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Danny Stam, the head of the SD Worx team, was thrown off the Women's Tour de France on Friday in the aftermath of a penalty for his star rider Demi Vollering.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club were slapped with a huge 48-point deduction in the English County Championship on Friday after admitting four charges related to the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal.
China's Qin Haiyang broke the men's 200m breaststroke world record to complete an unprecedented clean sweep at swimming's world championships on Friday, while Australian teen Mollie O'Callaghan also made history.
Carlos Sainz topped the times for Ferrari but Formula One was left facing a problematic challenge on Friday as heavy rain curtailed the only free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Substitute Wang Shuang scored a 74th-minute penalty as China survived for more than an hour with 10 players to beat debutants Haiti 1-0 Friday and keep their Women's World Cup dreams alive.
Joe Root held a brilliant slip catch to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne as Australia ground their way to 115-2 at lunch on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval on Friday.
England closed in on a place in the last 16 of the Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win over Denmark on Friday but their victory was overshadowed by a potentially serious injury to key midfielder Keira Walsh.
Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez has left the treble winners to join Saudi side Al-Ahli, the two clubs announced on Friday.
Coach Sarina Wiegman praised her England team for pulling themselves together after key midfielder Keira Walsh was stretchered off in the 1-0 Women's World Cup win over Denmark on Friday.
RB Leipzig have extended manager Marco Rose's contract by one year until 2025, the club announced on Friday.
France are sweating on the fitness of skipper Wendie Renard for their must-win Women's World Cup clash with Brazil on Saturday.
European champions England stood on the brink of the Women's World Cup last 16 after a Lauren James cracker in the sixth minute gave them a 1-0 win over Denmark on Friday.
European champions England stood on the brink of the Women's World Cup last 16 after a Lauren James cracker in the sixth minute gave them a 1-0 win over Denmark on Friday.
Badminton world number one Viktor Axelsen survived a serious scare from H.S. Prannoy of India on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Japan Open.
Argentina launched a thrilling comeback to deny South Africa a first win ever at the Women's World Cup on Friday as England geared up to stake their claim for a place in the last 16.
Around 5,000 Citroen 2CVs from across the globe are tootling into the Swiss countryside this week for a mass gathering celebrating the instantly recognisable French classic car.
Eddie Jones has tipped the struggling Wallabies to "shock" fans and upset the All Blacks on Saturday, but co-skipper James Slipper admits the odds are stacked against them.
Jamaican defender Allyson Swaby said Friday that a first World Cup win would send a message to the country's football bosses that the women's team deserve better treatment.
Captain Kosovare Asllani warned her Sweden team won't back down in the face of Italy's physical approach when the two unbeaten sides clash at the Women's World Cup on Saturday.
Veteran Cameron McEvoy hailed the dawning of a new golden era of Australian swimming on Friday, with his teammates dominating at the world championships in Fukuoka.
Colombian forward Linda Caicedo has already survived cancer, earned a move to Real Madrid and scored for her country at the Women's World Cup.
The United States came into the Women's World Cup as favourites to retain their title but performances so far suggest Vlatko Andonovski's side might not be the dominant force of old.
Australia coach Tony Gustavsson was facing questions on Friday after a stunning 3-2 defeat to Nigeria left the Women's World Cup co-hosts "teetering on the edge of something deep and dark".
Shohei Ohtani delivered another dazzling Major League Baseball first on Thursday, rewarding the Los Angeles Angels' belief a day after they took him off the trade market.
Romina Nunez scored the equaliser as Argentina roared back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with South Africa at the Women's World Cup on Friday, denying them a landmark first-ever win at the tournament.
Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber will be emotional and scrum-half Grant Williams hopeful when South Africa confront Argentina on Saturday in a Rugby Championship final-round match.
Lee Hodges sizzled in sweltering conditions Thursday, grabbing eight birdies in an eight-under par 63 to take a one-shot first-round lead at the US PGA Tour 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota.
Errol Spence and Terence Crawford chase history on Saturday in Las Vegas, where one will emerge as the first man to claim the undisputed welterweight world title in boxing's four-belt era.
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, who was controversially disqualified from the world championships for not shaking hands with a Russian opponent, defiantly insisted on Thursday: "We will never shake hands with them."
The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river.
Rookie Ricarda Bauernfeind broke away to take the fifth stage of the Women's Tour de France on Thursday while Demi Vollering, one of the race favourites, slid down the standings after being hit with a 20-second penalty
NBA superstar LeBron James said on Thursday his family was "together, safe and healthy" four days after his eldest son suffered cardiac arrest during practice with his college basketball team.