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Social media influencer Max Balegde meets Team GB’s ice dance duo Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear, to find out about the inspiration behind their iconic, 90s themed Olympic routine, before surprising them with a special message from Spice Girl Melanie C. Follow the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics across the …

Team GB curler Bruce Mouat speaks to BBC Sport about “encouraging” others to open up whilst representing the LGBTQ community as an elite athlete at his second Olympic games. Follow the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics across the BBC from Friday, 6 February. READ MORE: Link BBC News

Prop Jeremy Loughman will make his first Ireland appearance in two years against France in the opening game of the 2026 Six Nations on Thursday, but there is no place in the starting team for James Lowe, James Ryan or Tadhg Furlong. With Ireland’s three first-choice loose-heads, Andrew Porter, Paddy …

Denton last played for West Ham in December’s 5-1 defeat by Manchester City in the League Cup quarter-finals. She leaves West Ham with the club 11th in the Women’s Super League, one point above Liverpool in the relegation play-off spot. Denton will reunite with former England Under-23s manager Emma Coates …

Alpine skiing: Women’s downhill (10:30-12:50) This race marks the return of legendary American skier Lindsey Vonn, six years after her retirement from the sport. Downhill is the 41-year-old’s speciality and she’s won a record 45 World Cup races in this event, plus her only Olympic gold medal in 2010. We …

Australian Jack Doohan has secured a role as reserve driver at Haas after being released by the Alpine team. The 23-year-old, the son of five-time MotoGP champion Mick Doohan, competed in six grands prix for Alpine last year before being replaced by Argentine Franco Colapinto. Doohan joins Ryo Hirakawa as …

“It’s an exciting challenge. We know that the club is not at the place that it should be, but I’m here to help the team and to bring what I can to achieve our goal.” Disasi has not played for more than a year for Chelsea and was placed in …

Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea): Obviously he scored the goal that completed the great comeback. He gets a lot of stick, unjustifiably in my opinion. People don’t think he’s that good and maybe it’s the price tag and because he won a World Cup that means they expect more. He is a …

The Docklands Stadium in Melbourne will host Scotland as they open their Rugby World Cup 2027 campaign against Uruguay on Sunday, 3 October. The pool-stage draw took place in November, but now it has been announced that the opening match will kick-off at 07:15 BST (17:15 local time). A week …

Given the unforgiving nature of his position, it’s no surprise there have been some mistakes. Jacquet has made three errors leading to shots, with only seven players in the French top flight making more. Describing his style of play to L’Equipe, via Ligue 1, Jacquet said: “I’m calm on the …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High levels of testosterone in the blood have been linked to a greater risk of coronary artery disease in men, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Cambridge published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The findings could have …

Ireland will begin their 2027 Rugby World Cup campaign on Monday, 4 October against Portugal in Sydney (07:15 BST). The redeveloped Sydney Football Stadium, which has a capacity of 42,500, will host the first meeting between the sides at a Rugby World Cup and is the scene of Ireland’s victory …

Captain Cristian Romero says it was “disgraceful” Tottenham had just 11 senior players available for Sunday’s 2-2 draw at home to Manchester City. Spurs have lost nine players to injury in 2026, sold last season’s top scorer Brennan Johnson to Crystal Palace and only brought in two senior signings in …

The Ukrainian sports minister has branded FIFA president Gianni Infantino “irresponsible – not to say infantile” for wanting to look at lifting Russia’s ban from world football. The ban was imposed by FIFA’s ruling executive along with European football’s governing body, UEFA, at the start of Vladimir Putin’s all-out invasion …

Connacht scrum-half Matthew Devine will make the switch to Ulster at the end of the current season. The 23-year-old will arrive on a one-year contract and reunites with Ulster head coach Richie Murphy who he played under when Ireland U20s won the 2022 Six Nations Grand Slam Devine, who also …

It is not a skill listed on many players’ CVs. But Tommy Freeman, with a smile, gladly attributes it to team-mate Fraser Dingwall. “He kind of gets nailed to put me in a hole – he’s very good at that,” Freeman tells Rugby Union Weekly. “Sacrificing himself for the greater …

Nottingham Forest have signed defender Luca Netz from Borussia Monchengladbach. The left-back has penned a four-and-a-half-year deal at the City Ground on deadline day. He will offer competition for Neco Williams after Oleksandr Zinchenko’s loan from Arsenal was cancelled for him to join Ajax. The move comes after Forest, 17th …

Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have gone on strike at his Saudi Arabian club, Sky Sports is reporting. The Al Nassr forward, who reportedly earns £500,000 a day, was noticeably absent from his team’s Saudi Pro League match against Al Riyadh on Monday. Ronaldo is reportedly unhappy with the way the …

The NFL will make its debut in France with a regular-season game later this year – and has agreed a deal to play more games in Spain. Paris’ Stade de France will welcome the NFL for a game next season, with the New Orleans Saints confirmed as one of the …

A confident and settled England side named their team on Monday. England will play a Six Nations match without lock Maro Itoje on the pitch for the first time in seven years after the captain was named on the bench. Itoje has been ever-present for England in the tournament since …