Football Briefs: Ronaldo rest crucial to Madrid's European dream

IMAGE: New dad Sergio Perez is starting his fifth year at Vijay Mallya's Force India. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Instagram Fatherhood has changed Sergio Perez's life since the end of last season and the Mexican hopes the coming year in Formula One could be just as transformative on the track. The 28-year-old, known as 'Checo', is starting his fifth year at Force India, the privately-run Vijay Mallya's team that has been fourth in the constructors' championship for the last two campaigns and ...

For Perez's career, the 2018 Formula 1 season could be a make or break one. Even before the start of the season, there is already speculation that a cockpit could be available at Ferrari and Mercedes come 2019. The post Sergio Perez interview: Force India ...

India's newest golf star Shubhankar Sharma will start his World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies campaign with a mouth-watering opening match against reigning Masters Tournament champion, Sergio Garcia. The 21-year-old, who was tied ninth at the WGC ...

IMAGE: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo 'mirror' act invited jokes and sympathy on social media. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters Cristiano Ronaldo says he is "still handsome" after his face was left covered in blood from being kicked in the face against Deportivo La Coruna last week and declared he wants to remain at Real Madrid despite reports that he is unhappy in Spain.   The image-conscious Portuguese was seen checking his blood-drenched face on the mobile phone of a club ...

Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel pumped in a stunning late lap to snatch pole position from team-mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari dominated Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The German lapped the 5.4-km Shanghai circuit in one minute, ...

IMAGE: Aaron Ramsey scores Arsenal's third goal against CSKA Moscow in the Europa League quarter-final first leg at Emirates Stadium, London, on Thursday. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters Heavyweights Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Lazio took big steps towards reaching the Europa League semi-finals after convincing home first-leg victories and RB Leipzig also stayed on course with a 1-0 win over Olympique de Marseille on Thursday. Under pressure to win the continent's second-tier competition as ...

Mercedes world champion Lewis Hamilton produced a sizzling final lap to grab pole position for the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Saturday. The four-time world champion knocked out his rivals with a blistering time of one ...

Cristiano Ronaldo says the key to his staggering success is believing nobody is better than he is -- and he advised his Portuguese teammates to adopt the same attitude. The Real Madrid star made the comments as he accepted the Portuguese player of the year ...

Ashish Narsale decodes all that is hot and all that is not about Samsung's latest phones. The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 25.Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters.   Both the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus look the same as their predecessors -- the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, respectively -- but they are packed with new and improved hardware and features. Both phones host a camera with the best ...