Bradley Wiggins has set his sights on claiming gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016 after losing out to Australia in the final of the men's team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games.

The Australian quartet of Jack Bobridge, Luke Davison, Alex Edmondson and Glenn O'Shea set a new Commonwealth record on their way to beating England to add the title to the World Championship they claimed in Colombia in February.

Vincenzo Nibali insisted his dominance at this year's Tour de France could be easily explained as the Italian closed in on overall victory.

Only accident or illness can prevent the Sicilian from winning on the Champs Elysees Sunday after holding his lead through the difficult Pyrenean stages.

Greek champions Olympiakos defeated Italy's AC Milan 3-0 on Thursday in a friendly football match that launched the International Champions Cup.

The result, with goals from Alejandro Dominguez, Dimitri Diamantakos and Andreas Bouchalakis, marked Milan coach Filippo Inzaghi's first defeat in three friendlies since he took charge of the San Siro club.

Double Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games because he has not recovered fully from a recent illness.

Team England said Thursday on the opening day of the games that Farah, who had planned to run the 5,000 and 10,000 meters — the same distances he won gold at during the London Games in 2012 — would remain at his training base in France.

Basel has signed former Champions League-winning defender Walter Samuel on a one-year contract.

The 36-year-old Argentina international was a free agent after his nine-year spell at Inter Milan ended last season.

Louis van Gaal's reign as manager of Manchester United got off to a rousing start on Wednesday with a 7-0 friendly victory over Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy.

In the first match of van Gaal's tenure, Wayne Rooney scored twice in the first half, converting a penalty in the 42nd minute after Galaxy midfielder A.J. Delagarza handled a cross from Antonio Valencia.

A group of Paraguayan teenagers traveling to play in a football tournament in Chile were stopped at the border when customs officers found 400 kilograms of marijuana on their bus.

A pre-season friendly between Maccabi Haifa and French side Lille had to be abandoned Wednesday when a group of pro-Palestinian supporters invaded the pitch and attacked some of the Israeli players.

Lille said on its Twitter feed that the referee called a halt to the game after a group of youths, waving Palestinian flags and placards, ran onto the pitch at the Austrian venue with just three minutes of the game left.

Less than a week after his back-to-front charge through the field at the German Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton will be hoping for a more straightforward task in this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Despite finishing third after starting from 20th place on the grid, the 29-year-old Briton was still disappointed to allow his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg complete a perfect week by winning on home soil and extending his lead to 14 points in the title race.

U.S. fans will have a new venue to satisfy their growing appetite for football when selected 2014-15 English Premier League matches hit movie screens across the country.

NBC Sports, which holds Premier League broadcast rights in the United States, is teaming up with entertainment company Fathom Events to show live matches on Saturday mornings in selected American cinemas.