Category: Sports

New head coach hopes team steal limelight on Wednesday against PSG, who only returned to training last week For your first trick, please show us Tottenham can trade blows with the best team Europe has produced this decade. If Thomas Frank wanted to make a statement two months after crossing...

Eddie Howe’s side hope the Champions League and smart additions can banish memories of a challenging summer Guardian writers’ predicted position: 7th (NB: this is not necessarily Louise Taylor’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 5th Continue reading...

Frenchman’s display of natural ability during spells in Denmark and Germany is a positive indicator for his move to Anfield Hugo Ekitiké is a £79m striker who has swapped the Bundesliga for the Premier League champions and is preparing to test himself against the best defenders in England and Europe. Four...

The grass catwalk returns with appealing Adidas, funereal keepers and cartoon collars – but whose jersey will be top of the league? Football strips nowadays are big business. Especially for the not insignificant number of clubs flogging shirts for £85+ a pop. As sport and fashion become ever more intertwined...

Winger with millions of followers explains how the ‘female-first mentality’ at the Serie A minnows was a big draw It is not difficult to understand why any Italian club would want to sign Alisha Lehmann: last season she helped Juventus win a league and cup double, she is an international...

LEDs will flash red for potentially concussive impacts ‘It will create awareness,’ World Rugby says Rugby union is to introduce flashing LED mouthguards that light up when a player sustains a significant head impact during a match. The mouthguard will flash red if the impact is severe enough to potentially...

She feared Lauren James would face ‘astronomical’ abuse James missed but was not alone and Lionesses won Jess Carter has admitted she felt “relief” when three of her white England teammates joined Lauren James in missing penalties in the Euro 2025 quarter-final shootout against Sweden. Carter, who was the target...

600 apartments and houses would be built behind stand Former club chair calls proposed development ‘shameful’ Sunderland are preparing a formal objection over council plans to build housing within 23 metres of the Stadium of Light. The club fear the scheme would leave the stadium landlocked, preventing any future capacity...

Finals Day will now be held before the Hundred starts Counties to be divided into three regional groups of six The men’s T20 Vitality Blast will be reduced from 14 to 12 group-stage games from 2026 to streamline the competition and ease the workload on players in the latest reshuffle...

Arsenal have been ahead but want to make sales first Spurs do not intend to meet Eze’s £68m release clause Tottenham have opened talks over a move for Eberechi Eze and are pushing to beat Arsenal to the Crystal Palace attacker. Eze, whose £68m release clause expires on Friday, is...