British former boxing champion sustained minor injuries Sina Ghami and Kevin ‘Lateef’ Ayodel killed in accident The British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has issued a statement after he was injured in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday morning which killed two of his close friends. The former world heavyweight...
Sarina Wiegman an honorary dame as Lionesses and Red Roses get honours
Leah Williamson made an OBE; four Lionesses are MBEs Torvill and Dean now a dame and a knight Sarina Wiegman has been awarded an honorary damehood after guiding England to back-to-back European titles, in a new year honours list dominated by the Lionesses and England’s victorious women’s rugby union team....
Luke Littler forced to battle the boos in tense win at PDC World Championship
Littler’s missed doubles cheered in win over Rob Cross Champion denies being bothered in unconvincing style They say you either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain. At a feverish and hostile Alexandra Palace, the same crowd that cheered Luke Littler on as a 16-year-old boy...
Affordale Fury holds off Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree winners to take Savills Chase
Seven-year-old makes Leopardstown breakthrough Galopin Des Champs and I Am Maximus beaten The two most recent winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup were among the 11 runners for the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday but neither could match the strength and resilience of a resurgent Affordale Fury,...
Oliver Glasner suffering severe post-Christmas blues at Crystal Palace | Jonathan Wilson
Manager may have taken club as far as he can while Archie Gray offers hope to Tottenham and Thomas Frank Perhaps it’s appropriate that the last Premier League game of the Christmas weekend shouldn’t be a thriller. You’ve spent four days eating and drinking, the belly is straining at the...
Kyrgios defeats Sabalenka but Battle of the Sexes veers too close to circus
Nick Kyrgios won 6-3, 6-3 against Aryna Sabalenka in an intriguing Dubai contest with celebrity interruptions Nick Kyrgios won tennis’s latest Battle of the Sexes against Aryna Sabalenka in a dispiriting contest in Dubai that veered uneasily between exhibition, gimmick and outright circus. The Australian, who has won only one...
Archie Gray heads Spurs to victory at Crystal Palace to ease pressure on Frank
Eighteen months can be a very long time in football – especially if you are still a teenager. After a mixed start to life in north London, Archie Gray could not have picked a better occasion to score his first Tottenham goal since joining from Leeds in the summer of...
Greg Fisilau sets the tone as Exeter show strength with dismissal of Leicester
Exeter 24-10 Leicester Chiefs move to within a point of leaders Northampton There is still a long way to go but Exeter would have settled for their current position back in the summer. Second place in the Prem table heading into 2026 with momentum building nicely is a very different...
Afcon roundup: Mozambique stun Gabon to end 40-year wait for win
Bangal, Catamo and Calila score in 3-2 victory Diallo on target as Côte d’Ivoire draw with Cameroon Mozambique ended a 40-year wait for victory at the Africa Cup of Nations as they beat Gabon 3-2 in Agadir. Goals from Faisal Bangal, Geny Catamo and Diogo Calila earned the southern African...
Energetic Manchester City have lifted last season’s fog, says Pep Guardiola
City second after six straight Premier League wins ‘We have to improve but this mindset is better’ Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City have regained the energy that eluded them last season and lifted the “fog” that clouded a disappointing campaign. City finished without a major trophy for the first time...