AFP, CARDIFF: Angelo Mathews said he had no intention of quitting as Sri Lanka captain after yet another crushing defeat by England. Sri Lanka lost the fifth and final one-day international by 122 runs in Cardiff on Saturday as England took the series 3-0, with one tie and one no result, following their…

Shakib Al Hasan failed to live up to the expectation but his side Jamaica Tallahwahs made a winning start to the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a hard-fought five-run win over St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in its opening match on Friday at  Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. The Bangladesh all-rounder…

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief revealed on Saturday his board have requested the game's administrative body set up a fund to ease the losses incurred by not being able to stage home matches. Apart from five limited over matches against minnows Zimbabwe last year, Pakistan have not hosted…

AFP, LONDON: Serena Williams clinched her 300th Grand Slam victory as the defending champion raced into the Wimbledon fourth round with a 6-3, 6-0 demolition…

AFP, EUGENE (United STATES): Rising sprint star Trayvon Bromell outshone veteran rivals Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay at the US Olympic trials here Saturday as Allyson Felix fought through the pain barrier to reach the 400-meters final. Bromell, who showed signs of his rapid development with victory over…

AFP, BORDEAUX (FRANCE): Jonas Hector fired Germany into the Euro 2016 semi-finals at Italy’s expense after an epic round of 18 penalty kicks that…

AFP, KINGSTON (JAMAICA): Jamaican star Omar McLeod qualified for his first Olympic Games on Saturday after winning the men’s 110m hurdles on the…

AFP, NANTES (FRANCE): Far from a match-winner with Nantes this past season, Iceland striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson will forever be remembered as the man…

AFP, OMAHA (NEBRASKA): Michael Phelps booked a shot at a fourth straight 100m butterfly gold at the Rio Games on Saturday with his third triumph at the…

AFP, LONDON: A former chairman of England's governing Football Association has said the organisation has "failed" over the last 10 years because of its "amateur structure". England's humiliating exit from Euro 2016 at the hands of rank outsiders Iceland sparked the resignation…

AFP, BORDEAUX (FRANCE): Tears rolled down the cheeks of Gianluigi Buffon but the legendary Italy ‘keeper said there were “no regrets” despite the Azzurri missing a golden chance to beat Germany to a Euro 2016 semi-final spot on Saturday. “The tears are for my disappointment.…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Joao Havelange, the Brazilian former FIFA president who helped Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid to host the Olympic Games this August, has been hospitalized with pneumonia, a spokeswoman said Saturday. Havelange, 100, was being treated at the Samaritano hospital in Rio. His condition…