Australia has granted five Iranian women’s soccer team members at the Asian Cup humanitarian visas.

Unseeded Katerina Siniakova ended Mirra Andreeva's Indian Wells title defense on Monday, rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 victory over the eighth-ranked Russian.

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a strong 38-man preliminary squad for two international friendlies against Panama.

Rarely do record 15-time winners Real Madrid enter a Champions League clash as underdogs but this is the situation when Manchester City visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.

Four years after world sport rushed to ban Russia for invading Ukraine, the leading governing bodies are reacting guardedly to the US-led attack on Iran, raising accusations of double standards.