In the first part of our new series chronicling the people who are involved in the beautiful game one way or the other, we have a chat with Sebastian Sim host of StarHub's FC Daily More »The Sidelines: Sebastian Sim, FC Daily
The striker's dad insists his son is happy in Naples but remains open to a move away from the Stadio San Paolo, with the forward himself keen to avoid speculation More »Manchester City target Cavani's father hints at La Liga move
By Justin Palmer LEEDS, England (Reuters) - Proud sons of Yorkshire have served England well with the bat in 136 years of test cricket and Headingley rose as one on Saturday to acclaim a new home-grown hero in centurion Joe Root. The likes of Herbert Sutcliffe, Leonard Hutton, Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan have batted with distinction for England. Sutcliffe and Hutton's run-scoring feats have never been forgotten by proud Yorkshire folk despite fading in the mists of time since they made hay in the first half of the 20th century. ... More »Root comes of age for England in familiar surroundings
By Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - While Formula One flirts with the idea of a female driver, girl power is already as much a part of the Indianapolis 500 as turbo-charged engines and the winner chugging cold milk in Victory Lane. Swiss Simona de Silvestro, Brazilian Ana Beatriz and Britons Pippa Mann and Katherine Legge represent the four women who will take the command to start their engines alongside 29 men at the famed Brickyard for Sunday's race. ... More »Girl power no longer a novelty at Indy 500
The 31-year-old hopes the Italian stays put at Parc des Princes, while adding that he is more than happy in France More »Ibrahimovic desperate for Ancelotti stay
By Justin Palmer LEEDS, England (Reuters) - Joe Root hit a maiden test century on his home ground at Headingley and county colleague Jonny Bairstow chipped in with 64 to leave England on top at 337 for seven in the second test against New Zealand on Saturday. Root, in his sixth test, punched the air and gleefully hugged fellow Yorkshireman Bairstow after steering Doug Bracewell to the third-man boundary to bring up his hundred. "It was a fantastic moment. I lost it a bit... ... More »Root lifts England with maiden test century
The atmosphere was already white hot in Germany as the Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund kicked off at Wembley on Saturday. More »Temperature rising in Germany ahead of final
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Germany's Nico Rosberg scorched to his third successive Formula One pole position with team mate Lewis Hamilton completing a front row lockout for Mercedes at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday. The pole was the fourth in a row for Mercedes, whose qualifying form has faded in the races this season, and second successive sweep of the top-two places. Red Bull's triple world champion Sebastian Vettel qualified third, on a drying track after a damp session, with Australian team mate and last year's winner Mark Webber lining up alongside. ... More »Rosberg on pole in Mercedes Monaco sweep
Joe Root's maiden Test century, on his Yorkshire home ground, left England well-placed in the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday. More »Ton-up Root puts England on top against Kiwis
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - England hooker Dylan Hartley looks set to lose his British and Irish Lions place after being sent off for calling the referee a cheat in Saturday's English Premiership final in which his Northampton team were beaten 37-17 by Leicester. The incident, at the end of the first half in front of almost 82,000 fans at Twickenham, was the first red card in a Premiership final but Hartley has claimed his expletive-led accusation was aimed at Tom Youngs, his opposite number and rival for the Lions jersey, and not referee Wayne Barnes. ... More »Hartley's Lions hopes hanging by a thread
The 28-year-old admits that, though he has yet to receive any offers from other clubs, he would be open to leaving the club this summer if Brendan Rodgers deems it necessary More »Skrtel: I would consider a move away from Liverpool
LONDON (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp left captain Sebastian Kehl out of their Champions League final against Bayern Munich at Wembley stadium on Saturday, bringing in Sven Bender as the second holding midfielder next to Ilkay Guendogan. Bender, who is a more attacking player than Kehl, was joined in the Dortmund starting line-up by Kevin Grosskreutz on the left wing due to the absence of Mario Goetze through injury. That change means Marco Reus switches to the middle behind forward Robert Lewandowski. ... More »Dortmund bring in Bender for captain Kehl
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Spain's Alejandro Canizares is hoping to pull off a remarkable victory at the PGA Championship, three and a half weeks after being diagnosed with viral meningitis. The 30-year-old admitted it was "scary" when he became ill on a flight from the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea to the China Open at the start of the month. "I started getting headaches, didn't attach too much importance to it, but the next day I woke up with the biggest headache I've had in my life," Canizares told Reuters in an interview on Saturday. ... More »PGA leader Canizares back after meningitis scare
The coach of the national team hopes Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund's European success this season will help his cause for next summer's World Cup More »Low plays down Germany talent pool
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Ferrari's Formula One title contender Fernando Alonso played down his chances of winning the Monaco Grand Prix after qualifying on the third row on Saturday. The Spaniard will line up sixth, next to Lotus rivals Kimi Raikkonen fifth and behind the two Mercedes - who swept the front row with Nico Rosberg on pole - and two Red Bulls. "I think it's going to be difficult tomorrow," Alonso told reporters. "Nothing is impossible in Formula One, but it's going to be very unlikely that we'll fight for the victory tomorrow. ... More »Alonso plays down Monaco chances
The ever-quotable Aurelio De Laurentiis has come out with another gem while suggesting that it was impossile to stop him leaving the Stadio San Paolo for Inter More »Napoli chief compares Mazzarri to cheating wife
* Rosberg takes third pole in a row * Hamilton locks out Monaco front row for Mercedes * Red Bulls third and fourth on grid (Adds new Hamilton and Di Resta quotes) By Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Germany's Nico Rosberg scorched to his third successive Formula One pole position with team mate Lewis Hamilton completing a front row lockout for Mercedes at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday. The pole was the fourth in a row for Mercedes, whose qualifying form has faded in the races this season, and second successive sweep of the top-two places. ... More »Motor racing-Rosberg on pole in Mercedes Monaco sweep
Underdogs Castres completed a miserable week for Clermont by defeating the favourites 25-9 in Nantes on Saturday to reach the French Top 14 final against Toulon. More »Castres stun Clermont to reach Top 14 final
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Mercedes are talking to Williams about a Formula One engine supply from 2014, the German company's motorsport head Toto Wolff said on Saturday. Mercedes are already contracted to supply their own works outfit, Force India and McLaren next year but the latter team have announced they will be reviving their partnership with Honda in 2015. ... More »Mercedes discussing engine deal with Williams
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One title contender Kimi Raikkonen has been cleared to race with a tribute on his helmet to late champion James Hunt after the lettering was initially deemed to contravene television regulations. The party-loving Lotus driver, second in the championship at present, is a big fan of Britain's 1976 champion and once entered a snowmobile race under Hunt's name. He has also paid tribute to him in the past with Monaco helmets. This year's had the words 'James Hunt' on the top, positioned to face the camera behind. ... More »Raikkonen allowed to race with Hunt tribute
The Manchester United midfielder is hoping to make a bigger impact in the tournament next season after watching his former club make it to Saturday's big match at Wembley More »Kagawa 'inspired' by Dortmund's run to Champions League final
Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich both named their expected line-ups for Saturday's first ever all-German Champions League final at Wembley Stadium. More »No surprises in Dortmund, Bayern teams
The Pole, who boasts 10 Champions League goals to his name already this season, has finished some way ahead of team-mate Marco Reus, Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller More »Goal readers predict Lewandowski will star in Champions League final
Gregory Gaultier, the unpredictably brilliant former world number one from France, produced one of his finest performances to end the British Open defence of the record-breaking Nick Matthew. More »Squash: Gaultier ends Matthew's British Open record
Gregory Gaultier, the unpredictably brilliant former world number one from France, produced one of his finest performances to end the British Open defence of the record-breaking Nick Matthew. More »quash: Gaultier ends Matthew's British Open record