Petr Cech could make his Arsenal bow when Arsene Wenger's men kick off their Barclays Asia Trophy campaign against a Singapore Select XI on Wednesday.
The Czech goalkeeper arrived from London rivals Chelsea for an undisclosed fee at the end of last month and is, so far, the only new addition to the Arsenal first team.
The Emirates Stadium outfit are...
Reigning La Liga champions Barcelona will get their 2015-16 season under way with an away trip to Athletic Bilbao, while Rafael Benitez's Real Madrid tenure begins at newly promoted Sporting Gijon.
Luis Enrique's Barca won the title by two points ahead of Real last term, also claiming the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League to complete the...
Sporting director Max Eberl says Borussia Monchengladbach have no interest in selling Granit Xhaka to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
The Switzerland midfielder has been linked with a move to the Allianz Arena following Bayern's sale of Bastian Schweinsteiger to Manchester United.
Xhaka - who signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract in...
United States goalkeeper Brad Guzan claimed his team will not "kid themselves" as they target improvement ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals.
Panama dominated USA on Monday in both teams' final group game of the Gold Cup, but Guzan's side managed to hold on for a 1-1 draw just three days after they stole a 1-0 victory from CONCACAF...
Everton manager Roberto Martinez insists defender Leighton Baines will be fit for the start of the new Premier League campaign.
The defender picked up an ankle injury in Everton's 2-0 defeat to Sunderland back in May and was forced to miss the final two matches of last season after undergoing surgery.
Baines stated after the end of the campaign that...
Porte Alegre-native and Tigres UANL forward Rafael Sobis is bracing himself for a hostile reception when he returns to boyhood club Internacional.
Internacional welcome big-spending Mexicans Tigres to the Estadio Jose Pinheiro Borda for Wednesday's Copa Libertadores semi-final first leg in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.
Tigres' trip to South...
Guatemala and Cuba are eyeing the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals ahead of their clash on Wednesday.
Ivan Sopegno's Guatemala performed admirably to draw 1-1 against Mexico in their second Group C outing.
While they are unlikely to finish in the top two in the group, and Cuba cannot, progressing as one of the third-placed teams is a possibility for...
They are yet to make their MLS debuts, but former England team-mates Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard have both been included in the MLS All-Star team set to face Tottenham in Colorado on July 29.
Gerrard and Lampard were on Monday named as Commissioner Don Garber's picks for the All-Star match.
Gerrard made his competitive bow for Los Angeles...
Just a day after ending a 17-year wait for a title at Wimbledon, Martina Hingis celebrated more success at SW19 by winning the mixed doubles alongside veteran Leander Paes.
Hingis, the singles champion in 1997, won the women's doubles alongside partner Sania Mirza on Saturday.
And the Swiss raced to more glory on Centre Court on Sunday, as she and...
After successfully defending his Wimbledon title on Centre Court, Novak Djokovic lauded the qualities of his beaten opponent, Roger Federer.
Djokovic overcame the legendary Swiss 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 in a superb final on Sunday, seeing off Federer for the second time at the All England Club in as many years to claim his ninth grand slam...
Roger Federer insists he still has the hunger and desire to win more grand slam titles after losing the Wimbledon final to Novak Djokovic for the second consecutive year.
World number two Federer, a 17-time grand slam champion, fell to a 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 defeat on Centre Court on Sunday.
It marked further disappointment for Federer, who...
Novak Djokovic inflicted more Centre Court misery on Roger Federer by retaining his Wimbledon title in another epic final on Sunday.
Seventeen-time grand-slam champion Federer lost a five-set thriller against the world number one last year and was again denied an eighth title at SW19 just 12 months on, as the brilliant Serb won 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (1...
Martina Hingis rolled back the years Saturday as she claimed a third Wimbledon women's doubles title with partner Sania Mirza, the duo coming from a set down to secure success.
The 1997 singles champion produced an impressive final service game to seal the 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 victory under the Centre Court roof on Saturday, giving her a first title a...
Serena Williams is confident she can complete a first calendar Grand Slam at the US Open after sealing her second 'Serena Slam' at Wimbledon.
The world number one beat 21-year-old Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 on Saturday to claim her 21st major title - and a sixth on the grass in SW19.
Williams now holds all four grand slam titles - a so-called...
Martina Hingis claimed her previous Wimbledon titles felt like they happened in "another life" after she won the women's doubles with Sania Mirza on Saturday.
Hingis and Mirza came from 2-5 down in the third set to defeat Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 at SW19, with the Swiss veteran playing in her first Wimbledon final...
Love is not a word generally associated with Novak Djokovic when watching the world number one on a tennis court, but, according to the man himself, it is what could be the key as he gets set to face Roger Federer in Sunday's Wimbledon final.
A year ago Djokovic ended a run of three defeats in grand slam finals to recapture the Wimbledon title by...
Garbine Muguruza believes she has every chance of putting the disappointment of losing the Wimbledon final to Serena Williams behind her by returning to SW19 and winning the grass-court grand slam.
The 21-year-old Spaniard was reduced to tears after Williams completed a second 'Serena Slam' - she now holds all for major titles - with a 6-4 6-4...
Serena Williams struggled to take in the achievement of winning a second 'Serena Slam' after beating Garbine Muguruza to claim a sixth Wimbledon title.
The legendary American triumphed 6-4 6-4 on another glorious day in south-west London to take her astonishing tally of grand slam titles to 21.
Williams did a joyful jig on Centre Court after...
Sensational Serena Williams completed her second 'Serena Slam' by winning a sixth Wimbledon title at the expense of surprise package Garbine Muguruza on Saturday.
The world number one will head into the US Open, which starts next month, knowing a victory will see her become only the third player to achieve a calendar Grand Slam following a...
The WTA has condemned Sergiy Stakhovsky's comments, after the Ukrainian claimed "every other player is a lesbian" on the women's tour.
Stakhovsky caused uproar with his homophobic comments, quoted as telling Ukrainian website XSport.ua that he would not allow his daughter to play tennis due to the number of lesbians on the WTA Tour.
WTA Chairman and...
