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Barcelona are suing Neymar for €8.5 million for breach of contract as they want him to return the bonus he was paid when he signed a new five-year deal just nine months before joining Paris St Germain, the Spanish club said on Tuesday.

Former world number one Victoria Azarenka will miss the US Open because of an "ongoing family situation". The Belarusian only returned to tennis in June after giving birth to her son, Leo, in December.

Paris Saint-Germain's world record signing Neymar launched a scathing attack on his former club's directors, saying "Barca deserve much better".

Rwanda's Football Association (Ferwafa) is preparing to finalise its bid to host the 2019 Under-17 World Cup. The Ferwafa president Vincent Nzamwita insists the country is capable of host a tournament of such a stature.

Grigor Dimitrov clinched the biggest title of his career and enjoyed a huge confidence boost ahead of the US Open by beating Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-5 to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.

British distance great Mo Farah sprinted clear to win the 3,000m at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting in his final track meeting on home soil.

The excitable Nick Kyrgios made short work of top-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal in a dazzling 6-2 7-5 victory on Friday at the Cincinnati Open.

Former Ghana international Kevin-Prince Boateng has signed a two-year deal with German side Eintracht Frankfurt.

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nigeria's women's coach Florence Omagbemi are the only Africans in contention for Fifa's annual awards.

The richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote who also supports English Football club, Arsenal has announced that he is planning on buying the club and his first decision would be to sack the current manager, Arsene Wenger.