Eric Ramsay is convinced his decision to accept a head coaching role in Major League Soccer rather than the Championship will benefit his overall development. The 33-year-old Welshman starts his first full season at Minnesota United against LAFC on Saturday, having joined the club in March last year before guiding them into the play-offs, where

It’s prediction time! The experts have their final say ahead of Artur Beterbiev’s undisputed light-heavyweight rematch against Dmitry Bivol in Riyadh, live on Sky Sports Box Office on Saturday night. Beterbiev vs Bivol – who wins? Johnny Nelson (Former WBO cruiserweight champion): “I think Bivol squeezes it on a tight points win, I think it’s

Sherratt’s background is very different from his predecessor. Gatland was a former All Blacks hooker who has been one of world rugby’s super-coaches of the 21st century, having been involved in the international game for more than 25 years. The New Zealander even had those gates named after him after his first successful stint in

Back-to-back Premiership Women’s Rugby champions Gloucester-Hartpury ran in eight tries as they rounded off the regular season with a resounding 52-12 victory over Harlequins. Sean Lynn’s side, whose place at the top of the league table had already been confirmed before Friday’s fixtures, will now face Bristol Bears in the play-off semi-finals at Kingsholm on

The disconnect between the club and the fanbase is only growing, as evidenced on Friday. Whelan and club directors did meet Foxes Trust co-chairs Lynn Wyeth and Steve Moulds, members of the Supporter Engagement team, and the supporter representatives on the LCFC Fan Advisory Board last week in what was described as a frank and

Portugal came into the game unbeaten in their last 10 matches – having not tasted defeat since a narrow 1-0 loss by France in December 2023. They sit 18 places lower than England in the Fifa world rankings but they are not to be underestimated. England were missing key players including Georgia Stanway, Alex Greenwood,

England started their Women’s Nations League campaign with a frustrating 1-1 draw in Portugal after Kika Nazareth’s stunning strike cancelled out Alessia Russo’s opener. It looked to be business as usual when the Lionesses began their first fixture of 2025 with Russo’s goal inside the first 15 minutes but to the frustration of Sarina Wiegman

Briton Hamzah Sheeraz (11st 5lb) and WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames (11st 4lb) made weight for their world title bout. At 6ft 2in, the wiry Sheeraz, 25, towered over his 30-year-old opponent at the head-to head. Dominican Adames cut a confident figure, though, and dismissed his rival’s physical advantages. “Coconuts are high and we can

Emma Raducanu’s former coach Roman Kelecic has claimed the man given a restraining order in Dubai this week followed her across tournaments and countries since Singapore in January. On Thursday, a man was given a restraining order after approaching Raducanu with ‘fixated behaviour’ before her match in Dubai two days earlier. A Dubai Police statement read:

Head coach Fabien Galthie has made sweeping changes to his 23-man squad following his side’s 26-25 defeat by England last time out. Fly-half Matthieu Jalibert and wing Damian Penaud have been dropped with Thomas Ramos moving to number 10 and Leo Barre and Theo Attissogbe coming into the back three alongside Louis Bielle-Biarrey, the tournament’s

The New York Yankees have reversed a 49-year-old facial hair policy to allow their players and staff to now sport “well-groomed beards”. Under previous club regulations a players’ hair was not allowed to touch their collars and although moustaches were allowed, beards were not permitted. Chairman Hal Steinbrenner announced the change on Friday prior to