England’s 6-0 win against Bulgaria was temporarily suspended twice after Raheem Sterling and Tyrone Mings were targeted with sick racist abuse by home fans. Manchester City star Sterling was booed every time he touched the ball as he and Mings were subjected…

Greece paid for two lapses of defensive concentration in the second half to go down 2-0 to Italy in Rome, after a decent performance that could have merited a better result in this Euro 2020 qualifier . Greece coach John van’t Schip…

Third seed Daniil Medvedev flexed his muscles to reach a final for the sixth consecutive time at the Shanghai Masters. The confident Russian, through to his ninth final of the year, outlasted sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 7-6 (5), 7-5. Medvedev…

Mark Rudan and Andrew Durante both copped it from the Wellington boo-boys but left New Zealand with a win for new club Western United. Rudan spent an off-season in the spotlight after his A-League defection from Phoenix but last Sunday night he…

All top three teams on the Super League table scored hard-fought away victories last weekend, but questions are growing over the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system that has raised great controversy in the first weeks of its application in…