Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves was released from a Barcelona prison on Monday after posting bail of 1 million euro ($1.09 million) bail over his conviction for the rape of a woman in a nightclub’s restroom in 2022.

South Korean soccer player Son Jun-ho, who had been detained in China since May 2023, has recently been released and returned home, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

The Western Force will welcome back a former Wallaby to the Shop N Save Super Rugby when they take on the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua in Lautoka this weekend.

Football districts around the country have had to postpone their local club competitions due to the recent unfavourable weather.

Brazil star winger Vinicius Junior says he feels “less and less” like playing football because of the repeated racist abuse he has suffered.

Belgium’s record scorer Romelu Lukaku will be fit to face England in a friendly at Wembley on Wednesday and adds considerable firepower to an attack that looked devoid of ideas in the disappointing 0-0 draw with Ireland last weekend.

Osea Kolinisau is slowly finding his footing in the Fiji Airways Men’s 7s coach’s position.

The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua are not taking the Western Force lightly in their clash this weekend.

Three players impressed Extra Rewa coach Rodeck Singh in their Digicel Premier League outing on the weekend.

Papua New Guinea have been beaten in their second match in the FIFA Series in Sri Lanka, suffering a 4-0 defeat to Central African Republic at the Race Course Ground in Colombo.

Eighth seed Maria Sakkari reached the Miami Open quarter-finals without hitting a ball as Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya withdrew ahead of their fourth-round match due to health issues.

Fiji Airways Men’s 7s coach Osea Kolinisau says with all eyes on the Paris Olympics in July, his focus still remains on the World Sevens Series.