Sports Shorts: Barca to sign Valencia defender Mathieu

Valencia's French defender Jeremy Mathieu will join Barcelona for a fee of 20 million euros ($26.9 million), the Catalan club said on Wednesday. “Mathieu will sign a contract with FC......

PHOTOS: Leading contenders for 100th Tour de France

Brief penpix of the leading Tour de France contenders:* Chris Froome (Britain, Team Sky, age 28) - aka Froomey* Best Tour performance: 2nd (2012)* Best other grand tour performance: 2nd (Vuelta......

Tour de France: Van Avermaet clinches rare victory

Belgium's Greg van Avermaet celebrates as he crosses the finish line. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Greg van Avermaet, one of cycling’s nearly men, enjoyed a rare victory when he......

Djokovic planning to go; Berdych undecided on Rio Olympics

‘I'm still planning to go to the Olympics. It's going to stay that way’ IMAGE: World No 1 Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters. World number nine tennis player Tomas......

Zika fallout: Rio-bound British long jumper freezes sperm

The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil has led Britain's Greg Rutherford to have his sperm frozen before heading out to defend his long jump title at the Rio Olympics. Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that......