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Sam Allardyce has become embroiled in a scandal just two months after being appointed as England manager, with a British newspaper entrapping the veteran coach in a sting.

The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first North American sports franchise to purchase an eSports organization.

Conor McGregor has been handed the chance to write his name into the record books after it was confirmed he will face lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on November 12.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for football’s world governing body, FIFA, to give Israeli settlement clubs the boot. The group calls for FIFA to stop violating its own rules and “fulfill its human rights responsibilities.”

Russian ice hockey forwards Pavel Vorobyev and Evgeny Fyodorov are sparking a revival in the fortunes of one of Britain’s ice hockey clubs.

Fans of English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have been urged to avoid wearing club shirts and colors ahead of their Champions League game against CSKA Moscow for fear of violent attacks.

The controversy over Sir Bradley Wiggins' use of a banned steroid before major races has continued after the British rider was interviewed by the BBC.

WBA president Gilberto Mendoza says champion Tyson Fury could be stripped of his heavyweight belt with the sanctioning body awaiting medical evidence of the health problems that saw the British fighter pull out of a rematch for a second time with Wladimir Klitschko.

Major League Baseball is in mourning after one of its most-promising young players, Jose Fernandez, died in a boating accident off the coast of Florida in the early hours of Sunday morning.

World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has allegedly refused to take a drugs test after being visited by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) officials.

Cris "Cyborg" Justino set her sights on Ronda Rousey after another dominant victory, this time over Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night in Brazil.

Team Canada is through to the World Cup of Hockey final after finally killing off Russia's determined resistance with three third-period goals to secure a 5-3 victory on Saturday.