Sport news

• Gareth Bale is now Britain's second best export (so far) after another Champions League triumph with Real Madrid... Sportsmail takes a look at the top 10

  29-05-2016 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NICK HARRIS: Gareth Bale's second Champions League victory with Real Madrid makes him only the second Briton to win that competition more than once with a foreign club since 1956.
  
  Read more

• Germany 1-3 Slovakia: World champions sink to defeat in rain-soaked Augsburg

  29-05-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Slovakia came from behind to upset world champions Germany on a day where conditions were barely playable at times.
  
  Read more

• Maria Sharapova set for drugs verdict but will the fallen tennis star change should she secure a return to the tour next year? 

  29-05-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tennis is bracing itself for the Maria Sharapova verdict this week, with one source close to the tribunal predicting a backdated ban of a year to 18 months.
  
  Read more

• Eddie Jones comes to George Ford's defence after England No 10's off day with the boot against Wales at Twickenham 

  29-05-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: Eddie Jones was ‘amazed’ and ‘saddened’ by booing towards George Ford as the England fly-half missed six out of seven kicks at goal against Wales at Twickenham.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ronaldo targets more Real glory after San Siro success

  29-05-2016 23:45
  By Richard Martin MILAN (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo is hungry for even more silverware with Real Madrid after winning the Champions League on Saturday for the third time. The prolific Portuguese did not look fully fit and was far from his best in the 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid but he slammed home his team's decisive fifth penalty in the shootout to seal Real’s second Champions League final success over their local rivals in three years. Ronaldo cited tiredness for his underwhelming di
  
  Read more

• Joe Launchbury is back to his best for England but George Ford has lost all form 

  29-05-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: These end-of-season games can be a bit hit and miss but Sunday’s match against Wales proved very useful for England and could have a big influence on selection for Australia.
  
  Read more

• England 27-13 Wales: Eddie Jones' side warm up for Australia tour with impressive five-try victory at Twickenham

  29-05-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHRIS FOY AT TWICKENHAM: Eddie Jones continues to masquerade as Midas. A sixth win by his England team brought a growing sense of hope ahead of the tour of Australia.
  
  Read more

• Justin Gatlin puts the wind up Usain Bolt running 9.88seconds ahead of Rio Olympics at Diamond League meeting in Oregon

  29-05-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Justin Gatlin fired a warning to Olympic champion Usain Bolt by running the fastest 100 metres time this year at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Oregon in 9.88sec.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Andy Murray through to French Open quarter-finals after overcoming rain delay to record straight-sets victory over John Isner

  29-05-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON AT ROLAND GARROS: Andy Murray was given another arduous afternoon at Roland Garros by a combination of John Isner and the weather but still fought his way through.
  
  Read more

• Daniel Sturridge must show he's fit for Euro 2016 as England manager Roy Hodgson prepares to name his squad for France

  29-05-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daniel Sturridge will face a tense Euro 2016 audition today as he looks to prove his fitness to England manager Roy Hodgson.
  
  Read more

• Steven Finn dismisses Kaushal Silva to give England a glimpse of that missing magic

  29-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The career of Steven Finn seems to be full of ebb, flow, turning points and breakthroughs and he did his best to confirm his own stereotype on Sunday.
  
  Read more

• Our supremacy is only just beginning! Owen Farrell backs Saracens to dominate for years following their historic double

  29-05-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Owen Farrell will join the England squad today buoyed by Saracens’ historic Double and the firm conviction that the champions can continue to improve and dominate for years to come.
  
  Read more

• Callum Smith closes in on world title shot after sixth-round stoppage of Cesar Hernan Reynoso despite brave show of resistance 

  29-05-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Britain's hottest emerging boxing talent Callum Smith continued his preparations for a world-title shot with a longer-than-expected sixth-round stoppage of Cesar Hernan Reynoso at Goodison Park on Sunday.
  
  Read more

• Olympiacos striker Alan Pulido kidnapped after leaving a party in Mexico

  29-05-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Olympiacos and Mexico striker Alan Pulido has been kidnapped, officials have said. Local media reports say the incident took place in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
  
  Read more

• Alexander Rossi pulls off stunning upset in 100th Indy 500

  29-05-2016 22:50
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An unfamiliar driver, an American no less, ushered in a new era at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by outlasting his faster rivals — and his fuel tank.
  
  Read more

• Riath Al-Samarrai scoops Sports Journalist of the Year at Welsh Sports Hall of Fame awards dinner 

  29-05-2016 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Al-Samarrai has led our coverage of Swansea City and Cardiff since joining the Daily Mail in 2009. He was presented with the award by former Sportsmail rugby correspondent Peter Jackson on Friday.
  
  Read more

• Hamilton thanks Rosberg for gentlemanly gesture

  29-05-2016 22:02
  By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Monaco Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton thanked Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg on Sunday after the German followed team orders and let him pass, even though it damaged his own championship chances. Rosberg had started on the front row, next to Red Bull's polesitter Daniel Ricciardo, in wet conditions with Hamilton third on the grid. The safety car led the field for the first seven laps but it then became clear, with Ricciardo pulling away, that Rosberg was str
  
  Read more

• Underdog Shelby Rogers left in tears after reaching French Open quarter-finals with victory over Irina-Camelia Begu

  29-05-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The women's singles at the slams over the past couple of years have been hugely unpredictable but, even so, the success of 108th-ranked Rogers has been a story no one saw coming.
  
  Read more

• Shortstop in 1st women's pro baseball league dies at 90

  29-05-2016 21:51
  BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. (AP) — A member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that was immortalized in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" has died. Lucille "Lou" Richards was 90.
  
  Read more

• Mexican football player, striker for Olympiakos, kidnapped

  29-05-2016 21:50
  Alan Pulido, a Mexican striker for the Greek football team Olympiakos, was kidnapped in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, authorities said on Sunday. Authorities in Tamaulipas tweeted that there is a "special operation" to find Pulido, who disappeared in Ciudad Victoria on Saturday night. Ismael Quintanilla, Tamaulipas state prosecutor, told reporters that Pulido was intercepted by armed men after leaving a party.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Williams-Williams, Hingis-Mirza lose in doubles

  29-05-2016 21:47
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Rookie Alexander Rossi wins 100th Indy 500

  29-05-2016 21:47
  
  The latest on motorsport's busiest day, with Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix followed by the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Rio de Janeiro police scour slums for suspects in girl's gang rape

  29-05-2016 21:44
  By Brad Brooks RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro police swarmed two slums on Sunday searching for suspects in the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old Brazilian girl who said more than 30 men assaulted her, a case that shocked the nation set to host the Olympics in August.  More than 70 officers used helicopters, armoured vehicles and dogs to enter the slums, but there was no word if any suspects had been captured in the operation. In the five days since a video of the rape was posted
  
  Read more

• 'You belong': Shelby Rogers of US in 1st Slam QF in Paris

  29-05-2016 21:35
  
  PARIS (AP) — When Shelby Rogers finished last season at No. 146, she set a rather modest goal for 2016: boosting her ranking enough to gain direct entry into Grand Slam tournaments so she wouldn't need to go through qualifying rounds.
  
  Read more

• Spain 3-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Emir Spahic sent off for altercation with Cesc Fabregas and Cesar Azpilicueta as Vicente del Bosque's side seal victory 

  29-05-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A brace of goals from Celta Vigo striker Nolito secured victory for Spain in a feisty encounter against a 10-man Bosnia side at the AFG Arena in St. Gallen on Sunday.
  
  Read more

• Jose Mourinho is 'really irritating' but winning mentality will help Manchester United, says ex-captain Roy Keane

  29-05-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been described as 'really irritating' by former club captain Roy Keane. The Portuguese has succeeded Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford.
  
  Read more

• Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick happy to win ugly under Jose Mourinho: 'There is a lot of talk about style but first and foremost it's about being No 1'

  29-05-2016 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Carrick has welcomed the arrival of Jose Mourinho as the new Manchester United manager. He wants the club to return to winning ways and ideally play attractive football too.
  
  Read more

• Wawrinka and Murray into last eight, plus a Spanish lefty

  29-05-2016 21:17
  By Martyn Herman PARIS (Reuters) - Perennial grand slam title contenders Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray were joined in the French Open quarter-finals by two unfamiliar faces on Sunday as the Parisian clay continued to turn up unexpected plot lines. It was no surprise to see Swiss title holder Wawrinka beat Viktor Troicki although it took a while for the third seed to subdue the Serb 7-6(5) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2. Murray's 7-6(9) 6-4 6-3 defeat of John Isner was entirely predictable, even if the second se
  
  Read more

• Hamilton win is just what the doctor ordered

  29-05-2016 21:13
  By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Mercedes Formula One team boss Toto Wolff summed up the importance of Lewis Hamilton's Monaco Grand Prix win on Sunday in two simple sentences. "We needed that win, he needed that win." After going eight Formula One races without success, a run dating back to Texas in October where he clinched his third championship, the most glamorous grand prix on the calendar provided what Hamilton was looking for. The Briton had suffered power unit problems in two of the pr
  
  Read more

• Defending champion Stan Wawrinka moves into French Open quarter-finals with action packed win over Viktor Troicki

  29-05-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an entertaining match featuring an array of blinding backhand winners from Wawrinka, the Swiss third seed chalked up his fifth successive win over Troicki.
  
  Read more

• Richard Gasquet reaches French Open quarter finals as local hero beats Kei Nishikori to set up date with Andy Murray

  29-05-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local hero Richard Gasquet reached the quarter-finals of his home slam for the first time when he downed Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2 at the French Open on Sunday.
  
  Read more

• Nico Rosberg weakness exposed as Red Bull emerge over Ferrari as Mercedes' closest rivals... five things we learned from the Monaco Grand Prix

  29-05-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2016 Monaco Grand Prix may go down as the race which kick started Lewis Hamilton's bid to win the championship for the third year running, but here are five things we learned from Monte Carlo
  
  Read more

• Sri Lanka mount third day fightback as visitors trail England by 88 runs in second Test at Durham 

  29-05-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PAUL NEWMAN AT CHESTER-LE-STREET:It has taken the best part of two Tests but a game of cricket was finally in danger of breaking out at Durham on Sunday as Sri Lanka belatedly stood up.
  
  Read more

• Scuffles At Millwall-Barnsley Play-Off Final

  29-05-2016 20:45
  
  Scuffles broke out at Wembley between fans at the League One play-off final between Millwall and Barnsley. Trouble flared just moments before Barnsley secured promotion to the Championship, with a 3-1 win over the London side. Millwall said in a statement: "Millwall Football Club deplores the actions of a small minority of its fans during the second-half of Sunday's League One Play-Off Final.
  
  Read more

• David Price makes winning return to the ring following 10-month absence with second-round knockout of Vaclav Pejsar 

  29-05-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Price returned to the ring after a 10-month absence with a two-round knockout of Vaclav Pejsar at Goodison Park. He floored the Czech with an uppercut in the first and stopped him in the second.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Teammates Hunter-Reay, Bell collide in pits

  29-05-2016 20:27
  
  The Latest on motorsport's busiest day, with Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix followed by the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 (all times local):
  
  Read more

• The Latest: 13 is a charm for Gasquet at French Open

  29-05-2016 20:23
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Monaco Grand Prix - in pictures

  29-05-2016 20:19
  
  The best images from the Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton wins in Monte Carlo after starting third on the grid in the rain, his 44th victory and his favourite number Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Sri Lanka's Mathews leads from front to frustrate England

  29-05-2016 19:56
  (Reuters) - England moved towards victory in the second test against Sri Lanka whose batsmen showed sufficient resolve on Sunday to push the game into a fourth day if not affect a result that still seems inevitable. Having been dismissed in the morning for 101 in their first innings to trail by 397 runs, Sri Lanka performed much better second time round to reach 309-5 by the close, still 88 runs adrift at Durham. Captain Angelo Mathews led from the front with a combative 80, sharing a partnershi
  
  Read more

• Royals catcher Perez out 7 to 10 days with thigh bruise

  29-05-2016 19:56
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals All-Star catcher Salvador Perez is expected to be out seven to 10 days with a bruised left thigh after colliding with rookie third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert while catching a foul popup.
  
  Read more

• Hingis and Mirza lose chance to complete 'Santina Slam'

  29-05-2016 19:47
  Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza lost their cool as their hopes of holding all four grand slam titles were dashed following a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the third round of the French Open on Sunday. The Indo-Swiss team dubbed "Santina" were hoping to win four majors in a row after following up last year's Wimbledon and U.S. Open triumphs with victory in January's Australian Open. Hingis and Mirza were left fuming at the umpire after a call went against
  
  Read more

• Briton Chris Wood pulls off special Wentworth victory

  29-05-2016 19:41
  By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Britain's Chris Wood survived an attack of back-nine jitters to achieve the biggest victory of his career by winning the BMW PGA Championship by one stroke from Swede Rikard Karlberg on Sunday. Wood claimed the first prize of 833,330 euros ($926,079) on another warm summer's day at Wentworth after shooting a closing three-under-par 69 to finish on nine-under 279 at the European Tour's flagship event. The 28-year-old Englishman equalled compatri
  
  Read more

• Italy's Vincenzo Nibali seals Giro d'Italia triumph as Giacomo Nizzolo is disqualified

  29-05-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vincenzo Nibali sealed his Giro d'Italia victory on Sunday where the Astana rider's triumph was overshadowed by Giacomo Nizzolo's final-stage disqualification.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Murray handles Isner's serve to reach French QF

  29-05-2016 19:37
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Clinical Murray dispatches Isner to reach last eight

  29-05-2016 19:32
  Andy Murray moved ominously into the French Open quarter-finals for the sixth time in his career with a clinical 7-6(9) 6-4 6-3 defeat of American John Isner on Sunday. The second seed began the tournament scraping through back-to-back five-setters but has been a model of efficiency since and has his eyes fixed firmly on a first title at Roland Garros. Isner took a 0-5 career record against Murray on to a murky Court Suzanne Lenglen but he stuck manfully to his task in the first set, denying the
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Defending champ Montoya crashes out of Indy 500

  29-05-2016 19:28
  
  The Latest on motorsport's busiest day, with Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix followed by the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Indianapolis 500: a look back at a century of races – in pictures

  29-05-2016 19:15
  
  This weekend sees the 100th running of the 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here we take a look back through the archives at some of a century of highlights Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• UK Conservative Party dispute over immigration escalates - Gloversville Leader-Herald

  29-05-2016 19:10
  UK Conservative Party dispute over immigration escalates
  Gloversville Leader-Herald
  LONDON (AP) — Senior Conservative Party members in Britain have intensified their attacks on Prime Minister David Cameron with an open letter accusing him of misleading the public over immigration. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson and Justice ...en meer »
  
  Read more

• Mexican soccer player, striker for Olympiakos, kidnapped - media reports

  29-05-2016 19:08
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Alan Pulido, a Mexican striker for the Greek soccer team Olympiakos, was kidnapped in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, authorities said according to local media reports on Sunday. A relative of Pulido also told Milenio TV that he had been kidnapped. Pulido was kidnapped after leaving a party in the state capital of Ciudad Victoria, media outlets reported. (Reporting by Veronica Gomez; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)
  
  Read more

• U.S. dark horse Rogers jumps from back of queue to final eight

  29-05-2016 19:06
  By John Stonestreet PARIS (Reuters) - When this year's French Open draw was made just over a week ago, American Shelby Rogers was right near the back of the queue, just avoiding the qualifiers by scraping in on the direct entry list. On Sunday the 108th ranked American, playing the tournament of her life, once again ended up in floods of tears after taking her place in the last eight by dispatching 25th seeded Romanian Irina Begu 6-3 6-4. "I'm definitely outside of my comfort zone already, and I
  
  Read more

Follow @SportUKnews on Twitter!