Leicestershire’s first defeat of the season will not trigger panic, says Foxes all-rounder Logan van Beek. Sunday’s five-wicket T20 Blast loss to Northants Steelbacks came two days after the County Championship Division Two leaders opened their white-ball campaign with victory against East Midlands rivals Derbyshire. Two wickets lost in the first over and an early...
Spain beat England 1-0 in the 2023 World Cup final, but England reversed that scoreline to win the last match between the sides, at Wembley in February. And they go into Tuesday’s game with good momentum after an impressive display in their 6-0 win over Portugal on Friday. Aggie Beever-Jones caught the eye with her...
York City co-owner Julie-Anne Uggla has written an open letter to the EFL and National League about the “glaring imbalance” of the promotion system. In February the 72 clubs in the National League, including those in the North and South divisions, started the 3UP campaign that called for three teams to go up from the...
New sporting director Kevin Thelwell says Rangers’ manager search is “progressing well” and should be complete in “the coming days”. A consortium of investors led by Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises established majority ownership at Ibrox last week and the club are seeking a replacement for Philippe Clement, who was sacked in February. Barry Ferguson...
BBC Sport tracks all the manager ins and outs in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, Women’s Super League, English Football League and National League. Read full article at source...
Dundee have appointed former Falkirk and Coventry City manager Steven Pressley as the Scottish Premiership club’s new head coach. The 51-year-old former Scotland centre-half last week left Brentford, where he had spent four years as the Premier League club’s head of individual player development, saying it was time for a “new challenge”. Dundee say Pressley...
South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen has retired from the international game. The 33-year-old is one of the world’s most destructive middle-order batters and will continue to play franchise cricket around the world. He last played for South Africa in their defeat against New Zealand in the semi-final of the Champions Trophy in March. The wicketkeeper-batter...
Gemma Sherlock BBC News, Manchester Mick Martindale Facebook Mick Martindale has been described as a “larger than life character” A former rugby league player whose death has prompted a murder investigation was “a well-known face throughout the community game”, according to one of the clubs he played for. The body of a man, named locally...
Nicknamed ‘The Big Show’, Maxwell ends his ODI career with 3,990 runs at an average of 33.81, with four hundreds and 23 half-centuries. He has the second-best ODI strike rate of all-time (126.70) and as an off-spinner he has claimed 77 wickets. Cricket Australia’s chief executive Todd Greenberg said: ”Congratulations to Glenn on what has been...
Don Cowie is to remain as Ross County manager following relegation from the Scottish Premiership, while former boss John Robertson has been added to the coaching staff. Robertson, 60, had a four-month stint in charge of the Dingwall side in 2005 and has also managed Hearts, Livingston and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Coaches Carl Tremarco and...
Of the uncapped players, Miller undoubtedly has the most hype around him. Motherwell’s 18-year-old midfielder has improved at a remarkable rate since making his senior club debut aged just 16. He won the PFA Scotland young player of the year award last month after a season in which he scored four goals and assisted seven...
Everton have identified Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande as one of several midfield targets this summer. (Daily Express), external Former club FC Twente are “seriously interested” in a return for Rangers defender Robin Propper. (soccernews.nl, external – in Dutch) Left-back Ridvan Yilmaz is another Rangers player being linked with his former club as Beskitas begin transfer...
We analyse the Rangers takeover, managerial vacancies and pick some season highlights. Read full article at source...
Barcelona sporting director Deco denies the club have financial problems and says they do not need to sell players – despite La Liga’s restrictive financial controls. Deco, 47, has overseen a revival of Barcelona since his appointment in 2023, culminating in a domestic treble while also reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Catalans...
Maja Stark claimed her first major title with a two-shot victory at the US Women’s Open to become the third Swede to lift the trophy. Stark, the first Swedish winner since Annika Sorenstam won her third title in 2006, held off the challenge of world number one Nelly Korda of the United States and Japan’s...