Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s team bus has been involved in what appears to be a fatal accident on a return journey to Kumasi after game week 22 fixture against Inter Allies. The bus had about 35 occupants made up of players and team officials. Details of how the Wednesday night accident occurred are sketchy, but the … Read more
Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon after retiring during his quarter-final against Tomas Berdych with an injury. The former world number one lost the first set 7-6 (7-2) to the Czech, and was 2-0 down in the second when he had to retire. Djokovic, 30, had treatment on a right shoulder injury during his last-16 … Read more
Carlos Tevez’s Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua say they are taking legal action over suggestions of match-fixing after they grabbed a last-gasp 2-2 draw at Fabio Capello’s Jiangsu Suning. The weekend stalemate means Capello’s wait for a first Chinese Super League (CSL) victory goes on and Shenhua said that online speculation about the result was tarnishing … Read more
First overall draft pick Markelle Fultz is not expected to play any more summer league NBA games as he recovers from an ankle sprain suffered on Saturday night in Las Vegas, the US media reported. The Philadelphia 76ers draft pick was helped off the court after rolling his left ankle in a game against the … Read more
Batsman Rohit Sharma has returned to India’s Test squad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka that starts this month, the country’s cricket board said Sunday. Rohit, who was rested for the West Indies tour after an injury made him miss most of the Indian Test season, replaces Karun Nair in the 16-man squad. While … Read more
India’s lower-order failed to capitalise on a flying start from their openers, but still managed to post a challenging 190 for six batting first against the West Indies in the one-off T20 international at Sabina Park on Sunday. Skipper Virat Kohli (39 off 22 balls) and Shikhar Dwahan (23 off 12) led the charge after … Read more
Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was one of half a dozen players added to the American League squad for Tuesday’s Major League All-Star game in Miami. Cano replaces Starlin Castro of the New York Yankees, who pulled out of the mid-season exhibition with a hamstring injury. Cano’s addition represents the eighth time he has … Read more
Pumas scrum-half Tomas Cubelli makes his return from a lengthy injury for the ACT Brumbies but cancer survivor Christian Lealiifano’s expected comeback has been delayed in this weekend’s penultimate round of Super Rugby. Argentine Cubello, who has not played since suffering a pre-season knee injury, gets his chance off the bench behind Joe Powell when … Read more
Ghana’s international player Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has said that, there’s still more he could do for himself and has set his sight on more time with Ghana. “I’m one of the players Ghana can rely on and ready to contribute my best to win laurels for the country. In an interview with the GNA Sports, … Read more
Kei Nishikori dug deep to keep his Wimbledon challenge alive as the Japanese star ground out a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) win over Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky on Wednesday. Despite reaching at least the quarter-finals of the other three Grand Slams, Nishikori has never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon. The world … Read more
It is two years and a day since Rafael Nadal last played a grass-court tennis match, but the two-time former Wimbledon champion showed few signs of rust against John Millman. Nadal slapped 33 winners past the Australian on No.1 Court as he dropped just six games to wrap up victory in 105 minutes. Now for … Read more
Kei Nishikori is turning up the aggression in a bid to win the Wimbledon title and get over the grasscourt blues that have dogged his career. The Japanese star is the world number nine but all his 22 tournament final appearances have come away from the grass on either hard or clay courts — something … Read more
Nick Kyrgios suffered more injury woe as the Australian was forced to retire from his Wimbledon first round match against Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Monday. Kyrgios admitted last week he would go into Wimbledon only “60-65 percent” fit as he struggled to recover from the left hip injury that forced him to pull out of Queen’s … Read more
All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams was Sunday suspended for four weeks for a dangerous tackle in the second Test against the British and Irish Lions, an AFP reporter at the judicial hearing in Wellington said. Williams was sent from the field 25 minutes into the Test after a shoulder charge to the head of … Read more
Batsman Gary Ballance has been give a chance to revive his England Test career after being named in the squad for next Thursday’s first Test against South Africa. The Zimbabwe-born 27-year-old has battled his way back into contention with a superb season for Yorkshire in the County Championship after being dropped following a torrid series … Read more
A Southern Kings team facing the Super Rugby axe next week triumphed 31-30 in Buenos Aires on Friday as a horror run by the Jaguares continued. It was the fourth win in six matches for the one-time South African whipping boys, and the seventh loss in eight games for an Argentine outfit who began the … Read more
Claudio Bravo saved three spot kicks as Chile beat Portugal 3-0 in a penalty shoot-out to reach the Confederations Cup final. Bravo, who missed the first two cup games in Russia because of injury, stopped penalties by Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho and Nani, sending Chile to its third straight international final after winning consecutive Copa … Read more
South Africa great Barry Richards believes the rise of Kagiso Rabada has “lessened the pain” of Dale Steyn’s absence ahead of a Test series in England. Steyn, perhaps the best fast bowler of his generation, has been ruled out of the four-Test campaign with a longstanding shoulder problem that has sidelined him since the end … Read more
Sri Lanka are looking to pick themselves up as the series against Zimbabwe begins this week in Galle after a string of poor performances prompted their coach to quit. Angelo Mathews leads the Sri Lankans who take on Zimbabwe in the first of five one-day internationals on Friday as they look to get over their … Read more
British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has given the strongest indication yet he will overhaul the forward pack found wanting in last week’s first Test loss to the All Blacks. As he mulls options for the second Test in Wellington on Saturday, Gatland was full of praise for the performance of locks Courtney Lawes … Read more