Stephen Hendry scored a maximum 147 in the last frame of the final to beat defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-8 and regain the Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge. It was Hendry's fourth maximum ...

Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the BNP Paribas Masters on account of a shoulder injury. The world No. 1, who has three grand slams to his name this year, came into the event under a fitness cloud ...

Niki Lauda won the South African Grand Prix on his way to regaining the drivers' title from Britain's James Hunt, who started on pole, but the race was marred by the death of up-and-coming British ...

From the first days of motor racing, drivers have lived close to the edge. Thanks to marked improvements in safety standards, the number seriously injured and killed competing in the sport has ...

Sport and controversy go together hand in hand. But rarely can an attempt to abuse the system have involved such serious stakes, namely the personal safety of a driver. Given that and the high-profile ...

Many a Formula One season had come down to a dramatic climax at the final race of the season, most of which took place at Mexico City, Watkins Glen, or even the odd one at Fuji. In 1981, the names of ...

The tale of the bobsled team from Jamaica who triumphed against the odds to compete at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics is embedded in pop culture more than a quarter of a century on. The story has ...

1901 The first use of the words grand prix to describe a race, the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. 1904 The formation of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association ...

Formula One (the formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must comply and was originally and briefly known as Formula A) can trace its roots back to the earliest ...

Usain Bolt's triple Olympic triumph in Beijing was fuelled by 1,000 McDonalds chicken McNuggets, according to his new autobiography. The 100m and 200m world record holder, who repeated his sprint ...

Scott Parker has signed a new five-year contract with West Ham United, ESPNsoccernet can reveal. West Ham have confirmed that Parker, 30, has finally committed himself to the east London club for ...

Ander Herrera has joined Manchester United having paid his own buy-out clause at Athletic Bilbao. The Spanish club confirmed the action by the player in a statement, having initially refused a £28.4 ...