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Lewis Hamilton fought his way up from 20th on the grid to finish third as his team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg won the German Grand Prix.The Briton staged a superb recovery drive despite damaging his front wing in...

Rory McIlroy clinched his first Open Championship and third major title with a two-shot victory over Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler on a thrilling final day at Hoylake. The Northern Irishman joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only...

He may have written his name into national folklore less than a week ago but Germany’s World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm has decided to go out at the top by announcing his retirement from international football Friday. The 30-year-old...

India survived a scare to draw the first Test at Trent Bridge and extend England’s winless run to nine matches.England raised their hopes of victory by taking three quick wickets on the final morning to reduce India to 184-6...

Brazil’s World Cup dreams ended in humiliating and brutal fashion as Germany inflicted their heaviest defeat in the first semi-final in Belo Horizonte.A thunderous occasion that began with Brazil riding a tidal wave of emotion was reduced to a...

There were goals, there was choreographed dancing, there were moments of great footballing beauty, but Colombia — one of the teams to excite most at this thrilling World Cup finals — is going home after Friday’s quarterfinal defeat at...

The life time football ban imposed upon player Dominique Taboga by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) in February for match-fixing has been extended by FIFA today to include worldwide activities. Austrian former top league player Taboga was sanctioned by ÖFB...

Germany won their fourth World Cup title as they beat Argentina 1-0 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. An entertaining first half played out, where both Gonzalo Higuain and Benedikt Howedes should have scored, but that gave...