for the first wicket, before Clarke excelled in his first Championshi…
Bolton's Championship game with Ipswich on Saturday is in doubt for the second time this week because of a "critical IT failure" at their ground.
A club statement said engineers "will be working through the night to resolve the issue".
…
Fifteen wickets fell on a captivating first day of County Championship action at Hove as Leicestershire stumbled to 131-5 to trail Sussex by 42 runs.
Tom Taylor (6-47) starred as Sussex slumped to 36-5, but David Wiese (51) took advanta…
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor will join Middlesex for their One-Day Cup campaign later this month.
The 35-year-old is available for six of the county's group matches, starting at Surrey on 25 April, and the play-off and semi-final sho…
Algeria's Baghdad Bounedjah grabbed a hat-trick for his club Al Sadd to help them clinch the top-flight Qatari Stars League with a match to spare.
His sixth treble in the 21st league game of the season came in a 7-2 win over Al Ahli on …
Former Open champion Darren Clarke will make his Senior Open debut this year at Royal Lytham & St Anne's in July.
The 2011 Open champion returns to the links where he finished tied third in the 2001 Open for the over-50's event.
"I'm…
Morocco defender Hamza Mendyl has been sent to train with Schalke's under-23 team for a breach of discipline at the German club.
Schalke's interim coach Huub Stevens did not elaborate on why the 21-year-old has been punished.
"Everyb…
Olympic gold medallist Peter Kennaugh will take a break from professional cycling because of mental health issues.
Kennaugh, 29, hopes a break will allow him "to recover away from the sport".
His team - Bora-Hansgrohe - said the brea…
A multi-purpose sports complex being constructed by the Afro Arab Group of Companies in Kokomlemle, Accra will be named after the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Ghana,H.E. Khalifa Yousif Alzaabi.
This was disclosed by A…
Blackburn are set to still be without Corry Evans as the midfielder continues to recover from a hamstring injury.
Boss Tony Mowbray may recall midfielders Joe Rothwell, Jack Rodwell and Harrison Reed to try to improve on a run of eight …
Bristol City could be without Korey Smith (knee) and Andreas Weimann (foot) after the pair came off during Tuesday's 1-0 victory at Middlesbrough.
City, who are fifth, may revert to a back four after going with a three for the wins at B…
Norwich City head coach Daniel Farke could opt to freshen up his side after naming the same XI for the past seven matches.
Midfielders Mario Vrancic and Moritz Leitner are potential options for Farke as his Championship leaders try to w…
Ex-Watford owner Laurence Bassini has said he is "very close" to taking over Championship club Bolton Wanderers.
The club appeared in the High Court on Wednesday over an unpaid tax bill and Bassini was reported to be present.
Bolton …
They have won the past nine Bundesliga titles between them.
German champions Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (kick-off 17:30 BST with live text coverage on BBC Sport) - a match described as the "biggest game of the seas…
Celtic have promised "the strongest possible action" as they seek to identity who threw an object on to the pitch during their win over St Mirren.
Home goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky had to be attended to after a missile landed with a loud ba…
England women's manager Phil Neville says his players want to be talked about in their sport the way the All Blacks are in rugby union.
Neville said his team want to develop into "one of the greatest teams in the world" over the next fi…
Former Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie admits he regrets not being part of his country's Africa Cup of Nations winning team in 2013 as he formally retires from playing football.
The 37-year-old has not played professionally since 2017 …
Algeria's Baghdad Bounedjah grabbed a hat-trick for his club Al Sadd to help them clinch the top-flight Qatari Stars League with a match to spare.
His sixth treble in the 21st league game of the season came in a 7-2 win over Al Ahli on …
Chelsea "have a problem" with racist and anti-Semitic fan behaviour but believe education rather than bans will better help tackle the problem, says chairman Bruce Buck.
Raheem Sterling was allegedly racially abused by Chelsea fans in D…
Gloucester forward Tom Savage is leaving the Premiership club at the end of the season to play in Japan.
The 29-year-old lock is one of the Cherry and Whites' longest-serving players, having made nearly 200 appearances since his debut i…
Former New Zealand winger Israel Dagg has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 30 after failing to recover from a knee injury.
The 2011 World Cup winner played 66 Tests for the All Blacks and also won Super Rugby titles wit…
In 1990, the year Liverpool last won the league, the club's current owner John W Henry also lifted silverware.
The West Palm Beach Tropics, a team of veteran baseball players he had brought together, topped their Florida seniors' league…
World Rugby's deadline for the Nations Championship is likely to run into next week as talks continue over whether the new concept will get off the ground.
The governing body had set a deadline of Friday for formal expressions of intere…