Peter Sagan has been kicked out of the Tour de France following a crash. The jury ruled Sagan had endangered his fellow riders including Britain s Mark Cavendish, who was forced to withdraw on account of his injuries.World champion Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the 2017 Tour de France after a horrific crash at the finish line on stage four which resulted in Britain s Mark Cavendish being taken to hospital. It followed an earlier pile-up toward the end of Tuesday s stage. With 1,500 meters to go, the first crash saw Team Sky s Geraint Thomas in the yellow jersey go down with most of the Quick-Step team. Thomas had warned on Monday that he was just looking to stay safe, while the pile-up also put Germany s Marcel Kittel out of contention.

The US dollar embarked on a new wave of decline against the pound and lost the equivalent of about 20 piastres of its value on Monday and Tuesday. The greenback settled on EGP 17.8285 for buying and EGP 17.9543 for selling, compared to EGP 18.0276 for buying and EGP 18.1518 for selling on Sunday. In banks, the dollar was changing hands on Tuesday at EGP 17.8-17.9 for buying and EGP 17.9-18 for selling.

Moroccan FA chairman Fouzi Lekhaa has confirmed that former Spain international Munir El Haddadi will soon play for the Atlas Lions after the 21-year-old winger requested a nationality switch to play for his country of origin. "We have a solid case and we are on course for changing the sporting nationality of Munir El Haddadi. The upcoming weeks will bring good news for his Moroccan fans," Lekhaa was quoted as saying by Moroccan website Lions de l Atlas.

Spain striker Alvaro Morata is closing in on a 70 million euros ($80 million) move from Real Madrid to Manchester United, Spanish media reported on Monday. The forward s agent Juanma Lopez and his father were photographed arriving at Real s Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Monday for a meeting with the European champions, and Spanish daily AS reported the two parties were close to finalising a deal by the end of the week.

Fifth seed Stan Wawrinka was knocked out by Daniil Medvedev in the biggest shock on day one of Wimbledon 2017. The 32-year-old, a three-time Grand Slam champion, needed ice on a knee injury between points as he fell to a 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1 loss on Centre Court. Earlier, Rafael Nadal began his bid for a third Wimbledon title with a comfortable win over John Millman. But world number 20 Nick Kyrgios failed to reach round two, retiring from his opening match because of a hip injury. Medvedev s victory over world number three Wawrinka came just hours after the 21-year-old moved into the world s top 50 for the first time. It was his first Grand Slam victory on his Wimbledon debut, and he celebrated by dropping to the court in front of the net and kissing the ground.

Germany survived a whirlwind assault by Chile and capitalised on an awful mistake by the South Americans to claim a 1-0 victory in a pulsating, bad-tempered Confederations Cup final on Sunday. Germany won the title for the first time after Lars Stindl scored the only goal in the 20th minute when Chile midfielder Marcelo Diaz gave the ball away on the edge of his own area.

An extra-time penalty from Adrien Silva gave Portugal a 2-1 win over Mexico and third place in the 2017 Confederations Cup on Sunday. Portugal, who missed a spot kick given thanks to the video assistant referees 16 minutes into the match, were awarded a second penalty after 104 minutes when Miguel Layun handled the ball. Adrien Silva converted the kick to give the European champions a hard-fought victory.

Portugal has released captain Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of their Confederations Cup third-place match so he could be with his newborn twins. Portugal lost to Chile in penalty kicks in the semi-final on Wednesday in Kazan. "The president of the Portuguese Football Federation and the national team coach understand that, given that it is impossible to achieve the objective of winning the Confederations Cup, we should release the player so that he can, finally, get to know his children," the federation said in a statement on Thursday.

Barcelona will play Brazilian side Chapecoense, whose team was all but wiped out in an air crash last November, in a friendly match at the Camp Nou on August 7. The match will "help pay tribute to the 71 people who died in the accident on November 28th, 2016, as well as their families," the Spanish giants said on their website.

Germany manager Joachim Loew wants the names of any players caught doping to be made public, after Russian football was on Wednesday accused of tampering with urine samples. A year before they host the World Cup, Russian football has come under the spotlight amidst fresh allegations of drug abuse.

Qatar World Cup organisers said on Wednesday that the surprise publication of FIFA s Garcia report "vindicated the integrity" of its successful bid to host the 2022 tournament. In a statement, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy also questioned the timing of the publication, which comes as Qatar faces political isolation from many neighbouring countries. "We believe that the extent of our cooperation with this investigation and the conclusions drawn represent a vindication of the integrity of our bid," read the statement.

A big mystery in the recent era of corruption linked to FIFA is being revealed this week. The report into suspected corruption in the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests - involving 11 nations and won by Russia and Qatar - has been the mystery ever since American investigator Michael Garcia delivered it more than 2-1/2 years ago. A leaked copy of the 430-page document kept confidential by FIFA and Switzerland s attorney general has finally surfaced.

FIFA s head of refereeing Massimo Busacca says video review has not always looked good in tests at the Confederations Cup. Busacca acknowledges many aspects should be improved including faster, clearer communication after slow reviews have confused players, coaches and fans.

Guangzhou Evergrande manager Luiz Felipe Scolari believes midfielder Paulinho s proposed move to Barcelona is unlikely to happen as the Chinese Super League s transfer regulations make it too expensive to find a replacement. The Brazilian s form for the six-time Chinese champions has been impressive since signing for the club two-and-a-half years ago and the 28-year-old admitted last week that the Catalan club had expressed an interest in taking him to Spain.

Known as one of the hardest-working squads in the world, Chile is starting to feel the wear and tear of its all-out style in the Confederations Cup. And things won t get any easier for the South American champions when they face Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal in the semifinals. Chile secured its semifinal berth with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Australia on Sunday, and the team will have only two days of rest before facing Portugal on Wednesday in Kazan. The European champions played its last group stage match on Saturday, a breezy 4-0 win over New Zealand in which Ronaldo was substituted with more than 20 minutes left.

Martin Rodriguez salvaged a draw Sunday for Chile against a tenacious Australian side to ensure his team qualified for the Confederations Cup semifinals.

Germany eased into the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 win over Cameroon on Sunday as the VAR system was again thrust into the spotlight when the on-field official needed two reviews of an incident to reach the right verdict. Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan consulted the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) after a reckless high challenge by Ernest Mabouka on Germany s Emre Can saw Sebastien Siani wrongly receive a yellow card in a case of mistaken identity.

Zamalek coach Augusto Inacio believes that his team s hopes of reaching the CAF Champions League quarterfinals are still alive despite the shock 2-0 loss to USM Alger in the fourth round of the group stage games in Algiers on Thursday. Late goals on both sides of the interval from Reda Bellahcene and Abderrahmane Meziane condemned Zamalek to their first defeat of their group stage campaign, slipping to the third spot of Group B after initially entering the game on top.

Italian international striker Mario Balotelli is determined to stay at Ligue 1 outfit Nice next season, club president Jean-Pierre Rivere revealed on Thursday. "I can tell you three things - one, he s a player who wants to continue with us; two, he s ready to make a financial effort; three, discussions are continuing," said Rivere.

Egypt s Ahly coach Hossam El-Badry has blamed refereeing mistakes and the defence errors of his team as the main reasons behind Tuesday s 2-0 loss to Morocco s Wydad Casablanca. The Reds lost the away game to the Moroccan team in the fourth round of the CAF Champions League group stage.

Jose Mourinho s advisers have hit back at accusations that the Manchester United manager failed to pay millions of euros in taxes to the Spanish authorities during his time in charge of Real Madrid. The 54-year-old Portuguese, who coached Madrid from 2010 to 2013, has been accused of "two offences against the public treasury", the prosecutor s office said in a statement on Tuesday.