Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney believes new manager Jose Mourinho has restored a "winning mentality" at Old Trafford.

Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday announced his retirement from international duty with immediate effect.

Some 70 Russian competitors from the country's depleted Olympics team flew out from Moscow for Rio on Thursday as sports federations whittled down the number of athletes allowed to take part.

Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas was sent off for a reckless lunge at Liverpool new boy Ragnar Klavan, overshadowing a 1-0 win for the Blues in a friendly at the Pasadena Rose Bowl here Wednesday.
The Premier League giants locked horns in the pre-season International Champions Cup in a match which was more remarkable for its clumsy fouls than free-flowing football.

Israel has arrested 56 members of La Familia, a group of far-right football fans of the Beitar Jerusalem team over violence and weapon smuggling, the police said on Tuesday.

Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld the acquittal of Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah -- one of the most powerful men in world sport -- on charges of insulting the judiciary.

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton produced a trademark triumph of pace and panache to win Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and replace him as leader of this year’s world title race.

Russia hailed an "objective" decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday not to ban its entire team from next month's Rio Games over revelations of state-run doping.

Can't get a room at the Rio Olympics? Worry not, the Villa Reggia has beds -- oh, and sex chairs and an S&M cage.
With 500,000 tourists expected to flood Rio de Janeiro for the Games starting August 5, Brazil's second biggest city is bending over backwards to make sure there's enough lodging.

Lewis Hamilton crashed enabling Nico Rosberg to take advantage and top the times for Mercedes in Friday’s second free practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
