Conor McGregor lost to Dustin Poirier via doctor stoppage in the main event of UFC 264 on Saturday night, with the Irishman unable to continue after sustaining an ankle injury at the end of the first round. Each man had beaten the other once heading into this
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has tested positive for cannabis, sources have told Reuters, and she is unlikely to get the chance to challenge for the Olympic 100m title in Tokyo later this month. Jamaica’s Gleaner newspaper was first to report the news on Thursday
The NFL player Nate Ebner has withdrawn from contention for a second trip to the Olympics with the USA men’s rugby sevens squad, citing an injury sustained after the 2020 NFL season he spent with the New York Giants. “It pains me to announce
Old rivalry is now more visceral in politics than football and this match may be memorable only if Scotland cause a shock It’s hard to convey now, in our splintered multi-platform age, just how inescapably, grotesquely enormous an event England v Scotland was in
Between reaching the semi-finals of Euro 96 and the 2018 World Cup, England’s participation in major tournaments can be broadly split into two eras. The first spanned the early 2000s when a golden generation of stars were weighed down by expectation, anxiety and
Jose Mourinho has been confirmed as the new head coach of Roma. Just two weeks after being sacked by Tottenham, Mourinho has been announced as the replacement for Paulo Fonseca, who will leave the Olimpico at the end of the season. Mourinho has agreed
Arsenal could be approaching a shock takeover involving Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek and three former Gunners. According to The Telegraph, Ek is teaming up with Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira in a bid to buy Arsenal from Stan Kroenke in the fallout from the club’s involvement in the collapsed Super
The Premier League have confirmed they are “considering all actions” against the six clubs who hope to join a European Super League as the backlash to the bombshell proposal continues. The Premier League’s ‘big six’ are part of a group of 12 leading clubs who have
Big European nights are a staple of Anfield folklore. Continental competition under the floodlights in front of the Kop has developed its own mystique. A belief has developed that anything is possible when the crowd and the team feed off each other.
It has been a long season for everyone involved in Premier League football and with Euro 2020 still to be played this summer, the end is far from sight. You could understand, though, if Marcus Rashford was feeling the effects more than most of his top-flight
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been to admitted to hospital as a “precaution” after testing positive for Covid-19 last week. Tendulkar had been self-isolating at home with mild symptoms of the virus, but said on Friday that he was in hospital. “As a
Wayne Pivac said his Wales team were “over the moon” to be crowned Six Nations champions after France lost 27-23 to Scotland. Les Bleus required a bonus-point victory and a winning margin of at least 21 points from Friday evening’s rearranged clash with the Scots to
