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Alpine skiing: Hirscher inches closer to legendary status with slalom world title

The Alpine skiing world championships in St-Moritz ended on a high note for Marcel Hirscher.

19/02/2017

Sport

Hermans closes in on Tour of Oman victory

BMC’s Ben Hermans all but assured himself of overall victory at the Tour of Oman on Saturday after winning the penultimate stage five to stretch his lead at the top of the general…

18/02/2017

Sport

Shiffrin wins third straight slalom world title

American Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her status as the slalom queen after winning the world title in the discipline for a third consecutive time.

18/02/2017

Brazil

Six months on, Rio Olympic venues lie derelict

Organisers promised the Rio de Janeiro Olympics would bring long-term benefits to the Brazilian city and its residents.

17/02/2017

Sport

France's Worley slaloms to second gold at world championships

Tessa Worley has won her second gold medal at the alpine skiing world championship in St Moritz, Switzerland.

16/02/2017

North Korea

North Korea celebrates the anniversary of the late leader's birth with sports events

Sporting events have been held in Pyongyang to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late leader, Kim John Il.

16/02/2017

USA

Bet, date... and match? Tennis star honours promise to go out with student

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has kept her word over a Twitter bet to go on a date with a 20-year-old student.

16/02/2017

Croatia

Skydiving stunt celebrates St. Valentine's

Three of the world's top skydivers have marked this St. Valentine's day by jumping above a heart-shaped island in Croatia.

14/02/2017

USA

Lance Armstrong faces uphill struggle in US fraud trial

Lance Armstrong to go to trial in US fraud case

14/02/2017

Sport

PSG ready to host Barca as Champions League resumes

The Champions League resumes on Tuesday with the last 16 phase.

13/02/2017

Sport

Alpine skiing: Aerni wins shock gold at Worlds

Luca Aerni handed host nation Switzerland their third title from six races at the World skiing championships in St.

13/02/2017

World News

Pictures of the week: Afcon final, lunar new year and a royal race

The best images from the last seven days.

11/02/2017

Sport

[LIVE] AFCON 2017 profit: Cameroon climbs 29 places on FIFA World ranking

This is the coverage of the just ended AFCON in Gabon. The line ups, the scores, match statistics, goals, man of the match and the fans were all covered in our LIVE blog.

09/02/2017

Sport

Erik Guay wins Super-G Gold

Canadian Erik Guay produces a stunning run to take Super-G gold

08/02/2017

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Prince Harry beats Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in sprint

The Duchess of Cambridge took part in a relay race along with Prince William and Prince Harry on Sunday to support their charity Heads Together.

06/02/2017

Sport

Cameroon lift the African Cup of Nations

The indomitable Lions win the AFCON

05/02/2017

Sport

Brady, beer and chicken wings it's Super Bowl time

Super Bowl Patriots V Hawks in Houston

04/02/2017

Sport

Marcel Kittel does the double in Dubai

Kittel punches the peloton with victory in Dubai

04/02/2017

Sport

England - France to kick off Six Nations tournament

Twickenham welcomes the French this weekend as the Grand Slam holders England begin their Six Nations title defence and look towards a record winning run.

03/02/2017

Sport

Lampard blows final whistle on illustrious career

Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard has announced his retirement from football.

02/02/2017