Usain Bolt made quite an entrance at Oaks Day at Flemington Racecourse via private helicopter in Melbourne on Thursday.  

Srinivasa Gowda, 28, from Karntaka, India, was taking part in Kambala - where people sprint 145 metres through rice fields while holding two buffaloes - when he appeared to beat Bolt's time.

Lionel Messi, Serena Williams, Usain Bolt and Michael Jordan all inspire greatness and the four sporting icons have come together to do so in a new advert.

We're now a few weeks into the summer break, and many of football's stars have taken the opportunity to jet off round the world and enjoy their time off.

Nigeria needed a late goal from substitute Odion Ighalo to claim a 1-0 win over a brave Burundi side playing their first-ever match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.

Goals either side of half-time saw Tunisia and Angola share the points in their first game of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations at the Suez Army Stadium on Monday night.

Mali opened their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a resounding 4-1 triumph over Mauritania at the Suez Stadium.

Uganda and Zimbabwe played out a 1-1 draw at the Africa Cup of Nations, but both teams will walk away very disappointed not to take all three points.

Youcef Belaili fired Algeria into the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations with the only goal of a bad-tempered 1-0 victory over Senegal in Cairo in the Group C clash.

Tunisia came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Mali in the Africa Cup of Nations Group E.

Bafana Bafana boss Stuart Baxter had warned his side ahead of the match not to underestimate Namibia and they did indeed prove tough opposition until Zungu's header won the game.

Defending champion Cameroon and Ghana drew 0-0 at the African Cup of Nations to leave their group wide open with one round of games to play. It was the second scoreless game of the day.

Adam Ounas and Islam Slimani inspired Algeria to a comfortable 3-0 win over Tanzania as they completed a 100 per cent Group C record in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco captain Medhi Benatia made a generous gesture by personally paying for a village to watch the Atlas Lions' African Cup of Nations game against South Africa. 

Christian Atsu has been ruled out of the rest of the Africa Cup of Nations with a hamstring tear, officials said on Tuesday.

Riyad Mahrez scored a wonderful goal as Algeria underlined their status as one of the favourites for the Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-0 win over Guinea which booked their place in the quarter-finals.

Ferjani Sassi struck the winning spot-kick as Tunisia beat Ghana 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out to secure their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Wilfried Zaha showed no signs of being distracted by transfer speculation as he stepped up when it counted to send Ivory Coast into the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Wilfried Bony and Serey Die missed penalties in the shootout as Algeria sealed a 4-3 victory over the Ivory Coast following an entertaining 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final draw on Thursday.

Raucous celebrations in Paris and other French cities quickly soured after fans resorted to vandalism and arson, bringing traffic in the French capital to a standstill after Algeria's Africa Cup win in Egypt.

Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi believes Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalists Nigeria are standing on the brink of a golden future.

The game had looked to be heading to extra time as the two teams battled for the right to play Senegal in Friday's showpiece, but Man City midfielder Mahrez won it for Algeria late on.

A bizarre own goal in extra time sent Senegal through to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win against Tunisia. Senegal will face Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Friday evening.

Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez curled in an injury-time free-kick to send Algeria into the final, prompting wild celebrations as fans set off fireworks on Blackstock Road, in Highbury.

Algeria beat Senegal to win the Africa Cup of Nations after Baghdad Bounedjah's heavily deflected strike just two minutes into the final.

The Dutch legend has been confirmed as the club's new head of La Masia academy after he was sacked as Cameroon assistant manager after a poor AFCON campaign.

Riyad Mahrez has pulled-out of the Algeria squad ahead of their African Cup of Nations clash with Botswana on Monday. He assisted in the 5-0 thrashing of Zambia, has not travelled to Botswana

Darmian spent four years at United before joining Parma last summer, but saw Rashford make his first-team debut in his first year at the club before France midfielder Pogba joined a year later.

Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand's comments discussing Ravel Morrison's wasted '£100million' potential have 'upset' the former Manchester United wonderkid.

Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra revealed that Ferguson was also trying to bring Gareth Bale from Tottenham along with Ronaldo to United just weeks before he retired.

Angel Di Maria's time in the Premier League was short lived, and it may not just have been to do with his form at Manchester United, as his wife has revealed the awful time she had in England.

Giggs won plenty of silverware under Ferguson at Old Trafford including 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League wins, but it is Van Gaal who he claims has shaped his managerial style.

CHRIS WHEELER: Short of being dragged back to Old Trafford at gunpoint, Di Maria is about the last player you would expect to see wearing a United shirt again.

Gary Neville has hit back at Angel Di Maria and his wife Jorgelina Cardoso after she claimed they had a 's***' time in Manchester and branded English people 'skinny and weird' on Spanish TV.

Darren Fletcher has delivered a fascinating insight into how Walter Smith helped transform Cristiano Ronaldo into a scoring machine and one of the greatest footballers of all time. 

Edwin van der Sar highlighted the differences between Zinedine Zidane and his Juventus team-mates by revealing he would drive a Fiat into training, while others favoured a Ferrari.

Di Maria's wife revealed this week the awful time she had in England when her husband played for Manchester United. An adviser for the city has now weighed in with his thoughts.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Sportsmail runs the rule over the Barcelona full-back to see why United have targeted him, his style of play and the reaction from Barca fans at news of his departure.

Liverpool and Manchester United are divided by a deep rivalry, but during the 2011-12 season that dislike turned into an unsavoury and unforeseen twist following one incident.

The Australian woman demanded her husband pull over after the unexpected guest ran across her helmet's visor this week while out on a ride.

The woman, 32, thinks the restaurant its ridiculous, and is also worried about how it will impact their financial security. But she said her 36-year-old husband is fixated.

A Malaysian school pupil has captured hearts across the internet after she accidentally ran the wrong direction in a school sports day relay race. The footage was captured in Perak.

Camberwell, which is located just 10km east from Melbourne's CBD, has been labelled as the most 'entitled' suburb in Victoria after it was slammed on Reddit.

Rail passengers jumped out of seats after being confronted with the unwanted guest on a Sydney train earlier this month.

Reddit has become infamous for its abusive and toxic users. The site has revised its policies on bullying and harassment in an attempt to combat the anti-social behavior of many of its users.

Students at a school in Victoria came up with a penis inspection prank and posted about it on Reddit. The pranksters printed off a fake letter asking all boys to be inspected.

Researchers led by the University of California, San Diego, trawled through almost 17,000 posts on the r/STD Reddit community and found almost two thirds were after a 'crowd-diagnosis'.

AFL superstar and duel premiership winning midfielder Dustin Martin was filmed enjoying time n the Maldives with tennis great Serene Williams and her husband as he makes most of post-season.

Serena Williams shared a throwback wedding snap with Alexis Ohanian Sr. to mark their second anniversary Saturday.

Reddit users slammed a guest who wore white to another woman's wedding after the bride, who lives in Australia, shared pictures online, saying she was 'baffled' by the 'clueless' behaviour.