Club-record offer submitted for Leverkusen playmaker Frimpong in as Alexander-Arnold joins Real for £10m Liverpool have started ambitious plans to build on their Premier League title triumph by submitting a club record £109m bid for Florian Wirtz and signing his Bayer Leverkusen teammate Jeremie Frimpong for £29.5m. The moves came...
Fearnley gets his chance to overhaul trailblazer Norrie in battle of Britain
Scot always looked up to his fellow Texas Christian University graduate and now faces him in a historic French Open third-round meeting Over the course of his distinguished career, Cameron Norrie has become an unlikely role model to many of his fellow professionals. He has enjoyed achievements that most dream...
Football matchday live: PSG v Inter Champions League final buildup
All the buildup to the Munich final Jonathan Liew: PSG v Inter is clash of styles on and off pitch You can email Barry | Kick-off is at 8pm BST Paris Saint-Germain: Luis Enrique has given his star players a holiday since they wrapped up the French title 57 days...
£10m for a month of Alexander-Arnold exposes absurdity of Club World Cup | Barney Ronay
The first piece of mini-transfer window business is a significant moment for Fifa’s Gianni Infantino and his heinous creation Hmm. Ten million pounds. What does that work out to in booing, and boo-deletion? What’s the exchange rate here? How much un-booing does £10m get you, in a highly emotive run‑your‑contract-down...
Beever-Jones hits rapid hat-trick as Lionesses pummel Portugal 6-0 in Nations League
It doesn’t matter how you get your chance to shine, what matters is you take it, and on Friday night at a balmy Wembley Stadium the Chelsea forward Aggie Beever-Jones did just that in a 6-0 defeat of Portugal. “Destroy them” was the message from manager Sarina Wiegman before kick-off,...
Williams’ James Vowles ‘backing failure’ in bid to guide team to F1 summit
Team principal has turned Williams around in a short space of time and is looking to 2026 for a serious title charge Finding themselves fighting off Ferrari and mauling the midfield, these are heady times for a resurgent Williams. The team principal James Vowles has engineered an extraordinary comeback but...
Lewis Hamilton labels talk of strained relationship with Ferrari engineer as ‘BS’
Driver backs Riccardo Adami despite terse exchanges ‘There’s a lot of speculation, most of it is BS’ Lewis Hamilton has dismissed speculation about what has been interpreted as a fractious relationship with Riccardo Adami, his race engineer at Ferrari, describing it as “BS” and insisting the pair enjoy a healthy...
Defiant Knicks keep season alive with Game 5 win over Pacers in East finals
Brunson scores 32 as Knicks stay alive with Game 5 win Towns adds 24 points and 13 boards despite knee injury Pacers struggle on offense, miss chance to reach finals The Madison Square Garden crowd had waited all week for a spark. On Thursday night, they got a firestorm. With...
Washington’s Esme Morgan on mixing it with diplomats, England and adopting a kitten
In an exclusive interview the England defender talks about her move to the NWSL, what she has learned from Jonatan Giráldez and the upcoming Euros Life in Washington DC is treating Esme Morgan very well indeed. Not only has she discovered some of the best form of her career, but...
Luke Humphries battles back to dethrone Luke Littler in Premier League final
World No 1 triumphs 11-8 despite wobbly start Elated Humphries hails ‘the title I was missing’ There have been seminal moments in time on darts’ journey: the highs and the lows. But there have always been breakthrough moments that have opened the door for a bigger future and as Luke...