Zhang Weili, China's first and only UFC champion, is agonising over her second shot of a coronavirus vaccine because she wants nothing to disrupt preparations for her title defence.

The great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini said Tuesday he has signed his first professional contract with Lazio, the Rome club with a history of association with the far-right.

Luke Kennard conjured a perfect shooting display and Terance Mann added 21 from the bench as the Los Angeles Clippers overturned a 22-point deficit to end the Atlanta Hawks eight-game winning streak on Monday.

Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and Rudy Gobert grabbed a sixth consecutive double-double as the Utah Jazz tightened their grip on the Western Conference standings with a 120-95 road win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Elgin Baylor, widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to win a championship after playing and losing in eight NBA Finals, died on Monday, the franchise announced. He was 86.

Jose Mourinho said Tottenham's dressing room is divided by "selfish" players and agents who have their own relationships with the press.

The Los Angeles Lakers got a hard look at life without injured superstar LeBron James on Sunday in a 111-94 NBA loss to the Phoenix Suns.

Liverpool ripped up the record books last season on the way to their first English top-flight title in 30 years but a campaign marred by injuries and poor form has left them seventh with 46 points from 29 games.

Germany host Iceland in Duisburg on Thursday before facing Romania away on Sunday, then play North Macedonia three days later back in Duisburg.

The young Malaysian star defeated Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 30-29, 20-22, 21-9 Sunday to win the All England, one of the sport's most prestigious tournaments, for the first time. 

Juventus' hopes of winning a 10th consecutive Serie A title took another blow on Sunday with a 1-0 home loss to lowly Benevento.

Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick on Saturday as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich romped to a 4-0 home win over Stuttgart despite losing Alphonso Davies to a red card in the 12th minute.

LeBron James crashed out of the Los Angeles Lakers' 99-94 loss to the Atlanta Hawks Saturday with a right ankle injury that will sideline the NBA superstar indefinitely.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta criticised his side's inconsistency despite a fightback from three goals down to draw 3-3 at West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Some 600,000 Olympic tickets purchased by overseas residents will be refunded, as will another 300,000 Paralympic tickets, Toshiro Muto, the chief executive of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, told a news conference.

Paris Saint-Germain head to Lyon on Sunday for a pivotal game in the Ligue 1 title race with Mauricio Pochettino's side having been thrown off course by poor performances and off-field troubles.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's AC Milan return to their decade-long Serie A title quest on Sunday desperate to close the gap on leaders Inter after their Europa League exit to Manchester United.

Bayern Munich are into the Champions League quarter-finals and four points clear in the Bundesliga but tensions are reportedly simmering at the Allianz Arena.

Real Madrid want to improve their attack and Zinedine Zidane has said a return for Cristiano Ronaldo is possible.

Spurs were favourites to reach the quarter-finals after securing a 2-0 lead from the first leg in London but Zagreb stormed back with a sensational hat-trick from Mislav Orsic to claim a 3-2 aggregate victory.

Bradley Beal scored 43 points and Russell Westbrook produced a 35-point triple-double as the Washington Wizards knocked off the NBA-leading Utah Jazz 131-122 on Thursday.

Paul Pogba returned from injury to score the winner as Manchester United beat AC Milan 1-0 on Thursday to advance to the Europa League quarter-finals 2-1 on aggregate.

The United Kingdom's National Health Service has ordered Indonesian badminton team members to self-isolate for 10 days after a passenger on the flight the team took to Birmingham tested positive for COVID-19.

An Olympics under the dark cloud of Covid-19 may not be the experience athletes had hoped for, but they are still eager to grab their chance to shine, be there fans or not.

Thomas Tuchel said "super hungry" Chelsea have their sights set on reaching the Champions League final after Hakim Ziyech ended his goal drought to inspire a 2-0 win against Atletico Madrid in the last-16 second leg on Wednesday.

Holders Bayern Munich cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals as a 2-1 win over Lazio in Wednesday's last-16 second leg sealed a 6-2 aggregate victory.

Indonesia's badminton team were forced to withdraw from this week's Covid-affected All England Open Championships in Birmingham after a passenger on their flight to Britain tested positive for coronavirus, organisers announced.

Basketball stars LeBron James and Jeremy Lin were among those Wednesday condemning acts of hatred directed at the Asian community after a series of shootings in the Atlanta area left six Asian women dead.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return from injury for AC Milan's  Europa League last 16, second-leg clash against the Swede's former club Manchester United in the San Siro, coach Stefano Pioli said on Wednesday.

Mikel Arteta has held "positive" talks with Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after dropping him for a breach of club discipline, but refused to guarantee the Gabon forward will get his place back against Olympiakos on Thursday.