Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was third in the women’s 100m, behind Olympic champion Julien Alfred and veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith. Asher-Smith failed to make the 100m final at last year’s Olympics but is hopeful of better at this year’s World Championships in Tokyo in September. She said after running a season’s best 11.08 seconds: “I feel...
He surpassed the previous best of 175 scored by Calum MacLeod in 2014 and now has more than 5,000 runs for Scotland in all formats. The 32-year-old left-hander looked all set to carry his bat for a double century but was bowled by Vivian Kingma in the 49th over from the 150th ball he faced....
Major League Cricket (MLC) chief executive Johnny Grave says the tournament should not be seen as a danger to The Hundred any more. The third edition of the United States’ franchise league starts on Friday at 02:00 BST when defending champions Washington Freedom face San Francisco Unicorns. MLC’s emergence caused some uneasiness in English cricket...
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson has pulled out of Sunday’s Stockholm Diamond League event after suffering a setback in her recovery from a hamstring injury. The 23-year-old was ruled out of the Keely Klassic – a new athletics event she founded – in February after tearing her hamstring. She had been due to return on...
Premier League clubs have already spent £400m in initial transfer fees before the new season. That dwarfs the tallies of top-flight clubs in Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Saudi Arabia. There’s still a long way to go to match last summer’s final tally of £1.98bn spent by Premier League clubs on player transfers, while the...
Arsenal will stage all 11 of their Women’s Super League home matches at Emirates Stadium in the 2025-26 season. The Gunners made the Emirates their main home last season, hosting nine WSL games there with an average attendance of 34,110. Arsenal, who became European champions in Lisbon last month, will start the defence of their...
As England meet Senegal in Tuesday’s international friendly at the City Ground, BBC Sport takes a look at the top 10 Senegalese Premier League goalscorers of all-time. Some of these forwards have written their names in Premier League folklore. Can you name the 10 below using our clues? Read full article at source...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent WIGAN COUNCIL Billy Boston at the unveiling of a statue to him in Wigan in 2016 Rugby league legend Billy Boston is set to receive a knighthood at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, ending the sport’s 130-year wait for such an honour. The sport’s first knighthood is being awarded before the King’s...
A fan died after falling from the stands during Sunday’s Nations League final between Spain and Portugal in Munich. The man, from the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district in Bavaria, fell from the middle tier into the lower tier and then on to a staircase in the media area at the Allianz Arena. He died at the scene...
While the result in Denmark was disappointing, there are still positives to take from the game. Denmark deserved to win, and they are a level above where Northern Ireland currently are. But it is where Michael O’Neill wants his team to be, and it was another good learning experience for his young squad. Defensively, particularly...
Matchday revenue increased, despite a 10% drop in attendances from the previous year. The average league attendance dropped to 6,642. The drop, which followed England reaching the 2023 Women’s World Cup final, contributed to pre-tax losses of £28m – up from £21m in 2022-23. However, Deloitte is forecasting revenues to top £100m across the league...
This marks the first trophy of Portugal manager Roberto Martinez’s international career, after failing to win anything with Belgium’s so-called golden generation. The 2013 FA Cup with Wigan was his last piece of silverware – so could the Nations League save his job? Balague said: “The rumour [that he will be sacked] has come from...
Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has died aged 65. Rennie officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie,” said a Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association statement., external...
After Berrington won the toss, opener Charlie Tear played well for his 68 after George Munsey and Brandon McMullen both fell victim to the new ball. His contribution, paired with his captain’s fine effort, allowed Leask to attack in the final 10 overs. Scotland’s number seven struck 12 fours and three sixes on his home...
Kylian Mbappe says he is not bitter over Paris St-Germain’s Champions League victory less than a year after leaving the club for Real Madrid. The forward left PSG as the club’s record goalscorer but was unable to win European football’s premier club competition in seven seasons with the French giants before signing for Madrid on...