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Chris Wood scored a hat-trick of headers as New Zealand moved to within one win of the World Cup with a 7-0 demolition of Fiji on Friday.
Lewis Hamilton broke the Shanghai lap record to take a stunning pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race as Ferrari bounced back from a torrid season-opener in style on Friday.
Mark Chapman struck a blistering 94 Friday as New Zealand scored 204 in the third Twenty20 against Pakistan and moved into a strong position to clinch the five-match series.
Chris Wood scored a hat-trick of headers as New Zealand moved to within one win of the World Cup with a 7-0 demolition of Fiji on Friday.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner on Friday paid a fond personal tribute to Eddie Jordan, saying the late former Formula One team owner had been "the heart and soul of any party".
Italy's Andy Diaz Hernandez claimed the opening gold of the world indoor athletics championships in Nanjing on Friday, bounding out to a dominant 17.80 metres in the men's triple jump.
Draymond Green scored 21 points and Jimmy Butler added a 16-point triple-double as the Golden State Warriors held off the Toronto Raptors 117-114 on Thursday despite an early exit for Stephen Curry.
Lando Norris was fastest in practice Friday for the Chinese Grand Prix, the championship leader lapping almost half a second quicker than Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri third.
Australian Test opener Usman Khawaja lashed out Friday at "inflammatory" and "categorically untrue" comments from Queensland's head of cricket after he missed a crucial Sheffield Shield game.
Patrick Kluivert vowed his side will show a reaction in next week's vital home World Cup qualifier against Bahrain after the Dutch great endured a nightmare start as Indonesia coach.
England head into this weekend's opening round of the Women's Six Nations as overwhelming favourites to win an unprecedented eighth successive title and fourth consecutive Grand Slam.
French Top 14 leaders Toulouse head to second-placed Bordeaux-Begles on Sunday without talisman Antoine Dupont and a host of other France Six Nations champions.
Vinicius Junior struck a winner in the ninth minute of stoppage time to give Brazil a 2-1 win over Colombia in their South American World Cup qualifier on Thursday.
Son Heung-min said he "let my team-mates down" after South Korea stumbled in World Cup qualifying with a 1-1 home draw against Oman.
Cecilio Waterman scored a stoppage-time winner as Panama stunned defending champions the United States 1-0 to book their place in the CONCACAF Nations League final on Thursday.
Auckland Blues coach Vern Cotter says the defending Super Rugby champions are improving, despite losing four of five matches this season, and has urged them to dig deep on Saturday against the Canterbury Crusaders.
Wataru Endo said Japan can win the 2026 World Cup after becoming the first team to qualify and the Liverpool ace urged fans to buy into the ambitious target.
NSW Waratahs coach Dan McKellar returns to his old club ACT Brumbies on Saturday and has a message for his team: "Front up."
Socceroos coach Tony Popovic believes his team is starting to hit their stride with a World Cup place firmly in sight, but they are still not where he wants them to be.
England captain Harry Kane believes he is being taken for granted by fans who are "bored" with his goal-scoring record for the national side.
Keith Mitchell grabbed a share of the lead at the US PGA Tour Valspar Championship on Thursday, saying he's still learning from his agonizing last-round collapse in the event last year.
CONCACAF football chief Victor Montagliani played down concerns over a US border crackdown impacting the 2026 World Cup on Thursday, following a flurry of recent cases involving foreign visitors who have been detained or deported after attempting to enter the United States.
Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and set her sights on confronting the dual unpredictability of geopolitical intrigue and US president Donald Trump.
Mikel Merino's 93rd-minute equaliser earned Spain a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in Nations League quarter-final first leg action on Thursday, while Croatia have one foot in the semi-finals after beating France 2-0.
Novak Djokovic has sought to create some distance between himself and the legal action taken against the ATP and WTA tours by the players' union he formed, calling on younger players to take a stand.
Leon Goretzka marked his return to international football with the winning goal in Germany's 2-1 victory over Italy on Thursday, which handed his country the advantage in the Nations League quarter-finals.
Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund imitated Cristiano Ronaldo's trademark "Siuuu" celebration after scoring the winning goal against Portugal in a Nations League quarter-final clash on Thursday but said he was not trying to make fun of his "idol".
Ivan Perisic scored one goal and made another as Croatia beat France 2-0 on Thursday to seize the upper hand in the first leg of their UEFA Nations League quarter-final tie.
European champions Spain salvaged their two-year unbeaten streak in the dying minutes of Thursday's Nations League quarter-final first leg, denying 10-man Netherlands a famous victory with a 2-2 draw.
Rasmus Hojlund earned Denmark a deserved 1-0 lead over Portugal in their Nations League quarter-final first leg clash on Thursday.
Leon Goretzka marked his return to international football on Thursday with the winning goal in Germany's 2-1 victory over Italy, which handed his country the advantage in the Nations League quarter-finals.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka and third-seeded Coco Gauff eased through their second round matches at the Miami Open on Thursday but seventh seed Elena Rybakina crashed out to American Ashlyn Krueger.