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Martin O'Neill has spoken of his doubts over the futures at Celtic of Arne Engels, Daizen Maeda and Callum McGregor, but what would their departures mean for the Scottish champions?
Latest news as final week of World Cup gets under way Power rankings | Sign up to Football Daily | Email us I mean, just look at him. In which regard, here are some words on the great man. Continue reading...
Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink dies aged 38, weeks after he was dropped from officiating at the World Cup because of a police investigation in the UK.
Former Test coach apologises for poor results in last two years ODI series against India begins at Edgbaston on Tuesday Brendon McCullum has apologised for the flatlining results that triggered his removal as England’s Test head coach but has promised to collaborate with his successor as leadership of the men’s national teams is once again split. Speaking before the first one-day international against India on Tuesday – a series that remains under his remit as head coach of the men’s white-ball sides – McCullum showed no resentment regarding what he called “the tap on the shoulder”. Continue reading...
New Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso is unveiled at Stamford Bridge and says he wants to keep Enzo Fernandez at the club.
Only Test: India, 285 & 341-7dec, bt England, 170 & 186, by 270 runs Ecclestone hits milestone half-century on final morning India have defeated England by 270 runs in the one-off Test, a famous victory that will go some way to making up for their failure to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup this month. The first women’s Test to take place at the ground broke the world record attendance figure, attracting a crowd of 37,846 in three-and-a-bit days. England batted for long enough on the fourth morning to allow Sophie Ecclestone to reach her first half-century in an England shirt. To get there, Ecclestone had been forced to appeal to DRS, overturning a leg-before decision that went against her on 44, saved when UltraEdge revealed she had got a very faint bottom edge off the bowling of Deepti Sharma. Continue reading...
Slovenian’s dominance has drawn admiration and criticism, with some fearing the race is losing its competitive edge Riding the Tour de France in 40C is hard enough without having to race against Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates XRG every day. As the peloton takes a breather, lounges in the shade and rehydrates on the Tour’s first rest day, most team managers are pondering what genuine opportunities they may still have, in the face of Pogacar’s domination , to try to achieve success. “Is Pogacar killing cycling?” asked L’Équipe after he and his team were criticised for chasing down breakaways, even if they posed little or no threat to the overall standings. On Sunday’s stage to Ussel , UAE Team Emirates asked for help from other teams in pursuing the day’s escapers, one of whom was Tom Pidcock. Continue reading...
Brendon McCullum apologises for a run of seven defeats in nine games which led to him being sacked as Test coach on Sunday.
The tee-times for the first two rounds of the 154th Open Championship, held at Royal Birkdale in Southport.
The World Cup spotlight causes single games to live longer in the memory than any other. The remaining teams at this tournament face defining moments World Cup games mean more. England have only ever played 79 games in the finals, which is to say, not much more than two Premier League seasons in the 76 years since they first entered. Those games draw huge audiences: more than 17 million in the UK watched Saturday’s win over Norway, even though it was after midnight by the time it finished. In most countries, World Cup matches are more discussed, more analysed, than any other in sport, perhaps any other cultural phenomenon. They are rare moments that bring vast numbers of people together, hoping, agonising, celebrating, commiserating. They become part of the culture. Moments from games become touchstones. Allusions can be made to games from six decades ago in the reasonable expectation of being understood. That has a strange, distorting effect. Far too much is read into individual games, in a way it just wouldn’t be in a league game. Senne Lammens’s error that cost Belgium the quarter-final against Spain was watched by far more people than watch the average Manchester United game. There is not another match in three or four days that would mean Lammens’s mistake would be readily forgotten. It will always be part of his story, even if it subsequently becomes about redemption with a brilliant display in some future World Cup. This is an extract from Soccer Desk: World Cup edition, a newsletter from the Guardian US that will run regularly during the tournament. Subscribe for free here. Continue reading...
Aberdeen buy Lewis Smith from Livingston for an undisclosed fee, with manager Stephen Robinson admitting he had attempted to sign the winger for previous clubs without success.
Manchester United sign Andrey Santos from Chelsea and are in advanced talks with Aston Villa for Youri Tielemans.
The scheduling of the game and the announcement of Brendon McCullum's sacking left the historic Lord's Test between England and India struggling for relevance, so what is the future of women's Test cricket?
Police urge England fans at home to follow the example of supporters in the United States after several incidents over the weekend.
Defending champions will pose a threat with Messi’s genius but their lack of width and energy in the midfield offers encouragement for Thomas Tuchel Switzerland knew how to deal with Lionel Messi. They congested the centre of the pitch and made it impossible for him to find angles for threaded passes or rapier finishes. One of Messi’s trademark moves, when the tempo has slowed, is to go through the gears with a quick bounce pass off one of his teammates near the edge of the box. The idea is that Messi then has room to unwind his left boot and deliver the inevitable, but it did not work out in the quarter-final. Instead Messi ran into a formidable wall of red, only finding space to work Gregor Kobel moments before Julián Alvarez’s winner. Much of Argentina’s setup is designed to put Messi, whose non-contribution off the ball is priced into everything, in optimal positions to wreak havoc. Against Switzerland the 39-year-old had, by his stratospheric standards, a quiet game even if he still managed to assist Alexis Mac Allister’s goal from a corner. “Stop Messi” is a tactic that sounds good in principle but most have found impossible to execute. Maybe England have been shown the way. Continue reading...
Belfast's Caoimhin Agyarko's world title bid against IBF light-middleweight champion Josh Kelly is confirmed to take place on 25 July in Saudi Arabia.
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock withdraws from this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after injuring his hand in training.
All four regions have now signed the Professional Rugby Agreement but uncertainty remains with the deal expiring in June 2028.
Joe Dean jokes he may have to camp by the practice putting green after winning The Open's inaugural Last Chance Qualifier at Royal Birkdale.
England's young stars Henry Pollock and Noah Caluori are targeting starting for their country after scoring tries in Saturday's 73-8 thrashing of Fiji.
Which Premier League clubs have carried the biggest World Cup workload?
Former England captain and World Cup winner Heather Knight says she is "really content" after calling time on her international career.
Croatia reappoint former defender Slaven Bilic as the manager of their men's national team.
Andoni Iraola wants to give Liverpool fans "a team that they can be proud of" and says he is ready for the responsibility of such a big job.
India take the required four wickets before lunch to seal an emphatic 270-run victory over England in the historic women's Test match at Lord's.
After being ensconced at SW19 since the start of the tournament, our photographer Tom Jenkins has picked out some of his favourite images from the thousands he has taken during this year’s Wimbledon Championships The tournament concluded with Linda Noskova fending off a fightback by Karolina Muchova to win her first grand slam title and Jannik Sinner defeating Alexander Zverev to retain his Wimbledon title. Novak Djokovic was back at SW19 on the trail of his 25th grand slam title, the racket’s shadow falls on the face of Felix Gill during his defeat to Rafael Jódar, ball kids scamper around as new balls are served on Centre Court. Continue reading...
Josh Kerr's world record mile attempt is confirmed as the Scot is part of a strong international field at the Diamond League Series event in London on Saturday.
Argentina will wear their navy blue away strip and England their all-white home strip when the two sides face each other in the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! So, here we are. After a century of matches, and for the first time in history, the World Cup has entered its sixth week. But is it about to get longer? Gianni Infantino didn’t even get through the first of an agonising two-day rest period before dropping the hint that Fifa would be “examining and discussing” the potential for the 2030 tournament to be a 64-team affair. Some may say – not Football Daily, of course – that this was a handy way to move the news cycle on after Balogun-gate, Cable-gate and the ever-growing industry of suspicion that is VAR-gate. But let’s take it at face value: Fifa appears to be giving this some thought and, after years spent expanding virtually every tournament in their jurisdiction, it has previous. While largely agreeing with Rich Zahradnik’s complaint about your faux Private Eye approach, may I be the 1,057th person to point out that Dundee United’s victory at Stirling Albion (yesterday’s Beyond the GWC, full email edition) doesn’t mean that they progress to round two yet as they still have three games to play in their group” – Stuart Ainsworth (and 1,056 others). In yesterday’s Memory Lane (full email edition) featuring the England 1982 World Cup Panini spread, you finished with ‘want, want, want’ and I can free you from desire. I have the full ‘82 album, complete with the scribbles of a newly-obsessed eight-year-old football fan and the dog ears of an adult who still treasures memories of the tournament. My parents supported its completion as a distraction from our migration from Switzerland to Australia and created a moment in time for me that means all my passwords still start with Zico and my favourite coffee table book remains Baumann’s ‘Fussball Weltmeisterschaft 1982 Spanien’. I’m happy to loan you both the album and book for as long as it takes to satisfy your needs. Yours in love of el jogo bonito” – Phil Hess [thanks Phil, we probably couldn’t afford the return postage, but appreciate the kind offer – Football Daily Ed]. This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions . Continue reading...
Sneh Rana takes the wicket of Sophie Ecclestone to complete India's 270-run victory over England in the historic first women's Test at Lord's.
Sophie Ecclestone battles for a hard-fought 50 with England fighting to save the historic Test against India at Lord's.
This year's Wimbledon has been full of excitement, interesting stories and great British success - Naomi Broady runs through her favourite moments.
BBC Sport compares statistics for France, Spain, Argentina and England in the World Cup so far as the semi-finalists prepare to meet.
Spain defender Mapi Leon joins London City Lionesses on a three-year deal following her exit from Barcelona.
The Spain captain on his team’s chances in the World Cup semi-final, analysing every game so far and how to get the best out of Lamine Yamal “I’m not that bad,” Rodrigo Hernández says. It is the morning after the 2026 World Cup’s 100th game and in a conference room at the Cotton Bowl where old posters line the walls and Spain are about to start their penultimate training session before the 101st match, their captain is doing the calculations. Even with the six in which he has played and all the travel, from Atlanta to Guadalajara and Dallas to Los Angeles and back, 9,000 miles so far, he reckons he has watched the “immense majority”. More than anyone else here, anyway. “Some as a fan, teams we can’t face; others I analyse. But it’s not like I’m there with pen and paper,” he says. Then he cracks up and concedes: “But, yeah, I probably am the worst.” They wouldn’t have it another way; he couldn’t have it any other way. This is who Rodri is: Ballon d’Or winner and business graduate from Castellón University . The kid who was on camp in the Connecticut woods, aged 14, when Spain last won the World Cup and the captain who aspires to lift the trophy again, back in the US 16 years on. The midfielder who sometimes seems like a de facto coach, analysing everything. The adult in the room, a leader aware of his responsibility. When Rodri talks, they listen. Sometimes they have to. And, oh, Rodri talks , a calm authority about him. Continue reading...
Midfielder thought to have £35m release clause Move comes as deal for Atalanta’s Éderson falls through Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa after their move for the Atalanta midfielder Éderson fell through. Jason Wilcox, United’s director of football, is in advanced talks with Villa regarding a financial package for Tielemans. The 29-year-old, who was part of Belgium’s World Cup squad, is thought to have a £35m release clause in his contract, which has two years remaining. Continue reading...
Negotiations break down over proposed revenue share Women’s game faces significant cuts to operations The creation of a joint commercial venture between the tours of the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women’s Tennis Association has been put on hold indefinitely as the women’s game faces the prospect of making significant cuts to its operational budget. Negotiations over a merger, which would have meant the tours pooling their commercial and media rights, have broken down over the terms of the proposed revenue share, with the WTA in effect walking away from a deal that had appeared close to being finalised last year. Continue reading...
Former India coach Rahul Dravid says he is "certainly" still open to coaching roles despite making a foray into franchise ownership.
BBC Sport's football expert Chris Sutton gives his predictions for the semi-final ties at the 2026 World Cup.
Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernandez makes his professional football debut for American second-tier side El Paso Locomotive.
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