Rafael Nadal advanced to the Rome Masters third round on Wednesday as fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro was forced to retire with a left knee injury.

Pep Guardiola has suggested the results of his first season as Manchester City manager would have seen him sacked by either Barcelona or Bayern Munich.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte expects departing captain John Terry to play beyond the end of the season, despite the former England center-back hinting he may retire.

French Open organizers are bracing for controversy ahead of Tuesday's decision on whether to grant Maria Sharapova a wildcard for Roland Garros.

Manchester United and Manchester City will face off in a friendly in Houston, Texas in July in the first Manchester derby on foreign soil, the two clubs announced on Tuesday.

Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday ahead of world championship leader Sebastian Vettel.

Alexis Sanchez shone and then succumbed to injury as Arsenal won 4-1 at Stoke City on Saturday to close in on the Premier League top four.

Simona Halep thanked much-criticized Fed Cup coach Ilie Nastase after defending her Madrid Open title on Saturday, but the 70-year-old's role in the trophy presentation was labeled "irresponsible and unacceptable" by the WTA.

Rafael Nadal snapped a seven-match losing streak against Novak Djokovic in commanding fashion as he romped into the final of the Madrid Masters 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday.

Gianni Infantino slammed "fake news" surrounding FIFA in an impassioned speech to the annual congress of world football's governing body in Bahrain on Thursday.