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Davis Cup semi-final: Great Britain v Australia Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow Dates: 18-20 September Coverage: Watch live on BBC One or Two, BBC Sport website and app from 13:00 BST each day. Andy Murray got Britain off to a winning start in their Davis Cup semi-final with a crushing win over Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis. The British number one played superbly ...

Real Madrid midfielder Gareth Bale damaged a calf muscle in his left leg during Tuesday’s 4-0 Champions League Group A victory at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, tests confirmed on Thursday. The Wales international had to come off in the first half and was replaced by Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic. “Following the tests carried out on Gareth Bale today … the ...

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique says Lionel Messi is the best player ever as the Argentine prepares to make his 100th Champions League appearance. Messi, 28, is set for his century when Barcelona open the defence of their crown in the Group E game at Roma. “Messi isn’t just the best player in the world, he’s the best the game has ...

Manchester United suffered a miserable return to the Champions League after a 12-month hiatus as fullback Luke Shaw was taken to hospital with a horror injury during Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at PSV Eindhoven. Real Madrid had no such trouble as Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk. Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Atletico Madrid also ...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has said losing is a “strange feeling”, after his side’s worst start to a top-flight season in 29 years. The Premier League champions’ loss to Everton on Saturday was their third in five league games and leaves them 17th. Mourinho’s team face Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League on Wednesday. “I promise you I am ...

Rafael Benitez was the best tactical manager Steven Gerrard ever played under but the former Liverpool captain said he felt the Spaniard did not like him as a person, according to an extract from his autobiography being serialised in the Daily Mail. Gerrard left Anfield to join LA Galaxy after 17 years at his boyhood club and has already gone ...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Monday demanded patience for newly signed forward Memphis Depay to allow him to settle into the punishing pace of the Premier League. “I have to be patient with Memphis and the fans also have to be patient,” Van Gaal told journalists at a press conference, a day ahead of Tuesday’s Champion’s League group ...

Rugby World Cup Hosts: England Dates: 18 September-31 October Coverage: Live on BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra, BBC local radio, plus live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website. Further coverage: BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Local Radio. Hosts England will field an unchanged XV for ...

Mufulira Wanderers stunned hosts Lusaka Dynamos after rallying to win 3-1 away at Sunset Stadium in Lusaka on Sunday. Jacob Ngulube, Chisopa Malama and Eric Chibuye knocked out Dynamos after a fast start by the home side after taking a fourth minute lead through their teenage striker Conlyde Luchanga, who scored his seventh league goal of the season. Wanderers equalised ...

Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says. The tourists were travelling in four vehicles that entered a restricted zone in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, a ministry statement said. Ten Mexicans and Egyptians were also injured and are being treated in a local hospital. The ...