Welsh football great Aaron Ramsey hung up his boots earlier this month but that did not mean easing up, as on Sunday, he will don his running shoes and compete in the London Marathon for a charitable cause.

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by 29 points from LeBron James, beat the Houston Rockets 112-108 in an overtime thriller on Friday to take a 3-0 stranglehold in their NBA playoff series.

When Paddy Dwyer arrived in China in 1976, crowds jostled to catch a glimpse of him and his companions, the first Western football team to play in the country.

Jannik Sinner took a first step towards a potential record fifth consecutive Masters 1000 title with a 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 6-4 victory over Benjamin Bonzi in the Madrid Open second round on Friday.

Former New Zealand and Essex all-rounder Doug Bracewell has been given a two-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine during an English County Championship match last year.