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Lewis Hamilton took an easy win in the Russian Grand Prix to move to the brink of his third world championship. Hamilton was running second to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg when the German ran into problems with his throttle early in the race and had to retire. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took second to pass Rosberg in the title standings. Force ...

The United States beat the International team 15½-14½ to win the Presidents Cup for the ninth time in 11 contests. USA held a one-point lead going into the final day’s 12 singles matches and edged home at the Jack Nicklaus Club in Incheon, South Korea. Bill Haas, the son of captain Jay, scored the winning point by beating South Korean ...

Uefa chief Michel Platini is appealing after Fifa banned him for 90 days while corruption claims are investigated. The 60-year-old Frenchman has been suspended along with Fifa president Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke. They deny wrongdoing. Platini, a Fifa vice-president, is the Football Association’s preference to succeed Blatter at Fifa. The French FA wants the Court of Arbitration ...

England made it nine wins out of nine in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a comfortable win over Estonia at Wembley. Roy Hodgson’s side have already qualified for France next summer and even without injured captain Wayne Rooney were able to dismiss Estonia with barely an anxious moment. Rooney received a Golden Boot from Sir Bobby Charlton before kick-off ...

Barcelona have given their full backing to Lionel Messi in the Argentina forward’s tax fraud case and vowed to fight “external decisions” they say are unfairly targeting the club. A Spanish court on Thursday ordered Messi and his father Jorge, who are accused of defrauding the Spanish state of 4.2 million euros ($4.76 million) from 2007 to 2009, to stand ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter is appealing against his 90-day ban from football’s world governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss has been suspended from all duties while Fifa’s ethics committee investigates corruption claims against its leader. He was suspended on Thursday along with secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini. Platini will contest the ban “in the appropriate manner at the ...

Liverpool confirmed German coach Jurgen Klopp as their new manager on Thursday in a deal worth a reported $6.1 million a year. Former Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp is understood to have signed a three-year contract with the Premier League giants and succeeds Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked by Liverpool’s American owners Fenway Sports Group on Sunday. “Liverpool Football Club are ...

Fifa has provisionally suspended its president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini for 90 days. The punishments were handed out by the ethics committee of football’s world governing body, which is investigating the three over corruption allegations. It also banned ex-Fifa vice-president Chung Mong-joon for six years. Issa Hayatou, who heads Africa’s football confederation (Caf), will ...

All but two foreign-based call-ups have joined Zambia’s camp ahead of this weekend’s away friendly against Egypt while George Lwandamina has axed the Power Dynamos quartet after they failed to report for training in Lusaka. Russian-based midfielder Chisamba Lungu of FC Ural, who joined the team at Tuesday training, was joined on Wednesday in Lusaka by four other players. The ...

Manchester United’s Dutch forward Memphis Depay had admitted he is still adjusting to the physical demands of the Premier League after moving to England this year. The former PSV Eindhoven winger has failed to light up English football after finding the back of the net just once in eight league appearance. The Netherlands international has, however, been impressive in the ...