Bayern Munich avenged their 2012 Champions League final defeat with a 5-4 penalty shoot-out win over ten-man Chelsea after Friday’s Uefa Super Cup final finished 2-2 after extra-time.

Captain Misbah-ul Haq scored a steady half-century and effected two crucial run-outs as Pakistan clinched the one-day series against Zimbabwe with a sizeable win in Saturday’s third and final match.

Alex Hales fell just short again of becoming the first England batsman to score a Twenty20 international century as he made 94 in the second Twenty20 against Australia on Saturday.

The humble tuk-tuk, a fixture in Asian cities from Bangkok to Bengaluru, is rapidly becoming a common sight in the touristy parts of Paris — and the bane of traffic police.

Italian soft porn director Tinto Brass, the subject of a documentary screening at Venice film festival on Saturday, told reporters he wants to make a film about ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s escorts.

Stephen Frears’ Philomena took the Venice film festival by storm on Saturday, hailed as a frontrunner for the Golden Lion award with its tragi-comic tale of a mother’s search for her son.

Aaron Finch’s record-breaking innings saw Australia to a first competitive international win in 200 days as they beat England by 39 runs in the first Twenty20 international at Southampton on Thursday.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer moved closer to a first-ever US Open meeting with second-round triumphs on Thursday while women’s top seeds Serena Williams and Victoria Azaranka also advanced.

Tedious transfer sagas will make way for the fire and commitment of a local derby match for four of the Premier League’s leading lights on Sunday.

A tortured Nicolas Cage captivated audiences at the Venice film festival on Friday with his performance as a tormented ex-con who seeks redemption in David Gordon Green’s brutal American South drama J