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Sebastian Vettel finally achieved the victory he has needed for some time at the Singapore Grand Prix - but it came about with a healthy dose of luck and a big chunk of controversy. The Ferrari driver's last win was in the Belgian Grand Prix on 26 August 2018; and since then his driving has been more notable for its regular errors than the speed and easy elegance that marked his four world titles with Red Bull. Vettel's position as Ferrari number one has been threatened - if not already usurped...

As he perches his near 7ft frame on a bench press at the paint-peeled Filathiltikos basketball club, fate seems to smirk at Giannis Antetokounmpo. When he was a teenager on this Athens court, he would have to wait for his brother, Thanasis, to sub out and give him the one pair of trainers they shared before he could enter the play. Now the floor is swarming with local kids in box-fresh, top-of-the-range basketball shoes with his name on them. In the city beyond, he used to work as a wandering street vendor, flogging knock-off bags and sunglasses...

The Best Fifa Football Awards were full of sophistication, elegance and swankiness in Milan's Teatro alla Scala. Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp came up trumps in the best men's player and best men's coach categories. United States forward Megan Rapinoe won the best women's player, with her international boss Jill Ellis claiming the women's coach award. But there was plenty going on away from the actual handing out of the prizes, from the tactics of voting beforehand to a high-profile no-show and one or two remarkable outfits...

It is a Saturday afternoon in Geuzenveld, a quiet suburb on the outskirts of Amsterdam. Three hundred metres away from the main station, children are playing football. On the fence behind one of the goals, a large banner dominates the scene. Geuzenveld is not a touristic part of the Dutch capital. But this playground has sadly become a pilgrimage spot for Ajax fans and football lovers alike. This is where Abdelhak Nouri, known as Appie, learned his first tricks and flicks in football. It was where he emulated Andres Iniesta, Kaka and Ronaldinho...

Jim Langer lay on his bed at the Waldorf Astoria on a chilly New York morning in December 1972, waiting for the Miami Dolphins team bus to leave for Yankee Stadium. "You know we haven't lost yet?" quizzed room-mate Bob Kuechenberg. "Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if we lost a game once…. So we don't have that jinx on us." Langer and Kuechenberg were good friends and had both been part of the Dolphins squad that suffered a gut-wrenching defeat by the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl 11 months earlier...

Sebastian Vettel ended his 13-month win drought with a controversial victory in the Singapore Grand Prix. The German benefited from unusual Ferrari strategy to leapfrog team-mate Charles Leclerc into the lead. Leclerc told the team over the radio that it was "unfair" and it will do little to reduce tension within the team. But it was a much-needed victory for the four-time world champion who has had a difficult, error-strewn season and faced questions about his status and future. The German has...

Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel staged one of the best qualifying battles of the year at the Singapore Grand Prix - and then united in their condemnation of a controversial proposal aimed at spicing up the Formula 1 show in 2020. At a track where Ferrari were expected to struggle - even by themselves - Leclerc was on spectacular form to grab pole from under team-mate Vettel's nose, with a time out of reach of Hamilton, who also pipped the German at the death. In the news conference...

Where is Phil Foden? It is a mystery to me. England can win Euro 2020 next summer and Manchester City's teenage midfielder should be in Gareth Southgate's side to help them try. If he was playing regularly for City in the Premier League, then he would be doing the same for England. I have no doubt about that. At 19, he is good enough to do both - he is that special. As well as his ability on the ball, what I really like about Foden is that he gets in the box. I was moaning that that did not happen...

Tottenham Hotspur deserve to be criticised for a lacklustre start to the season which should serve as a wake-up call, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Thursday. Spurs, who play his former team Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday, dropped to seventh with eight points from six games after losing 2-1 at Leicester City last weekend. They trail leaders Liverpool by 10 points. Pochettino's problems were compounded on Wednesday when his side were knocked out of the League Cup in the third...

"I feel like this summer I fell in love with the game again," Simmons told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "I kind of got back to who I was and having fun with the game. I felt like the past season I lost that enjoyment side of it but I feel like this summer has been huge for me. Just the work I've been putting in, I kinda fell in love with putting that work in again and I've been in the gym every day working and the results have been paying off so I'm excited for the season to start." Simmons, the No...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- It was time for the last jump shot of Markelle Fultz's workout on the Orlando Magic practice court Wednesday. He let a 3-pointer fly from the left corner and spun around in celebration even before the ball swished through the net. After two years of problems, he's feeling good again. The shoulder injuries that kept him off the court for most of the two seasons since he was picked No. 1 in the 2017 draft are now being managed -- he's hesitant to say healed -- and Fultz is expected to be a full participant in practice when the Magic open training camp next week...

It has not been an easy year at Renault, but Daniel Ricciardo nevertheless says this season has "emphasised his love" for Formula 1. The Australian seven-time winner left Red Bull to join Renault on a two-year contract for 2019 and 2020 worth more than $50m (£40.2m), and his new team started the season with the ambition of closing on the top three teams. Instead, Renault have slipped backwards. But Ricciardo says he "still feels good" about the decision, has no regrets, and that he would like to continue with the team if they can show sufficient improvements next season...