Maltese swimmers have grabbed 12 gold medals after the first two days of competition at this year’s edition in Kecskemet in Hungary.   They also obtained four silver and five bronze...

British sprinter Mark Cavendish finally hit form to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday and Australian veteran Simon Gerrans kept the yellow...

Orica Greenedge won the team time trial Tuesday on the fourth stage of the Tour de France to put veteran Australian rider Simon Gerrans in the race leader's yellow jersey.   Considered...

Australian sprinter Simon Gerrans held off a late charge by Peter Sagan to win Monday's hilly third stage of the Tour de France by less than half a wheel.   Belgian rider Jan Bakelants...

Snooker's world governing body says two-time world championship finalist Ali Carter has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.   The 33-year-old Carter, who has battled Crohn's...

Belgian rider Jan Bakelants pulled away close to the finish line to win Sunday's second stage of the Tour de France and take the race leader's yellow jersey for the first time in his...

German rider Marcel Kittel won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France in a sprint finish with Alexander Kristoff amid farcical scenes and heavy crashes on Saturday.   The decision was...

Two-time champion Alberto Contador predicts an action-packed Tour de France in his comeback year, insisting he's motivated to defeat Chris Froome even while playing down talk of a two-man...

William Chetcuti has won Malta’s first ever gold medal at the Mediterranean Games, finishing first in the double trap event   Chetcuti hit 29 out of 30 in his first round and 26 out of...

Allan Simonsen's death after a spinout cast a pall over the 24 Hours of Le Mans.   The race still had more than 23½ hours to go, but there was no call to stop it on Saturday after...