Lionel Messi put the boot into the Barcelona board as he penned a touching tribute to friend and former strike partner Luis Suarez which was laced with venom over the Uruguayan's departure from the Nou Camp.

Valtteri Bottas topped the times for Mercedes ahead of Renault's Daniel Ricciardo in Friday morning's crash-hit opening free practice at this weekend's Russian Grand Prix.

The Senegal international is set to become the first African keeper to represent the Blues, with a £22m move from Rennes having been pushed through

The north London side were due to take on the League Two minnows on Tuesday, however the game was called off after several players tested positive

"He's a Heat guy," Wade later told Erik Spoelstra, the coach of Wade's longtime franchise, the Miami Heat. Spoelstra probably didn't need the future Hall of Famer's recommendation — he saw from afar that Butler and his famous work ethic would fit within the team's system — but those entrenched …

Speed machine Pippie has claimed her second group 1, winning Friday night's $1 million Moir Stakes in a start-to-finish performance.

RIVAL FNQ Premier League coaches Chris Collins and Rob Wales could end each other’s season from the sideline on Sunday in the latest chapter of their two-decade-old shared history in football.

A tearful Brett Lee twice brought Dean Jones back to life in a heroic attempt to save the cricketing icon. The heartbroken Lee told News Corp he gave “everything trying to … bring Dean back”. “It’s hard to put into words the sense of loss I’m feeling right now.

His epic 210 in the hellish heat of Madras, when he battled crippling dysentery and an unsympathetic captain, goes down as Dean Jones' crowning glory.

In a match between a finalist and an also-ran, the Gold Coast Titans have run in a stunning 36-6 win over the Newcastle Knights to end the year on a high.