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Colin Kaepernick, who hasn't played in the NFL for seven years after his kneeling social justice protests sparked controversy, is asking the New York Jets for a job.
Fly-half Handre Pollard, back from injury and called up to the South Africa World Cup squad last week, will start for the Springboks in their final pool game against Tonga in Marseille on Sunday.
Glenn Maxwell returned career-best figures of 4-40 to end Australia's five-match losing streak with a consolation 66-run win over India in the third one-day international on Wednesday.
Pakistan's cricket team arrived in arch-rivals India on Wednesday under tight security ahead of the seven-week long World Cup, their first visit to their neighbour since 2016, an AFP photographer said.
Japan and Samoa clash in Group D on Thursday both knowing they need to win to keep their quarter-final hopes alive and both insisting they don't want to fumble their chance.
In a black-walled gym tucked away in a quiet corner of Las Vegas, Mike Tyson looks on approvingly as the unmistakable sound of violent, powerful punches fills the air.
Manchester United winger Antony will meet with police for questioning over allegations of domestic abuse after returning to the United Kingdom from Brazil.
Mauricio Pochettino says he has been playing a crossbar challenge with Mykhailo Mudryk in an effort to boost the Chelsea winger's confidence -- but the Blues boss admits he nearly always wins.
Brooks Koepka on Wednesday told any fellow LIV Golf players upset at their exclusion from the USA's Ryder Cup team that they need to up their games if they want a spot in future tournaments.
World champion swimmer Zhang Yufei sent a major message to her Paris 2024 rivals on Wednesday at the Asian Games as Nepal smashed multiple records in the cricket.
Sam Whitelock is set to break the New Zealand Test appearances record he shares with Richie McCaw after head coach Ian Foster on Wednesday named him on the bench to face Italy at the World Cup.
Novak Djokovic and Gareth Bale played seven holes on the Ryder Cup course during a celebrity match on Wednesday, with the tennis star enjoying the "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity".
Zhang Yufei blasted the fastest time of the year Wednesday to win Asian Games 100m butterfly gold and bolster her status as a favourite for the Paris Olympics.
Sofyan Amrabat believes Manchester United can still do "something big" this season after the Morocco midfielder helped his troubled side get back on track.
The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations will be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, while Morocco will stage the 2025 edition, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Wednesday.
The Aragon Grand Prix returns to the MotoGP circuit and Kazakhstan will finally host its first race in a record 22-race calendar for 2024, which was published on Wednesday.
The crisis at Dutch giants Ajax went from bad to worse Wednesday as arch-rivals Feyenoord piled on the misery, completing a 4-0 win in a game rescheduled after crowd violence.
Ukrainian football teams will boycott all competitions featuring Russian sides while Poland will refuse to play against teams from the country, their national federations said on Wednesday following a decision by UEFA to lift a ban on Russia's youth sides.
Gennaro Gattuso is expected to be named as the new coach of French giants Marseille following the resignation of Marcelino Garcia Toral last week, sources close to the discussions said on Wednesday.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek and world number four Jessica Pegula surged into the quarter-finals of the WTA Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Wednesday with straight-sets victories.
Mitchell Marsh made 96 in an Australian batting onslaught of 352-7 against India that raised hopes of a consolation win in Wednesday's third and final one-day international.
Spain's women's national team took one step towards the Olympic Games and several more towards equality, over a tense fortnight out of which a fragile peace emerged.
Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi became China's youngest gold medallist at the Asian Games in Hangzhou when she won the women's street skateboarding event on Wednesday.
Italy are ready for New Zealand's intimidation and bullying tactics, head coach Kieran Crowley said on Wednesday after naming his team to face the All Blacks.
Victor Osimhen's agent has threatened legal action against Napoli after a video was published on the club's official social media mocking the Nigeria striker for missing a penalty in the weekend's goalless draw at Bologna.
Rory McIlroy on Wednesday said European stalwarts absent from this week's Ryder Cup in Rome after joining LIV Golf will be "missing being here more than we're missing them".
A rampant Nepal rewrote the T20 international cricket record books at the Asian Games on Wednesday while China's Zhang Yufei lay down another marker for the Paris Olympics in the swimming pool.
Olympic and world javelin champion Neeraj Chopra says mind and body are primed to defend his Asian Games title when the athletics starts in Hangzhou on Friday at the end of a gruelling season.
Nepal became the first men's team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against part-timers Mongolia at the Asian Games.
Table tennis legend Ma Long said he had almost certainly made his last Asian Games appearance after helping hosts China to men's team gold in Hangzhou.
Nepal became the first men's team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against Mongolia at the Asian Games.
World champion Zhang Yufei roared into the Asian Games 100m butterfly final with the year's third-fastest time Wednesday, but Japan's double Olympic gold medallist Yui Ohashi opted out of the 400m medley.