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Available for 29 days Have Arsenal put worries over their mentality to bed? Have Manchester City lost their ruthless edge? Their 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur means Arsenal end the weekend with a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League table. Rick Edwards is joined by Nigel Reo-Coker …

Villa slipped up by suffering a second successive home defeat, this time to Brentford, while Manchester City showed the sort of carelessness, complacency and soft centre that is a serious weakness when casting aside a 2-0 lead at Tottenham Hotspur to take only a point. If the cheers inside the …

Celtic interim manager Martin O’Neill revealed two prospective signings are having medicals and hinted the club could do further deals after his team beat Falkirk 2-0 to move above Rangers into second place in the Scottish Premiership. The Parkhead outfit have signed Julian Araujo and Tomas Cvancara – both on …

The role of sporting director feels fairly recent and fluid in Scottish football. Does a sporting director oversee recruitment? Analysis? Club operations? The academy? It’s hard to tell, as the role at every club can differ. In the Scottish Premiership, only four teams currently have one – Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs …

Everton are finalising an initial loan deal to sign Chelsea winger Tyrique George, with an option to buy included. The England Under-21 attacker is travelling to Merseyside to complete a medical before his proposed deadline-day move. George is understood to have attracted interest from another Premier League club and one …

Dutch cycling star Mathieu van der Poel set a new record as he won his eighth world cyclo-cross title at Hulst in the Netherlands. The 31-year-old beat compatriot Tibor del Grosso by 35 seconds to move past the seven titles won by Belgian Eric de Vlaeminck in the 1960s and …

A group of eight Islamic countries have joined to condemn Israel, accusing the country “repeated violations” of the Gaza ceasefire. Their statement comes a day after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 30 people in Gaza. On Sunday Israel began a move likely to attract more criticism when the country’s Diaspora …

Former Republic of Ireland winger James McClean assisted the only goal of the game on his return to Derry City colours as the Candystripes beat Shamrock Rovers 1-0 to lift the President’s Cup at Tallaght Stadium on Saturday evening. The 36-year-old, who re-signed for his hometown club from Wrexham last …

It’s “really unfair” English breweries can sell in Wales but aren’t paying business rates, owners say. BBC News

Walta won the first of his 10 senior Finland caps in 2024 having represented his country at various age-grade levels. He began his club career in his homeland, at HJK Helsinki, before a spell in Norway with Nordsjaelland. Walta had loan spells with Danish club HB Koge and Mjallby in …

The firm’s move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency. BBC News

Network Rail says staff removed the horse, and normal services have resumed. BBC News

Wolves have accepted a reduced offer worth £48m for striker Jorgen Strand Larsen from Crystal Palace. Last week, the two clubs reached an agreement in principle over a £50m deal for the Norway international to move to Selhurst Park. All that was left was for Palace to submit a written …

Marvin Bartley has taken over as Livingston manager with David Martindale moving to a new role as sporting director at the Scottish Premiership bottom club. Martindale moves upstairs after five years as manager, with the club winless in 24 games and six points adrift at the foot of the table. …

“We knew before he was born that there was going to be kidney issues which was quite stressful, because you didn’t know what the outcome of that was going to be,” Adam Morton told BBC Sport Wales. “He was very poorly to start with, going down with pneumonia when he …

Chris Lewis, head of performance at Tennis Wales, says 2026 promises to be an equally successful year for Welsh tennis. “It’s going to be really exciting following Mimi, she’s getting accepted into the Grand Slam events by ranking now, so we should see her in qualifiyng and also in the …

American Shakur Stevenson dominated Teofimo Lopez to secure the WBO light-welterweight belt by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden. The 28-year-old, who has won all 25 of his professional bouts, is now a four-weight world champion, with the judges scoring the fight 119-109 119-109 119-109. Post-fight tensions were high as …

The Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt is to reopen after nearly two years of near-total closure. The resumption of travel through the crucial border crossing – which sits between Gaza and Egypt – is one of the key steps of the US brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire. On Sunday Israel announced …

“Miller wins it by a hair.” That line of commentary had a meaning beyond Jarrell Miller’s split-decision win over Kingsley Ibeh at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. In an unusual moment on the undercard of the title fight between Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez, American Miller threw his toupee into …

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, were taken into custody by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents in their Minneapolis …