Sliema Wanderers were yesterday drawn to meet Moldovan champions Sheriff in the first qualifying round....

Local international FIBA basketball referee, Bernard Vassallo, and local FIBA instructor, Leonard Falzon, were in Gran Canaria this week in order to attend for separate intensive and innovative FIBA referees’ and instructors’ clinics. ...

The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds of the Champions League takes place at noon in Nyon, Switzerland, today. ...

The top four teams in the league standings should not find too much difficulty in maintaining their hundred per cent record when they play their third match in the preliminary round this weekend....

Hibernians striker Andrew Cohen yesterday won the accolade of Malta’s Footballer of the Year after being voted the best Premier League player for season 200-2005 during the MFA council meeting....

Malta put up a very positive performance in their debut Group B match against host country and favourites Spain in Almeria yesterday night. Only two goals, scored in the final quarter hour, gave Spain a win, denying Malta at least a deserved draw....

The Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain, are set to get under way officially this evening with the Opening Ceremony at the Mediterranean Stadium....

Second Division Section A Winners, Konica Minolta Gunners Futsal Club (Malta), will be participating in this year’s Summer Futsal Euro Cup in Riccione, Italy. KMG FC will be travelling between 30 June and 4 July, with a total of 12 players and officials....

A change in the football programme has provided Malta with an unexpected setback at the Almeria Games....

Nineteen year old Olympian Marcon Bezzina, Malta’s golden girl of Judo, won praise not only from the San Gwann Local Council but also of the Judo Federation and the University of Bath where she studies. ...