British boxer is released on New Year’s Eve in Ikeja Joshua can ‘recuperate at home’ after treatment The British boxer Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, Nigerian authorities said on Wednesday night. The two-time former heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist was involved in a car accident near Lagos...
What I have learned from watching all 20 Premier League teams this season | John Brewin
Set pieces on the rise, fans transformed to customers and conspiracies seen in every decision – is football losing its fun? English football has always mirrored the passions, conflicts, identities and inequalities of the age. After the golden 1960s, the decay of the 1970s and ensuing disasters of the 1980s...
Harry Randall and buoyant Bristol keen to carry form into new year
England scrum-half returned from injury to a side on the crest of a wave and will hope to catch Steve Borthwick’s eye Harry Randall and Bristol enter the new year with high hopes. The scrum-half has returned to fitness ahead of schedule after hamstring surgery and marked his 150th Bears...
Enzo Maresca on brink of Chelsea sack after breakdown of relations
Club set to open new year with emergency talks Cryptic comments have led to rapid escalation Enzo Maresca is on the brink of leaving Chelsea after a complete breakdown in his relationship with the club. The situation around the head coach has been unpredictable for weeks and it is highly...
26 for 2026: unmissable sporting events over the next 12 months
This year features a football World Cup, a Winter Olympics, a Commonwealth Games and a historic Test match Jannik Sinner will be aiming to become only the second man in the Open era, after Novak Djokovic, to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles, while in the women’s draw Madison...
From Guéhi to Yildiz – who could be on the move in the January transfer window?
We look at 10 players likely to create headlines next month, including the ‘new Kevin De Bruyne’ Men’s transfer interactive: January 2026 edition While Semenyo would doubtless prefer to be in Morocco at the moment, one of the advantages to Ghana’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations...
The Breakdown | ‘There is no ceiling for these players’: Jamaica targeting 2031 Rugby World Cup
Money is tight but a breakthrough came in 2018 while coaches are working tirelessly in the Caribbean Nigerian influence within English rugby union is strong and getting stronger. But could Jamaican rugby, in time, become just as significant? There is no shortage of talent. Jamaica UK Rugby, a club under...
Enzo Maresca jeered by Chelsea fans amid wild draw with Bournemouth
It is fair to assume that Pep Guardiola has targeted Antoine Semenyo for more than his enormous long throws. Still, the Bournemouth winger’s missiles were a devastating weapon against a slipshod Chelsea defence. They led to insultingly simple goals for David Brooks and Justin Kluivert during a breathless first half...
Glorious Gary Anderson revels in remarkable renaissance to take out Van Gerwen
Scotsman rolled back years to reach first quarter-final since 2022 at the expense of toiling Michael van Gerwen “I’m just here to cause a headache,” Gary Anderson had told everyone in advance of this game, and for the great Michael van Gerwen the hangover from this crushing 4-1 defeat will...
‘Stay strong, champion’: boxing world offers condolences to Anthony Joshua
Fury and Usyk pay tribute to Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele Joshua recovering in Nigeria after fatal collision Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have passed their condolences to the families of Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, the two friends who died in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday in...