PARIS (Reuters) - Astana will resume training this weekend despite being in the midst of their self-imposed racing suspension for the month of August, the Swiss cycling team said on Wednesday. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - England winger David Strettle is in danger of missing next month's World Cup after breaking a bone in his left foot during training on Wednesday. Read more…

ROME (Reuters) - The appeal against the decision not to punish McLaren for the Formula One spying controversy will be held in Paris on September 13, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) have said. Read more…

MADRID (Reuters) - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was banned from the Hamburg Cyclassics event on August 19 because of his connection with the Operation Puerto blood doping scandal in Spain involving doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - Craig Gordon became the most expensive goalkeeper in British football on Wednesday when he was transferred from Hearts to Sunderland for a fee that could eventually rise to nine million pounds. Read more…

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Andy Murray may decide to sit out the last two tournaments before the U.S. Open after his comeback from injury was halted in a second-round defeat by Fabio Fognini at the Montreal Masters on Wednesday. Read more…

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Andy Murray loses in the second game of his return from injury, knocked out of the Montreal Masters by qualifier Fabio Fognini. Read more…

Brazilian right-back Daniel Alves pleads with Sevilla to consider a bid from Chelsea. Read more…

Darren Clarke will play alongside Retief Goosen and Boo Weekley in his first two rounds at this week's PGA Championship. Read more…

Nigel Mansell believes McLaren should have kept the spat between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso 'in-house'. Read more…

GLASGOW (Reuters) - An early goal from Hibernian's Brian Kerr earned them a 1-0 victory in the Edinburgh derby clash with Hearts in their Scottish Premier League opener on Monday. Read more…

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India have recalled bowlers Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan and aggressive batsman Virender Sehwag for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - Sprinter Christine Ohuruogu was recalled to Britain's athletics team for this month's world championships in Osaka on Tuesday, just 24 hours after completing a one-year ban. Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) - An arbitration panel will meet next week to decide if Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze can leave champions Manchester United for Liverpool, the Premier League said on Tuesday. Read more…

Alec Stewart says poor shot selection has cost England in the series against India, calling for more discipline in the third Test. Read more…

Former Formula One team boss Eddie Jordan says Lewis Hamilton's dispute with Fernando Alonso may work against him. Read more…

Frederic Michalak and Fabien Pelous return to France's squad for the World Cup warm-up game against England on Saturday. Read more…

Man City will listen to offers for defender Danny Mills, midfielder Ousmane Dabo and striker Paul Dickov. Read more…

Everton complete the signing of Leighton Baines from Wigan on a five-year deal. Read more…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Free Tibet activists on the Great Wall, a barrage of critical rights reports, a shroud of smog hanging over Beijing -- China's government must surely have imagined a more auspicious one-year countdown for the Olympics. Read more…

Fitness guru Mark Grabow on rebuilding Andy Murray Read more…

Wakefield's Tevita Leo-Latu is banned for six games for racially abusing Warrington's Kevin Penny. Read more…

MARCOUSSIS, France (Reuters) - France have named the following 22-man squad for Saturday's World Cup warm-up game against England at Twickenham: Read more…

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