The 20th Asian Games open in Japan on Saturday bringing together a bumper 17,000 athletes and officials, among them Olympic and world champions.

Since retiring from international cricket in 2014 Pietersen has featured as a commentator around the world and has made a name for himself as one of the most honest pundits in the game, even calling out England's players on occasions for not reaching the standards he expected at the top level.

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Roma made it four wins from four league matches with a 2-0 victory at Torino

Since the Women's Asian Cup qualifiers, Bangladesh have been in decline, while Butler's handling of setbacks has increasingly raised questions.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho hailed playmaker Arda Guler on Monday ahead of the team's visit to face Elche in La Liga.

Matt Donohue, the video assistant referee (VAR) who allowed Erling Haaland's winner in Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Manchester United, has not been selected to officiate at any of next weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Saudi Arabian football authorities promised to take action and Cristiano Ronaldo called for life bans after rival fans taunted Al-Hilal's Ruben Neves about the death of Diogo Jota, his friend and former Portugal team-mate.

The biggest stars of European football once again took centre stage over the weekend, with Erling Haaland, Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane among those making headlines.

The victory gave the top seed his second Grand Slam title of 2026 and completed a remarkable turnaround from the heartbreak of his 2020 final defeat at the same venue.

The requests came a day after the BFF released the schedules for the professional league and Federation Cup.

Bangladesh defender Bishwanath Ghosh has been ruled out of the upcoming FIFA ASEAN Cup in Indonesia after sustaining a hamstring injury.

It was the heaviest defeat Bangladesh’s women have ever suffered, surpassing the previous record — a 9-0 loss to Thailand in Dhaka in 2013.

The 30-man shortlist is packed with familiar giants. Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi, Jude Bellingham, Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal are all in the conversation. But curiously, two voices have been louder than the rest in recent interviews.

The 199th Manchester derby offered an uncomfortable snapshot of their current predicament.

It means Pakistan lose ground at the bottom of the World Test Championship standings as a result, with the side now sitting in ninth place with a 4.63 points percentage.

Shortly after his victory, Zverev reserved special praise for his mother Irina, a former professional tennis player, and credited her with ensuring type 1 diabetes never limited his ambitions in life.

Cavan Sullivan is making the extraordinary look routine.

The perfect start has also placed Flick's team alongside some of the most successful sides in Barcelona history. Only three previous Barça teams had won their first six competitive matches of a season.

The episode closely mirrored last year’s men’s Asia Cup final at the same venue, when India also declined to accept the trophy from Naqvi.