Grant Hackett missed out on his chance to compete at a fourth Olympics in Rio this year when he failed to qualify for the 200-meters freestyle final at the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide on Friday.

Hackett, 35, who came out of six years of troubled retirement to try to make the Games, had hoped to become the oldest Australian swimmer to qualify for an Olympics.

A top Israeli football team has banned a left-wing newspaper from its press conferences after it wrote about the club's perceived anti-Arab stance.

Haaretz daily has been highlighting the lack of diversity at Beitar Jerusalem since last summer, adding a sentence to every match report saying that they have never had an Arab player.

The Golden State Warriors made a statement with an 112-101 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, clinching home court advantage throughout the playoffs in a clash of NBA titans.

The Warriors joined the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls as the only teams to win 70 games in a season.

Borussia Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has warned Bayern Munich that his team is ready to pounce in the Bundesliga title race should Pep Guardiola's leaders slip up at Stuttgart on Saturday.

With only six games left, the Bavarian giants are five points clear of second-placed Dortmund but face a tricky tie at Stuttgart in the south Germany derby.

Barcelona must overturn a terrible run of results away to Real Sociedad in recent years to prevent losing their grip on the Spanish title race when they visit Anoeta on Saturday.

Despite tasting defeat for the first time in 40 games on their last La Liga outing at home to Real Madrid last weekend, Barca still hold a commanding six-point lead over Atletico Madrid with Real a further point adrift and just seven games remaining.

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool's 1-1 draw at his ex-club Borussia Dortmund had spiced up their Europa League quarter-final and predicts Anfield will light up for next Thursday's return leg.

Klopp's Reds grabbed a precious away goal when Liverpool striker Divock Origi netted in the first half before Dortmund captain Mats Hummels equalized with a bullet header.

Antonio Conte's Chelsea reign doesn't start until after Euro 2016, but following confirmation this week that the Italy coach will take charge at Stamford Bridge, the focus has already switched towards next season.

Guus Hiddink has again done a fine job in his second spell as interim manager at the club and the Blues will head to Swansea on Saturday keen to extend their unbeaten Premier League run under the Dutchman.

Kasper Schmeichel says Leicester's rock solid defense is the secret to the shock leaders' remarkable charge towards a fairytale Premier League title.

Claudio Ranieri's side are within touching distance of becoming the most unexpected champions in English football history as they head to struggling Sunderland on Sunday and Denmark goalkeeper Schmeichel has no doubts he and the four men immediately in front of him will lay the foundation for another priceless victory.

Never one to shun the limelight, Zlatan Ibrahimovic claimed Thursday that he could make a film about his life and portray it as a 10-part saga -- just like Rambo.

"There are talks but nothing has been decided," the Paris Saint Germain star told Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri.

Italian manufacturer Ferrari will receive more money than any other team in Formula One for 2015 despite finishing second in the championship to Mercedes, British magazine Autosport reported on Thursday.

The 2015 total payout was $965m and this will be distributed across 10 teams with Ferrari leading the way ahead of the reigning double world champions.