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In the aftermath of such a chaotic night, it is easy to focus only on the flaws and forget the bigger picture. Joshua was returning from one of the darkest periods of his life and carrying an immense emotional burden into the ring. After his hand was raised, he struggled …

Celtic to pay record fee for striker and closing in on Croatian goalkeeper from Spanish second tier… Source link

Welcome to our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. Guess the answer after as few clues as possible …

Welcome to our special cricket edition of our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day of The Hundred there’s a new cricketer taking part in the tournament who we want you to guess in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a new …

On Friday evening, some of the Liverpool squad took the short walk from their hotel in downtown Nashville to Broadway – the famous entertainment district here in the state of Tennessee. Szoboszlai, who was among that group, certainly took some inspiration. Wearing the armband after coming on at half-time and …

Another dramatic and emotional night in Anthony Joshua’s boxing career ultimately ended as just about everyone expected it would – with the countdown under way to a super-fight against Tyson Fury later in the year. Joshua, 36, improved his record to 30-4, but he was almost on the end of …

Saturday’s initial attempt to run the Supersport race was halted by a red flag incident in which the rider involved is understood not to have been seriously injured. The restart was then delayed for a lengthy period in excess of an hour because of an oil spillage on the track, …

“I think it’s really nice that we push each other on,” Elodie Riley said having just raced her sister in the heats of 200m freestyle at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Seventeen-year-old Elodie was edged out by her 19-year-old sister Delphine in their heat at Glasgow’s Tollcross pool on Saturday morning. …

Briton Josh Kelly was forced to dig deep to retain his IBF light-middleweight world title, surviving a spirited late comeback from Belfast’s Caoimhin Agyarko to win a narrow points decision in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kelly looked in complete control until the complexion of the contest changed when he received a …

Anthony Joshua was knocked down twice – the first happening just 20 seconds in – before recovering to dramatically stop Kristian Prenga in the second round of his comeback fight in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The British heavyweight was fighting for the first time since surviving the December car crash in …

Friday night at Tollcross was always going to be a tough act to follow, eh? There were no podium places or rousing renditions of Flower of Scotland on Saturday night, but there was still cause for smiles among the Team Scotland swimming ranks, with more spots in finals secured. The …

After tears in Paris, tears again in Glasgow. It leaves even the great Adam Ramsay-Peaty wondering how much of this is worth it. “I work a lot harder than what it says on the scoreboard,” the Englishman said after taking 100m breaststroke bronze at the Commonwealth Games, his eyes and …

While Agyarko was now enjoying much more success than before, there was still a sense he could have upped it a little more as Kelly was doing enough to break even and while both raised their fist in triumph at the final bell, it was Kelly who got the nod. …

Rachin Ravindra’s superb 98 from 44 balls helps Welsh Fire win their second game in a row in The Hundred, beating MI London by 15 runs. BBC News

Reaction to Saturday’s League Cup plus the fans get involved ahead of the SPFL season. Source link

Defending champion Luke Littler strolled into the World Matchplay final with a 17-5 demolition of unseeded Dirk van Duijvenbode in Blackpool. The world number one raced in an 8-2 advantage and was averaging 117.10 and on course to beat Phil Taylor’s tournament match average record of 114.99 Littler admitted afterwards …

Arsenal explore move for Vinicius Jr, Inter Milan interested in Cristian Romero and Real Madrid bid for Yan Diomande rejected, plus more. Arsenal are exploring a move to sign Brazil winger Vinicius Jr if the 26-year-old does not extend his contract with Real Madrid. (Athletic – subscription required), external New …

Charlotte may only be approaching her second birthday and learning how to speak, but she has inspired her mum at these Games more than she will ever know. Firth was going through the motions right up until being summoned to the call room to go out and race in the …

Nowacki becomes just the fifth person to ever win a Commonwealth Games medal while representing Jersey. The last time Jersey made it onto the podium was in 1990 when Colin Mallett won the island’s only gold medal in fullbore shooting, before teaming up with his father Cliff to win pairs …

Former heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk tells BBC Sport he wants one “last dance” before retiring, but insists it will only be one more fight and no more. BBC News