International Master Abu Sufian Shakil slips from the top position of the Commonwealth Chess Championship at the close of the fourth round.

Sri Lanka suffer another injury setback ahead of the second Test against Australia in Galle.

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is desperate to see a greater return from his top-order batsmen in the third Test against England.

Argentina's new coach Edgardo Bauza has set his mind to wooing Lionel Messi back from international retirement as he ponders his squad for next month's South American 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

World number 11 and former Australian Open runner-up Dominika Cibulkova joins the Olympic Games tennis tournament's growing list of absentees.

Germany winger Leroy Sane signs a five-year deal for Manchester City, both the Premier League side and his now former Bundesliga club Schalke 04 confirm on Tuesday.

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams will display their Grand Slam talents in Rio, but with serious questions being asked over tennis's place in the Olympics after a host of high-profile pull-outs.

England seamer James Anderson is confident that he has enough skill and experience to compensate for his decreased pace over the remaining years of his cricket career.

The weather gods give West Indies a lifeline in their quest to avoid defeat in the second Test against India when rain wash out the final session of day three in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday.

Opening batsman Lokesh Rahul scores a career-high 158 as India consolidated their dominance on day two of the second test against West Indies in Jamaica on Sunday.

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan chips in with a crucial wicket during four economical overs but his side Jamaica Tallawahs lose to St Lucia Zouks by 63 runs.

Two goals from Marcelo and a Mariano Diaz stunner give Real Madrid a 3-2 win over Antonio Conte's Chelsea in the International Champions Cup at the Michigan Stadium.

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin torments the West Indies again to claim a second consecutive five-wicket innings haul and dismiss the home side for 196 at the stroke of tea on the opening day of the second Test.

A police chase stops play at a Cardiff cricket match as officers pursue suspected car thieves through the grounds.

Proteas seamer Vernon Philander expresses some reservations about the pink ball that will be used in a Test against Australia in November.

Skipper Steven Smith blames Australia's "lack of discipline" on the batting front for the number one Test team's shock loss to Sri Lanka.

Ross Taylor and BJ Watling score centuries as New Zealand close in on victory against hapless Zimbabwe after day three of the first Test.

Jermaine Blackwood smashes an entertaining counter-attacking half-century but India hold the upper hand in reducing the West Indies to 88 for four at lunch on the opening day of the second Test in Kingston on Saturday.

Tonight, Sri Lanka are gonna party like it's 1999. Specifically, like it's September 11, 1999, the only other date on which they have beaten Australia in a Test.

Rain and bad light delay the start of the fifth and final day's play in the nail-biting first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Pallekele on Saturday.