Brighton provided another huge blow to Chelsea's dwindling hopes of winning this season's Premier League title by coming from behind to claim a well-deserved draw at the Amex Stadium. Adam Webster found all the space he needed to head in from a corner in the second half and

Rafael Nadal eased past qualifier Yannick Hanfmann to reach the third round of the Australian Open. Sixth seed Nadal, bidding for a men's record 21st Grand Slam title, beat Germany's Hanfmann 6-2 6-3 6-4. Hanfmann saved four match points, including two on the Spaniard's

Barcelona's Alexia Putellas has been named the Best Fifa Women's Player of the Year and Chelsea boss Emma Hayes has won Women's Coach of the Year. Spain midfielder Putellas, 27, now holds both of the highest individual awards in world football, having won the Ballon

Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named 2021 Best Fifa Men's Player of the Year, while Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo landed the special award. Lewandowski, 33, claimed the prize for the second consecutive year after scoring 69 goals. He won

Set a modest target of 213 to win in 50 overs, the tourists survived a dramatic late batting collapse after McBrine (59) and Tector (52) had patiently scored their half-tons, to secure a famous series win. Ireland lost four late wickets after being 190/4 and seemingly cruising to their

Rafael Nadal began his bid for a men's record 21st Grand Slam title with victory over Marcos Giron in the Australian Open first round. Sixth seed Nadal, the only former Melbourne champion left in the men's draw, beat American Giron 6-1 6-4 6-2. The Spaniard is making his

England's miserable Ashes tour ended with one last calamitous batting failure as Australia surged to a 146-run victory in the final Test to claim a 4-0 series win. Set 271 to win, England reached 68-0 but then lost all 10 wickets for the addition of another 56 runs in Hobart.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has lost his chance to defend his Australian Open title after an Australian court upheld a government deportation order on Sunday. Three Federal Court judges sided with a decision made on Friday by the immigration minister to cancel the 34-year-old

Robert Lewandowski scored his 300th Bundesliga goal as Bayern Munich netted for a record-breaking 66th consecutive league game to beat Koln. The Poland striker gave Bayern an early lead, with Corentin Tolisso adding a second before the break. Lewandowski made it 3-0 before

Paris St-Germain returned to winning ways with Kylian Mbappe on target in a victory over Brest that takes them 11 points clear at the top of Ligue 1. PSG were without other stars including Lionel Messi and Neymar, but were still too good for their opponents. Mbappe fired in the

Bangladesh national cricket team returned to Dhaka on Saturday (Jan 15) after a historic tour where they secured their first Test victory over New Zealand. They landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka around 5:00 pm. Bangladesh however drew the two-match

Novak Djokovic has been detained in Australia ahead of a court hearing that will determine whether the unvaccinated tennis star can stay in the country. The Serbian faces deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time, with the government labelling the 34-year-old a threat

Novak Djokovic has been drawn to play in the Australian Open despite ongoing uncertainty over whether his visa will be cancelled again by the government. The world number one men's player will defend his title against fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. However,

Ottis Gibson has decided not to renew his contract as first balling coach of Bangladesh after finishing his two-year stint on January 20. Bangladesh Cricket Board cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus has confirmed the matter. Gibson, however, set to join Multan Sultans in the

Chelsea eased into the Carabao Cup final as they closed out a comfortable semi-final win over Tottenham. Spurs never seriously threatened to overturn Chelsea's two-goal first-leg advantage and Antonio Rudiger's bundled finish from Mason Mount's corner after 18 minutes

Real Madrid are through to the Spanish Super Cup final after beating rivals Barcelona in extra-time. Federico Valverde slotted in the winner after Ansu Fati's late equaliser forced extra time in Saudi Arabia. In a thrilling El Clasico clash, Real took the lead three times, with

Novak Djokovic has admitted breaching isolation rules after testing positive for Covid-19 last month, describing it as an "error of judgement". In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the Serbian admitted meeting a journalist for an interview two days after he tested positive on

New Zealand VS Bangladesh Test Series 2nd Test Played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch Scorecard New Zealand 1st Innings 521/6 (Tom Latham 252, Devon Conway 109, Tom Blundell 57*, Will Young 54, Shoriful Islam 2/79, Ebadat Hossain 2/143,Mominul 1/34) Bangladesh1st Innings 126 All Out

Manchester United booked an FA Cup fourth-round meeting with Middlesbrough as Scott McTominay's eighth-minute header proved enough to beat Aston Villa at Old Trafford. McTominay was allowed to run unchallenged to the edge of the Villa six-yard box, where he met Fred's perfectly

The controversy over Novak Djokovic's Australian visa application has been "damaging on all fronts", the men's professional tennis tour has said. The ATP also called for more clarity of the rules to enter Australia and urged players to get vaccinated. Djokovic left