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Team Sky back in the saddle in Mallorca training

With the season's first race just a week away Team Sky are doing the hard kilometres in training in Mallorca in Spain.

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How will the new World Cup work?

Fifa delegates have given the go-ahead to allow 48 teams to play in the World Cup.

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Sharapova fired up for April return

Former womens' number one Maria Sharapova's drugs ban comes to an end, and she will return to professional tennis for the April Stuttgart open.

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Sands take their toll on Africa Eco racers

The Africa Eco race took its field of competitors into the Mauritanian dunes on Monday.

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Ronaldo wins FIFA Player of the Year

Portugal and Real Madrid star Christiano Ronaldo is the 2016 FIFA Player of the Year.

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Exercising their right to keep fit? North Korea holds first sports day of year

North Korea has held its first dedicated sports day of the year in Pyongyang.

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Sella extends lead in Africa Eco Race with stage four victory

Gev Teddy Sella strengthened his grip on the overall race lead of the Africa Eco Race on Thursday when he won stage four for his third triumph this edition.

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French centenarian cycles into record books

Robert Marchand cycled his way into the record books on Wednesday.

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Sella strikes again in Africa Eco Race

Gev Teddy Sella claimed his second win of this year’s Africa Eco Race after winning stage three which took the competitors from Tagounite to Assa in Southern…

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Africa Eco Race: Ceci wins stage two and takes over race lead

Stage two of this year’s Africa Eco Race took the competitors over 393 kilometres from Moulay Domain to Tagounite in Southwest Morocco.

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Alpine skiing: Velez-Zuzulova returns to winners circle as Shiffrin fails to finish

Veronika Velez-Zuzulova celebrated her first win on the world cup circuit in almost a year after topping te podium in a slalom race in Zagreb on Tuesday.

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Africa Eco race: Sella and Vasilyev steal the limelight

The Africa Eco race is back.

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What will happen in 2017?

January: It is likely to be a busy start to the year for Europhiles in Romania and Bulgaria: as soon as they finish celebrations to welcome in the new year, they begin toasting their decade as members

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Kraft jumps to victory at prestigious Four Hills opener

Stefan Kraft has won the opening stop of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf for the second time in his career.

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Swiss cycling great Kubler dies aged 97

Switzerland’s first winner of the Tour de France Ferdinand Kubler has died aged 97.

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Love game: Serena Williams plays on after engagement

The tennis star is competing for the first time in New Zealand following her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

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Death Stars: from David Bowie to Mohammad Ali

The year 2016 saw the passing of a host of dignitaries, sports personalities and celebrities.

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Tevez joins the Chinese exodus with big-money move to Shanghai

Argentina forward Carlos Tevez has become the latest high-profile player to join the Chinese Super League after Shanghai Shenhua confirmed on Thursday they have signed the 32-year old from his boyhood

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Pinturault matches French record of wins set by ski legend Killy

There has been no rest for alpine skiing World Cup competitors over the festive period.

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British cycling great Wiggins retires

Britain’s most decorated cyclist sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from the sport.