Barcelona come from behind to beat Atletico Madrid

Nadine de Klerk hit a blistering unbeaten 84 from 54 balls as South Africa produced a stunning comeback to beat co-hosts India by three wickets at the Women’s World Cup. Having slipped to 81-5 in reply to India’s 251 all out, the Proteas looked destined for a second defeat in three games before De Klerk’s…

Republic of Ireland midfielder Jamie McGrath says he expects the controversy surrounding the side’s upcoming Israel fixtures to “heat up” after Thursday’s friendly win over Qatar was disrupted. The Aviva Stadium game – which the Republic of Ireland won 1-0 thanks to Nathan Collins’ early header – was twice briefly interrupted in the first half…

Parks, who had originally given himself a year to see if wheelchair tennis was feasible, is proud but modest about his own role 50 years on. “I was the head of the organisation, I was the first player to really play the game but it’s hard for me to say Brad, you invented wheelchair tennis,…

Japan’s Tokito Oda beat Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett to claim his third Wimbledon men’s wheelchair singles title. Oda, the number one seed and defending champion, dominated Sunday’s final on Court One to win 6-1 6-1. It is a sixth successive Grand Slam singles title won by 20-year-old Oda, who is unbeaten at the four majors…

It would be fitting if Ireland’s first win in the T20 World Cup came against the Scots given they denied the Irish a place in the tournament two years ago as they pulled off a shock victory to reach the tournament for the first time. Lewis said there was “major heartbreak” in the Ireland camp…

Troy Williamson still remembers the hollow feeling in his stomach as he refreshed his phone again and again, trying to reach his father in Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa had torn across the island where the British boxer’s father, brothers and sisters lived. “When nobody could get in touch we had no idea what had happened,” recalls…