The former Borussia Dortmund reserve team trainer had been in charge of the Championship outfit for just seven months. During that time he had overseen relegation from the Premier League while winning just one game.

A record $33.5 million is up for grabs but professional eSports players like those competing in The International in Shanghai this week pay a physical price with deteriorating eyesight, digestive problems and wrist and hand damage.

Basketball fans who paid for expensive seats at a USA-Australia match in the Australian city of Melbourne say they have been ripped off. Hollywood actor Russell Crowe was among those to complain of poor courtside views.

On a sweltering day in eastern China a squad of footballers wearing blindfolds hurtles after a ringing ball, occasionally clattering painfully into each other. But Jiangsu province's blind football team hardly care -- even when they break the odd bone -- because the sport is a rewarding break from the massage parlour.

Franck Ribery says he joined Fiorentina on a free transfer because he wants to help the team in a 'great league' - not because he wanted to compete against Cristiano Ronaldo.

"We continue looking for a midfielder", says Monaco's vice-president Oleg Petrov during the recruits presentation. Wissam Ben Yedder says he would like to play with Radamel Falcao, "an extraordinary player".

Briton Neil Campbell set a new Guinness men's world cycling speed record of 174.339mph on Saturday in Elvington Airfield, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

At least, 10,000 Athletes will be participating in the maiden edition of the Onitsha City Marathon scheduled to hold this year.

Cloud gaming is one trend in the spotlight of this year's Gamescom, the world's top games trade show. Google's new platform, Stadia, could completely change the industry. Here's what cloud gaming is all about.

Mario Balotelli hopes there will be no racist abuse directed him on his return to Serie A with Brescia

Neymar won't leave 'without recruitment' says PSG coach Thomas Tuchel after his team's 2-1 defeat to Rennes.

Maverick forward Mario Balotelli said his "mum cried" after signing for Serie A side Brescia, the northern Italian province where his late adopted father came from.