Club fall to 19th in Championship, four points above drop zoneReported £41m wage bill in 2018-19 equated to 194% of turnoverReading are to be deducted six points for breaking the English Football League’s financial regulations. The Championship club ag…
Spurs ready to be patient in effort to turn WSL derby tide against Arsenal
Gunners will be favourites on Saturday but Tottenham have long-term plans for success under Rehanne SkinnerWhen Tottenham welcome Arsenal to the Hive on Saturday it would be easy to expect another walk in the park for the league leaders. The Gunners ha…
Benas Satkus own goal ends Northern Ireland’s long wait for Windsor Park win
Northern Ireland got their first competitive win at Windsor Park in two and a half years as they edged out Lithuania 1-0 on Friday night.After their World Cup hopes were ended last month this was a much brighter performance from Ian Baraclough’s men in…
Harry Kane hits hat-trick as England cruise past Albania on way to Qatar
Harry Kane wanted to take his time, to revel in the moment and, after the season he has had so far, who could blame him? The England captain walked over to Jordan Henderson, having watched his number go up in the 63rd minute and, with deliberate ceremo…
Itoje and Farrell excited by new-look England line-up for Australia clash
Wallabies arrive at Twickenham determined to buck recent history but rejigged hosts may be building something specialAs every Australian outback resident knows, you can never be entirely sure what is lurking beneath the seat of the outdoor dunny. Eddie…
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Ben White is proving his doubters wrong, Alisson at fault for Liverpool and two more clubs seek a new managerDonny van de Beek. Remember him? A classic No 6 or 8 of the Ajax school signed by Ole Gunnar Solskjær in summer 2020 and then, well, kind of fo…
Anett Kontaveit’s unlikely hot streak proof that patience is everything | Tumaini Carayol
While players such as Emma Raducanu instantly succeed, the Estonian and her rival Ons Jabeur have taken a steadier pathThree months ago, during the height of a fierce Ohioan summer, the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati opened with a brutal con…
King Richard: ‘super surreal’ lives of Williams sisters is stuff of Hollywood films
Will Smith stars as the father of the precocious tennis talents in a movie depicting their improbable journeyThe story of Venus and Serena Williams’ rise to greatness, two legendary tennis careers propelled by the foresight of their father, has often b…
Breeders’ Cup meeting 2021: day two – live!
Live updates from the second day’s action at Del MarGet in touch! You can email Greg here or tweet himWhile this might seem like an obvious target for Europe’s best sprinters, though, it is worth recalling that last year’s renewal was the 13th since t…
Canelo Álvarez eyes boxing history in rare unification clash with Caleb Plant | Donald McRae
Álvarez will become the first undisputed super-middleweight champion if he defeats his American opponent on SaturdayThere were times in the last century when boxing was the dominant and most popular sport in America. During those lost decades, in the 1…