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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix after a tense strategic battle with Sebastian Vettel’s revived Ferrari. Vettel looked in control of the race after vaulting into the lead from third on the grid with a blistering start. But Ferrari surrendered the lead by pitting during a caution period, and Hamilton – doing one pit stop to Vettel’s two ...

Nkana’s attempt to end a sixteen-match winless run against Zesco United on Sunday, when they host the defending Faz Super League champions in the big Copperbelt derby at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe. Zesco enjoy one of the most coveted league records against Nkana, since the Ndola side was promoted in 2004. Five-time winners Zesco have eleven victories and five draws ...

A number of British people are in hospital in France, the UK’s ambassador has said following a series of clashes between football fans in Marseille. Violence has broken out between England fans, rival supporters and police for three days in the French port city. There were also clashes in the stadium following England’s 1-1 Euro 2016 draw with Russia, after ...

Fabian Schaer’s early goal earned Switzerland a 1-0 victory over 10-man Albania on Saturday to move joint top of Euro 2016 Group A. Defender Schaer headed home Xherdan Shaqiri’s corner in the fifth minute to give his team the three points a day after hosts France beat Romania 2-1. Albania captain Lorik Cana received the first red card of the ...

Lionel Messi came off the bench to score a hat-trick in just 18 minutes on Friday as Argentina hammered Panama 5-0 and eased into the quarterfinals of the Copa America. Argentina were 1-0 up at halftime thanks to a Nicolas Otamendi goal after just six minutes. Panama lost Anibal Godoy to a red card after half an hour but the ...

Dimitri Payet’s stunning 25-metre strike a minute from time got hosts France off to a winning start at Euro 2016 on Friday as they beat Romania 2-1. Payet was France’s standout performer all night. His cross also created the opener for Olivier Giroud before Bogdan Stancu’s penalty looked to have handed Romania a point. However, the mercurial West Ham playmaker ...

Euro 2016 kicks off on Friday when hosts France face Group A opponents Romania at the Stade de France amid an unprecedented security operation. France remains under a state of emergency after last November’s attacks on Paris, when 130 people were killed. More than 90,000 police, soldiers and private guards will be deployed at the tournament, with seven million fans ...

Zambia’s home friendly match scheduled for this weekend against Namibia has been cancelled. Chipolopolo were scheduled to host Namibia this Sunday, at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka in a build-up match ahead of both sides participation in the 2016 Cosafa Cup. The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) said in a statement on Thursday afternoon that the cancellation was due to operational ...

The five-time Grand Slam winner has been banned by the International Tennis Federation for using a prohibited drug. Murray told BBC Radio 5 live that Sharapova’s punishment made it clear “that there’s not going to be any hiding place for drug cheats”. Roger Federer said he supported a “zero tolerance” stance against doping. Sharapova, 29, was provisionally banned in March ...

Luis Suarez will miss Uruguay’s second match of the Copa America Centenario against Venezuela after struggling to shake off his hamstring problem, coach Oscar Tabarez confirmed on Wednesday. Uruguay face Venezuela on Thursday in Group C in Philadelphia aiming to bounce back after suffering defeat to Mexico in their opening match on Sunday. But Uruguay will head into the crucial ...