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Mahrez sends Leicester clear, Spurs held by Arsenal

Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez scored a brilliant goal to earn a 1-0 win at Watford that sent them five points clear at the top of the Premier League after Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 with 10-man...

Police to meet JDT in FA Cup quarter-finals

The Royal Malaysian Police professional football club has been drawn to meet 2015 AFC Cup winners Johor Darul Ta'zim, in the quarter-finals of the 2016 FA Cup. Police qualified for the...

Real Madrid salute Ronaldo, say Bale is ready for Roma

Cristiano Ronaldo's shooting power is unique, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said after yesterday’s 7-1 La Liga rout of Celta Vigo included four goals in 26 second-half minutes from the...

Hiddink hails special Chelsea goal by young Traore

On the day Chelsea marked the 10th anniversary of Peter Osgood's death, young striker Bertrand Traore scored the sort of special goal that used to be the trademark of the “King of Stamford...

West Ham’s Bilic delighted after rare win at Everton

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic was a happy man after watching his team score three goals in the last 12 minutes to beat 10-man Everton 3-2 yesterday. Everton led 2-0 despite having Kevin...

Southampton strike late to deny Sunderland

Southampton's Virgil van Dijk scored in stoppage time to earn his side a 1-1 draw with struggling Sunderland in the Premier League yesterday. Saints defender Jose Fonte was sent off 10 minutes...

Bayern stay well clear after holding Dortmund

Bayern Munich kept their five-point lead at the top of the table yesterday, drawing 0-0 at second-placed Borussia Dortmund to stay on track for a record fourth consecutive Bundesliga title. The...

Chiriches goes from villain to hero in Napoli win

Stand-in defender Vlad Chiriches atoned for an early blunder by scoring his first Serie A goal to help Napoli come from behind and beat Chievo 3-1 in Serie A yesterday, putting them level at the...

PKNS upset Felda to enter FA Cup quarter-finals

Premier League club side PKNS FC shocked Super League team Felda United FC 3-2 in their FA Cup match at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Malacca yesterday. The match saw Felda United scoring first via...

Djokovic beaten as Murray brothers double up for victory

Novak Djokovic suffered his first Davis Cup defeat in five years yesterday as Serbia slipped 2-1 down to Kazakhstan while Andy and Jamie Murray gave defending champions Great Britain a 2-1 lead...

PSG second-string stutter to Montpellier stalemate

Paris St Germain fielded a second-string side and were held 0-0 at home by Montpellier in Ligue 1 yesterday as they restored a 23-point advantage at the top of the table. PSG's 36-game unbeaten...

Ten wins in a row as PSV storm 4 points clear

PSV Eindhoven claimed a 10th successive league win as they cruised past Groningen 3-0 yesterday to storm four points clear at the top of the Dutch championship. Jetro Willems, continuing his...

Spurs denied as Sanchez rescues 10-man Arsenal

Alexis Sanchez salvaged a point for 10-man Arsenal and denied Tottenham Hotspur the chance to go top of the Premier League after a pulsating north London derby ended in a 2-2 draw at White Hart...

FIFA approve testing of video technology

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which governs the rules of the game, has approved testing of video technology to aid match officials, it was announced on...

Svitolina, Bouchard head to Malaysian Open final

Second seed Elina Svitolina will square off against sixth seed Eugenie Bouchard in the Malaysian Open final tomorrow after both won their semi-final matches in straight sets. Svitolina, ranked...

Dortmund boss has sympathy for Bayern’s Goetze

Ahead of Germany's top-of-the-table clash on Saturday, Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke admits he has sympathy for former star Mario Goetze, who's spending plenty of time on Bayern...

China’s men, women’s squads march into table tennis finals

China continued their dominance in the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) when both their men and women's squads advanced to the finals for a record 25th time. Both teams are...

Ko finds form but still trails in Sentosa Golf Course

World number one Lydia Ko finally found her rhythm and carded a five-under-par 67 on Saturday as South Korea’s Jang Ha-Na took the lead of the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore. After...

China wins Davis Cup tie against Pakistan

China on Saturday beat Pakistan in a Davis Cup tie, winning the doubles match after some good rallies on day two at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts. The Chinese team had taken a lead on...

2026 World Cup bid must be bulletproof, says Infantino

FIFA must make the 2026 World Cup bidding process "absolutely bulletproof" because the entire organisation's credibility is at stake, new president Gianni Infantino said on Friday. Infantino,...