Bellmont: ‘This is great for all Swiss people’ James Wade cruises past Ryusei Azemoto The five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld was left stunned after falling to a straight-sets defeat by Switzerland’s Stefan Bellmont in their first-round clash at Alexandra Palace. Bellmont produced the performance of his career to become...
Miami Dolphins to bench QB Tua Tagovailoa after missing playoffs
Rookie Quinn Ewers will be starter, says Mike McDaniel Tagovailoa will be ‘emergency’ QB behind Zach Wilson The Miami Dolphins are benching quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and will start rookie Quinn Ewers on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, head coach Mike McDaniel announced on Wednesday. The Dolphins (6-8), eliminated from postseason...
Lewis Miley heads dramatic late winner as holders Newcastle edge Fulham
To remedy a local let down, enter the local hero. After 56 years without a trophy before glorious victory at Wembley in March Newcastle were never going to let go of the Carabao Cup without a fight, but few of the impressionable children walking up Barrack Road for a pre-Christmas...
Do World Cup teams really need a 50% prize money hike after tickets furore? | Paul MacInnes
Fifa has made big mistakes over 2026 tournament but it can afford to slash prices and even give some tickets away Who is the World Cup for? Fifa appeared to share some of its thinking on this topic in the past week. On the one hand, there was the revelation...
Chelsea fight back to seal WCL quarter-final spot, Manchester United sink Juve
Sam Kerr header secures 2-1 victory in Wolfsburg United seeded for playoffs along with Arsenal Chelsea clinched an automatic place in the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals by coming from behind to stun Wolfsburg and avoid having to contest February’s playoffs. Sam Kerr won the game with her 20th Champions League...
Chelsea told to ‘put up or shut up’ over potential Earl’s Court move
Club yet to make a decision on how to build bigger ground A £10bn housing and retail bid for site approved this week Chelsea have been urged to “put up or shut up” and decide whether they want to move to Earl’s Court after alternative plans for the site were...
Rare pink fog blankets parts of UK with warning issued over poor visibility
The unusual phenomenon is caused by sunlight passing through layers of fog The skies over parts of Britain turned a soft shade of pink on Wednesday morning as the low sun shone through layers of widespread fog to produce the rare atmospheric treat. Meteorologists at the Met Office said the...
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR would put ‘public safety at risk’ The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change. Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s office...
England’s Ashes hopes melt away as Australian bowlers share spoils in the sun
Third Test, day two: England 213-8; Australia 371 Tourists trail by 158 after late Stokes and Archer stand At the end of a brain-boiling second day in South Australia two things could be said with a fair degree of certainty: England were staring at the termination of their already faint...
BBC Sports Personality of the Year: why each shortlisted contender should win
From Hannah Hampton to Lando Norris, our experts give their view on why each nominee is a worthy winner No sporting event in 2025 gripped England quite like the Lionesses’ Euros success and that euphoria would not have happened without Hannah Hampton’s saves. Long before Hampton dived the correct way...