Saudi Arabia have reappointed Frenchman Herve Renard as manager to replace Roberto Mancini, the Gulf country’s national team announced on Saturday.

The Fiji Bati will now serve as a nervous audience for next Sunday’s clash between Papua New Guinea Kumuls and Cook Islands in Port Moresby.

Despite going down to Maureen Chand in the sole female 4×3 contest bout at South Pacific Boxing Promotion event, Miriama Wati is proud of her performance.

Michael Cheika has refused to celebrate Leicester’s impressive start to the Gallagher Premiership season that continued with a 32-29 victory over Saracens.

Ilia Topuria stunned Max Holloway to retain the UFC featherweight title at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi – inflicting the first knockout defeat of the American’s glittering career.

The Fiji Bati will now hope that the Cook Islands beat Papua New Guinea next weekend for a chance to play in the Pacific Cup next season.

Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski scored a quick-fire second-half double to set the leaders on course for a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid in a stunning Clasico victory in LaLiga this morning.

Manchester City did just enough to beat lowly Southampton 1-0 thanks to an early Erling Haaland goal this morning as they provisionally climbed atop the Premier League to tee up tomorrow’s clash between fellow title contenders Liverpool and Arsenal.

Bath went top of the Premiership with a six-try show of power against hapless Sale in a game that saw two red cards.

Borussia Dortmund’s awful away form has continued in a 2-1 loss at Augsburg, a Bundesliga setback that increases the pressure on coach Nuri Sahin.

New Zealand completed a historic first Test series victory in India with a 113-run win in the second Test that ended the hosts’ 12-year unbeaten streak.

Fiji’s Ubayd Haider was rushed to the Nadi Hospital following his knockout to China’s Runqi Zhou in the IBO Asia Pacific Super Featherweight bout at the South Pacific Boxing Promotion event.