Ferrari say their decision to bring 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen back to the Formula One team next season will help and not hurt Fernando Alonso’s chances. “For anyone thinking that the choice of Kimi is somehow an anti-Alonso choice, I can put their minds at rest,” team principal Stefano Domenicali said.

Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and three other players have been found guilty of spot fixing during the Indian Premier League (IPL) by an internal probe conducted by the national cricket board, a report said on Friday.

North Korea appears to have restarted a reactor that produces plutonium, making good on threats to boost its stockpile of nuclear weapons, US analysts said.

Syrian families affected by the country’s civil war need $1.4 billion in aid, a senior Syrian official said Thursday, adding that only 43 per cent of that was being met.

England were 59/3 off 15.1 overs against Australia when rain stopped play at 3:34 pm local time (2.34 pm GMT) in the day/night third one-day international at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

The USA and Costa Rica punched their tickets to the World Cup with a victory and a draw in Concacaf regional qualifying on Tuesday.

Finnish Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen will rejoin the Ferrari stable on a two year contract for the 2014 season, the team announced on Wednesday.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Argentina booked their place at the World Cup with a 5-2 thrashing of Paraguay on Tuesday.

Ukrainian football legend Andriy Shevchenko faces a new challenge this week as he tries out his golf skills on the European Challenge Tour at the Superior Cup in Kharkiv.

A top Pakistan hockey official resigned on Wednesday after the team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup sparked protests from former players and fans angry over a spectacular decline in the nation