Former England batsman and coach Graham Thorpe has died at the age of 55, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Monday. Thorpe won 100 Test caps beteen 1993 and 2005 and scored 16 centuries during a stellar England career and was regarded as one of the best batters of

US sprint star Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100m title by five-thousandths of a second from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in a dramatic photo finish at Paris 2024. Showman Lyles overhauled his rivals in the second half of the race to triumph by the finest of margins in a personal best

Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz in thrilling fashion to secure a long-awaited Olympic title and complete the career 'Golden Slam'. Djokovic, who has won a men's record 24 majors and swept up every title there is in tennis, finally clinched Olympic gold at his fifth

Liverpool completed their three-match US tour with a 100% record as Arne Slot’s side eased to an impressive 3-0 win against Manchester United in Columbia. In front of a 77,559 – the biggest non-US football crowd at the Williams-Brice Stadium - Fabio Carvalho put Liverpool

A hat-trick from Erling Haaland helped Manchester City to a 4-2 pre-season win over error-prone Chelsea in Columbus. Haaland, 24, scored twice in the first five minutes, profiting from two disastrous Chelsea mistakes as Enzo Maresca's side gifted the Premier League champions an

American superstar Katie Ledecky equalled the record for the most gold medals by a female Olympian as she won the 800m freestyle title at the Paris Games. Ledecky clocked eight minutes 11.04 seconds to become the only woman - and only swimmer other than the great Michael Phelps - with

Julien Alfred stormed to the women's 100m title at Paris 2024 to make history as St Lucia's first Olympic medallist. As the rain teemed down at a raucous Stade de France, Alfred, 23, dominated the final and sealed victory by a clear margin in a national record 10.72 seconds.

Charith Asalanka was the hero for Sri Lanka as they played out a thrilling tie with India in the first one-day international in Colombo. With the scores level, India needed one run to win with two wickets in hand and 15 balls remaining, but home skipper Asalanka struck in successive

Leon Marchand fulfilled what French fans may regard as destiny as he swept to a fourth gold medal at his home Paris games by winning the men’s 200-metre individual medley in an Olympic record time. Roared on by a delirious crowd at La Defense Arena on Friday, Marchand took

Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in Saturday's men's singles gold-medal match, which will be a repeat of last month's Wimbledon final. Djokovic, holder of a men's record 24 Grand Slam titles, beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-2 on Friday to reach the Olympic

France set up an Olympic men's football semi-final with Egypt after beating Argentina 1-0 in a hostile quarter-final marred by ugly scenes at the final whistle. Players and coaches from both sides clashed on the pitch at the end as the hosts booked their last-four spot. Crystal

Simone Biles’s sixth Olympic gold medal hung around her neck, and so did a twinkling little goat — just a reminder to the gymnast hailed as the greatest of all time that she does indeed belong in the pantheon of sports greats. “I was like, OK, if it goes well

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz has joined 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the Olympic men's singles quarter-finals. But Alcaraz and 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal were beaten in the men's doubles by USA's Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram - losing 6-2 6-4.

Arne Slot's new-look Liverpool beat Premier League rivals Arsenal 2-1 with goals from Mohamed Salah and Fabio Carvalho in Philadelphia. Salah's 13th-minute strike and Carvalho's finish in the 34th minute capped excellent Liverpool moves, before Arsenal's Kai Havertz

Bangladesh will face Pakistan in two Tests, with matches scheduled in Rawalpindi from 21st to 25th August and in Karachi from 30th August to 3rd September. Jalal Yunus, the Chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), confirmed that Shakib Al

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official have stated that they have approached the government to provide them with a security consultant for their upcoming tour of Pakistan. Bangladesh is scheduled to travel to Pakistan on August 17th for a two-match Test series, which is part of

Simone Biles inspired the United States to victory in the women's team gymnastics event as the first leg of a "redemption tour" began with a fifth Olympic gold. For the world's most decorated gymnast it is a first Olympic gold since Rio 2016 after she pulled out of

British swimmer Adam Peaty has tested positive for Covid, Team GB said on Monday, a day after he narrowly missed out on the 100 metres breaststroke goldat the Olympic Games in Paris. Peaty shared the silver with American Nic Fink after both finished 0.02 seconds behind Italy’s

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez had a secret when she fought her way to the quarter finals of her event at the Paris Olympics — she was fencing for two. Hafez, 26, from Cairo, is seven months pregnant, she revealed on Tuesday. “What appears to you as two players ... they were

Novak Djokovic outclassed his long-time rival Rafael Nadal to win their Olympic second-round match and continue his bid to land an elusive gold medal. Serbia's Djokovic, 37, looked on a different level to Nadal for most of a one-sided contest which he won 6-1 6-4 on the Roland