Newly-promoted duo Southampton and Leicester City go head-to-head this weekend in what could prove to be a crucial meeting in the race to avoid relegation. Saints are one of four sides in the top flight yet to secure a league win, with Ipswich – the third promoted team – Crystal Palace and Wolves also searching…
“I am not a cheater.” Paul Pogba considered retiring from football after being handed a four-year ban from the game but he has now set his sights on a return to the France national team after seeing his punishment reduced to 18 months. The 31-year-old tested positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) – a compound that promoted…
Fabio Wardley admits he is in “uncharted territory” after knocking out Frazer Clarke in Riyadh, but he must now use a “level of strategy” in picking his next opponent as he seeks a world heavyweight eliminator. Wardley produced a sensational first-round knockout in his rematch against Clarke to defend his British heavyweight title in stunning…
It was around this time in 2022 that Louis Rees-Zammit and his brother were in attendance as mere spectators to watch the New York Giants against the Green Bay Packers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Come October 2024, the 23-year-old finds himself part of a Jacksonville Jaguars organisation playing back-to-back games in the UK. “I was…
Steve Borthwick denies England have been disrupted by the upheaval to his coaching team ahead of a strenuous autumn that opens against New Zealand at Allianz Stadium on November 2. Felix Jones, who oversaw the defence, handed in his notice in August despite not having an alternative job lined up, while departed head of strength…
Carlos Alcaraz will try to enjoy facing “idol” and compatriot Rafael Nadal for one last time at the Six Kings Slam exhibition tennis tournament in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Alcaraz is in Riyadh for the lucrative event, which is not an ATP-sanctioned tournament but has Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner involved. Nadal and Djokovic…
Speaking on Love The Darts, Michael Bridge and Richard Ashdown discuss Gary Anderson and James Wade’s comments that Luke Humphries does not get the credit that he deserves. Anderson, 53, defended ‘Cool Hand’ and stated Humphries gets “overlooked” and deserves “a bit more respect” ahead of Luke Littler by the media, while Wade sparked debate…
Lauren James has emphasised that “haters always fuel me” following the racist abuse the Chelsea and England star has received. The 23-year-old has been targeted on a number of occasions by online trolls, including when she was yellow-carded in Chelsea’s WSL defeat at Arsenal last December. James scored 13 WSL goals in the 2023-24 campaign…
England’s opener Ben Duckett scored his fourth Test century before the tourists collapsed at the hands of Pakistan’s spin-heavy attack on day two of the second Test. Duckett and Zak Crawley (27) shared a speedy 73-run opening stand replying to Pakistan’s first innings total of 366 on an unpredictable Multan wicket. However, Pakistan’s Sajid Khan…
Alex Mitchell, George Ford and Fraser Dingwall have all failed to make England’s 36-player squad for the autumn internationals due to injury, but Tom Curry has been passed fit. Northampton Saints scrum-half Mitchell has developed into a key man for club and country in recent years, but a neck injury has ruled him out for…
