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Hamburg’s Nicolai Muller is facing seven months on the sidelines after his goal celebration resulted in a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament at the weekend.

Interest in chess has been growing in the US and Russia since the intense showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, says Russian grandmaster Alexander Riazantsev. He talked to RT about the future of the mind sport and the players to watch.

An Afghan wheelchair basketball team consisting almost entirely of landmine victim amputees have set their sights on one day competing in international competitions.

This is the moment Russian MMA lightweight Alexandr ‘Peresvet’ Shabliy landed a perfect knee shot to knock down his opponent at ACB 67, which took place over the weekend in Grozny, Chechen Republic.

Right-wing news outlet Breitbart has apologized after it published a photograph of German footballer Lukas Podolski, claiming he was an illegal migrant traveling by jet-ski from Morocco to Spain.

The governor of Rostov-on-Don has assured fans there will be no issue with attendance at the city’s new Rostov Arena, which has been purpose-built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

As Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor prepare to meet in their boxing megabout in Las Vegas on Saturday, RT Sport looks at some of the best quotes from the careers of two renowned trash-talkers. Decide who you think said what.

Russia's world champion powerlifter, Andrey Drachyov, has died in hospital after sustaining serious head injuries during a street brawl in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk.

Track cyclist Shane Perkins has expressed his wish to thank Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Olympic bronze medalist’s application for Russian citizenship was granted on Thursday.

European football’s governing body UEFA is to investigate the violence that brought the Europa League match between Everton and Hajduk Split to a standstill on Thursday night.

Oakland Raiders player Sean Smith has been charged with assault and battery after allegedly beating and stomping on the head of his sister’s boyfriend. If convicted, he could face seven years in prison. 

FC Barcelona have led tributes to those killed and injured in the terrorist attacks in the Catalan city on Thursday.