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Sami Hyypia is under mounting pressure in his first season as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen with his side winless since February following eight defeats in their last nine games. The 40-year-old former Liverpool captain took sole charge of Leverkusen…

Cristiano Ronaldo sparked a storm of criticism on Monday for condemning the referee who awarded three penalties in Barcelona’s dramatic win over Real Madrid. Ronaldo said after the 4-3 Clasico defeat on Sunday night that referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco…

Jean-Paul Duminy hit a brilliant 40-ball 86 to lift South Africa to 170-6 in the World Twenty20 crucial Group One match against New Zealand in Chittagong on Monday. The left-hander smashed 10 boundaries and three sixes while Hashim Amla made a 40-ball…

Ivory Coast superstar Yaya Toure scored his first career hat-trick at the weekend as English Premier League title-chasers Manchester City cruised to a 5-0 win over Fulham. The reigning African Footballer of the Year converted two penalties before curling…

Russian authorities on Monday declared an avalanche warning for the mountain resort used to host the Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games events, after an avalanche killed two women in the area at the weekend. The avalanche hit the Rosa Khutor…

Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino believes his side now have a great chance to retain their La Liga title as a Lionel Messi hat-trick handed them a vital 4-3 win away to Real Madrid. The Catalans still trail leaders Atletico Madrid and Real by a point…

Underrated Amit Mishra has transformed India’s seemingly inadequate bowling resources into match winners, giving the former champions a perfect start in the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. The leg-spinner picked up the man-of-the-match awards in two almost…

Australian rugby chief Bill Pulver said Monday he is confident the relaunched National Rugby Championship can prove the doubters wrong and make a financial profit in its first year. The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Monday announced nine teams to compete…

NEWARK— David Clarkson knew about the boos Zach Parise endured in his first game at Prudential Center with the Minnesota Wild last Thursday, so he was pleased to see some friendly faces holding signs and banners outside the arena when he arrived Sunday…

The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a 2-0 opening day Major League Baseball sweep over National League rivals Arizona Diamondbacks with a 7-5 win in the second match in Sydney on Sunday. The Dodgers, who downed the D-backs 3-1 in Saturday’s first game…

World number two Laura Massaro was crowned the new world women’s squash champion Sunday after edging Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini in a suspenseful final. England’s Massaro downed Sherbini 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 in front of a full house in the Malaysian…

Borussia Dortmund’s veteran captain Sebastian Kehl has said he will retire in June 2015 having just signed a year’s contract extension. The 34-year-old, who made the last of his 31 appearances for Germany at the 2006 World Cup, joined Dortmund in 2002…

Ethopian runners dominated Sunday’s 20th edition of the Rome marathon with Shume Hailu Legese winning the men’s event and Ayelu Lemma Geda the women’s race. Under the driving rain, Legese clocked 2hr 09min 47sec to finish ahead of countryman Sisay Jisa…

Hosts Bangladesh suffered an injury blow when paceman Rubel Hossain was ruled out of the World Twenty20 tournament due to a finger injury, it was announced Sunday. The International Cricket Council said in a statement its event technical committee had…

Umar Akmal smashed 94 off 54 balls as Pakistan bounced back after a morale-sapping loss against India to defeat Australia by 16 runs in the World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Sunday. Elder brother Kamran Akmal contributed a run-a-ball 31 and Shahid Afridi returned…

Serena Williams waited out a 45-minute rain interruption Saturday before defeating France’s Caroline Garcia 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to advance at the ATP and WTA Miami Masters. The world number one’s progress was temporarily halted in the fifth game of the final…

Urawa Red Diamonds drew 1-1 with Shimizu S-Pulse on Sunday in a game played in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist “Japanese only” banner put up by hardline fans that deeply embarrassed the J-League. League officials hit Japan’s best-supported…

Zambian club side Nkana have left themselves a mountain to climb if they are to end the 30-year jinx against…

Zimbabwean club side How Mine continued with their 100 percent home record in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup competition with…

Canada secured an impressive 2-1 win over group winners Ghana to win through to the last-eight despite being down to…