Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas says his side’s poor Premier League form does not “change their perspective” of the Champions League, ahead of their tie with Bayer Leverkusen. Villas-Boas says the club will have “an extremely good opportunity” to qualify for the knockout…

Jonny Bairstow injured his ankle playing a football match in training England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday because of his ankle injury. The 29-year-old twisted his ankle playing football in training…

Media playback is not supported on this device We will do Vichai proud – Jamie Vardy on ‘tough’ week at Leicester Leicester City’s players want to play at Cardiff so they can honour the club’s owner who died in a helicopter crash,…

Image copyright PA Image caption Work on removing the helicopter wreckage has finished The wreckage of the helicopter which crashed near to Leicester City’s stadium has been removed. Club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died along with two members of his staff, the pilot…

Media playback is not supported on this device Hibs boss Neil Lennon struck by object at Tynecastle “Furious” Hibs manager Neil Lennon called for the supporter who hit him with a coin during a stormy goalless Edinburgh derby to be “singled out”….

Wales’ record cap holder Gethin Jenkins is set to retire from rugby after playing in Sunday’s home Pro14 match for Cardiff Blues against Zebre. The prop, 37, played 129 times for Wales and made five Test appearances for the British and Irish…

Gavin Vaughan has studied NFL teams, scouted box-office players and helped Scotland boss Gregor Townsend prepare his team “It’s like a double-chessboard with 120kg pieces. You’ve got to find ways of being smarter than the opposition. In Test rugby, 1-2% might be…

Lewis Hamilton has won his fifth F1 World Championship, making him the joint second most successful driver of all time. The 33-year-old becomes only the third man in history to win five world titles. He matches the haul of the Argentine legend…

Image copyright Liam Hopkin / @hopkin_liam Image caption One witness said he heard “a big bang” and then saw “a big fireball” The Leicester City owner’s helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club’s ground as it left the stadium…

Paul Lambert spent nearly three years in charge of Norwich before leaving to join Aston Villa Ipswich Town have appointed former Norwich City and Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert as manager. Lambert succeeds Paul Hurst, who was sacked on Thursday, and has…