Eleven years and 214 races after making his Formula One debut, Sergio Perez will on Sunday be the first Mexican to start from pole position when he lines up for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix thanks to the "lap of my life"

Van Gaal said this week that it was "ridiculous" for the World Cup to be held in Qatar and that FIFA had only been motivated by money.

The 32-year-old captain again proved the Welsh talisman on Thursday as his double ensured a 2-1 World Cup playoff semi-final win over Austria, taking them a step closer to their first global soccer showpiece since 1958.

Italy did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the first time they failed to reach soccer's global showpiece since 1958, and will miss Qatar after Aleksandar Trajkovski's last-gasp strike earned North Macedonia a famous win.

Despite going up against a two-division World Champion renowned for his incredible groundwork, Andre Galvao is not the least bit intimidated by Reinier de Ridder’s reputation or his stature.

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Seven-time champions Lyon took an early lead in Turin through Brazilian forward Catarina Macario and were huge favorites as they dominated early proceedings.

The three-time Grand Slam-winning Australian has held the top spot for more than two years but stunned the sports world on Wednesday by quitting at just 25.

Antetokounmpo, who missed the Bucks’ 138-119 mauling by Minnesota on Saturday after complaining of knee soreness, came back with a vengeance as the Bucks pounded the Bulls line-up.

Barty dropped the bombshell weeks after becoming the first home Australian Open champion in 44 years, joining only a handful of players to win a Grand Slam on three different surfaces.

Reinier de Ridder may have proven his status as one of the most skilled mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters in the world, but his upcoming challenge is on a whole different level.

The six-times MotoGP champion suffered a highside on turn seven that launched him into the air and he landed heavily on his side. He took a whack to his head but avoided serious injury as the cartwheeling bike missed him.

The European champions begin a potential two-match mini-campaign in Palermo on Thursday with missing a second straight World Cup a real possibility, as a trip to either Turkey or Portugal awaits should they get through their semi-final.

Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player James sparked the Lakers team he led to the 2020 NBA crown over the Cavs hometown club he made into a 2016 NBA champion, spectators cheering and chanting the 37-year-old star's name as he walked out of the arena.

Hours earlier it looked like the 24-year-old American ranked 20th in the world wouldn't be able to take the court for what would turn out to be the greatest win of his career.

Tatum and Brown spearheaded a superb all-round offensive performance for Boston, whose defense successfully bottled up the threat of Denver’s reigning NBA MVP Jokic, who was held to 23 points.

The Spaniard's Honda cartwheeled end-over-end as it disintegrated and he appeared to land heavily on his left arm and smack his helmet on the ground at about 180kph (112mph).

The Dane was unhappy that he had seven hours fewer to recover for the final than his opponent.

The Portuguese KTM rider finished 2.205sec ahead of current world champion Fabio Quartararo, of France, who had started from pole position on his Yamaha. 

Marquez was catapulted from his bike on turn seven just before the end of Sunday morning's 20-minute session at the Mandalika International Street Circuit.

Charles Leclerc of Ferrari secured pole position for Sunday's season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain as world champion Max Verstappen had to settle for second place in qualifying.

Quartararo's title defence got off to a miserable start at the season-opener in Qatar, where he qualified 11th and finished the race in ninth, but the 22-year-old put his Yamaha on top with a time of 1 minute and 31.067 seconds.

World-class motorcycling is back in Indonesia for the first time in 25 years and there was drama in the second practice session on a sweltering afternoon on the new Mandalika circuit in Lombok.

Unhappy Paris Saint-Germain fans targeted the Argentine as well as Neymar during the 3-0 win over Bordeaux that followed the club's spectacular Champions League elimination at the hands of Real Madrid.

Kyrgios insisted the ugly incident was barely worthy of comment, and not on the scale, for example, of ATP colleague Alexander Zverev's meltdown in Mexico, that saw the German fined $40,000 for bashing an umpire's chair with his racquet.

The 30-year-old Spaniard has never won a MotoGP race but fired a warning with his leading time of 1 min 33.499 at the new Mandalika circuit on the tropical island of Lombok.

Indonesia has reassured organisers that the track on the 4.3 kilometre (2.67 mile) Mandalika International Street Circuit is race-ready, with repairs completed following complaints during testing last month about dirt, rocks and cracks putting riders in danger.