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Leicester sack manager Steve Cooper

Leicester sack manager Steve Cooper

Leicester sacked manager Steve Cooper on Sunday with the Foxes just two points above the Premier League relegation zone.

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IPL auction records tumble as Pant, Iyer break $3 mn mark

IPL auction records tumble as Pant, Iyer break $3 mn mark

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history Sunday when he sold for a record $3.2 million, as teams splashed out on world-class cricketers for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.

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Salah sends Liverpool eight points clear after Southampton scare

Salah sends Liverpool eight points clear after Southampton scare

Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as the leaders survived a scare from lowly Southampton thanks to the Egypt star's second half double on Sunday.

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Key Trump pick calls for end to escalation in Ukraine

Key Trump pick calls for end to escalation in Ukraine

US President-elect Donald Trump's top security advisor called on Sunday for an end to the escalation of the war between Ukraine and Russia, and for both parties to come to the negotiating table.

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Tuipulotu try helps Scotland end Australia's bid for a Grand Slam

Tuipulotu try helps Scotland end Australia's bid for a Grand Slam

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu scored a try against the land of his birth in a 27-13 win over Australia at Murrayfield on Sunday that dashed the Wallabies' dream of a Grand Slam.

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Davis Cup organisers hit back at critics of Nadal retirement ceremony

Davis Cup organisers hit back at critics of Nadal retirement ceremony

Davis Cup organisers said tennis superstar Rafael Nadal had the retirement ceremony that he wanted this week in Malaga, despite some criticism of the event from people close to the player.

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Noel in a 'league of his own' as he wins Gurgl slalom

Noel in a 'league of his own' as he wins Gurgl slalom

Frenchman Clement Noel won a second straight World Cup slalom at Gurgl in Austria on Sunday assuring his triumph with a blistering first run.

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A dip or deeper decline? Guardiola seeks response to Man City slump

A dip or deeper decline? Guardiola seeks response to Man City slump

Pep Guardiola said he expected a slip in Manchester City's standards sooner or later but even he has been shocked by the English champions' implosion in a five-game losing streak.

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Germany goes nuts for viral pistachio chocolate

Germany goes nuts for viral pistachio chocolate

When Ali Fakhro lays out a row of pistachio-filled chocolate bars in the morning at his bakery in Berlin, he knows they will be gone in a matter of hours.

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EU urges immediate halt to Israel-Hezbollah war

EU urges immediate halt to Israel-Hezbollah war

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to Lebanon on Sunday, as the militant group claimed a wave of cross-border attacks.

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