REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Real Madrid’s 40-match unbeaten run was brought to an end as ex-Manchester City forward Stevan Jovetic scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner for title rivals Sevilla. Cristiano Ronaldo had put the visitors ahead with a penalty after Dani Carvajal had been fouled by Sevilla goalkeeper Sergio Rico. Sergio Ramos’ late own goal against his former club levelled ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Reporters asked Barcelona’s Neymar which former and current world stars he would combine to create this “ultimate football player.” First touch Neymar is a big admirer of former Brazil striker Romario. Romario scored 53 goals in 82 games for Barcelona after arriving from PSV Eindhoven in 1993. He also helped Brazil win the 1994 World Cup ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid survived a scare to beat Japanese side Kashima Antlers in extra time and win the Club World Cup. Real took the lead in the ninth minute through Karim Benzema, but Gaku Shibasaki scored either side of half-time to put Kashima in front. Ronaldo levelled from the penalty spot ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG The BBC are growing increasingly concerned that next Sunday’s Sports Personality of the Year show could be blighted by the absence of the top three finishers in the public poll. Andy Murray, the runaway favourite to win an unprecedented third title, is training in Miami with head coach Ivan Lendl, and thus will have to accept ...

There is no doubt as to the severity of this beating. Australia came to Hobart believing they were the cricketing equal of South Africa, and have had that belief crushed. Steve Smith was quite beside himself at the television post-match interview; the blood drained from his face, the answers to questions coming in a gentle voice from a mind reeling ...

A NEW sports city will be built in Melbourne’s northern suburbs with a $150 million precinct to combine elite and grassroots competition, research and rehabilitation. La Trobe University is in the advanced stages of planning a world-class precinct to combine facilities for a wide variety of sports, student accommodation, science labs and office space. A 60ha site at the university’s ...

Australia have lost 0-5 in a five-match ODI series for the first time ever. They lost 0-2 in a two-match series against England in 1980 and 0-3 in a three-match series to the same opposition in 1997, but this is the first time that they have been on the end of a whitewash over these many matches. More worrying than ...

Australia has faltered in game two of the Constellation Cup, falling 53-51 in a thriller second netball Test against New Zealand in Launceston. After a crushing 68-56 victory in the first Test in Sydney, the Diamonds couldn’t handle a lift in defensive pressure by the Kiwis. With the remaining two matches in New Zealand, the loss is a big blow ...

Australia have slumped to a 31-run defeat in the fifth one-day international against South Africa at Cape Town despite a sensational 173 by David Warner. The left-handed opener’s heroics weren’t enough to prevent Australia making history by losing five matches in a bilateral ODI series for the first time. The Proteas’ 5-0 whitewash was secured thanks to Rilee Rossouw’s third ...

Gareth Southgate reached the midway point in his four-game tenure as England manager on a torrid night in Slovenia – still searching for the compelling evidence that will land him the full-time job. The 46-year-old walked into a team and a Football Association in turmoil following the hasty departure of predecessor Sam Allardyce after just 67 days, one game and ...