Aston Villa’s new sponsorship agreement with Visit Rwanda has quickly become more than a commercial football story. The reported £20m-a-year deal brings significant financial value to the Premier Leag...
Xabi Alonso’s opening week at Chelsea has already prompted comparisons with the club’s recent managerial eras, with BBC reporting suggesting the early pre-season tone has looked closer to a Mauricio P...
Callum McGregor’s comments about wanting to help Martin O’Neill “build something special” at Celtic arrive at a moment when the club’s direction and the midfielder’s future are both under scrutiny. Ev...
Wrexham’s summer schedule is about more than fitness and minutes. A quartet of friendlies against Premier League opposition gives Phil Parkinson’s side a useful early benchmark, and a reminder of the ...
Manchester United have moved to strengthen their midfield with the signing of Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa in a deal worth £35m. The Belgium international has agreed a five-year contract, giving U...
Shubman Gill’s innings against England offered a reminder of why India view him as one of the most technically assured batters in their current set-up, but it also ended with a fitness concern that wi...
Folarin Balogun has acknowledged that FIFA’s decision to suspend his one-game World Cup ban was always likely to draw criticism, with the United States striker saying he anticipated “a lot of controve...
Tadej Pogacar has taken another major step toward overall victory at the Tour de France, stretching his lead to more than three minutes after a Bastille Day stage win that underlined both his form and...
BBC Sport has used this week’s World Cup semi-finals to frame a simple but revealing quiz: can you name every team to have reached the tournament’s last four? It is a light piece on the surface, but t...
England’s 11-try demolition of Fiji should have been enough to leave a touring side feeling satisfied, but Marcus Smith has framed the performance as only part of the job. The stand-in scrum-half’s me...