Fleetwood Town have sacked manager Charlie Adam after just under a year in the job following a run of one win in their past 11 league games. The Cod Army lost 2-0 at Barrow on Saturday, their fifth defeat in a run which also includes five draws. In addition, they were knocked out of the

Rickey Henderson, Major League Baseball’s record holder for stolen bases and runs, has died at the age of 65. Nicknamed ‘The Man of Steal’, Henderson achieved 1,406 stolen bases and 2,295 runs in an illustrious career which included World Series wins with Oakland Athletics in 1989 and the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993. A 10-time

Tiger Woods and his 15-year-old son Charlie were tied for the lead at the end of the first day of the PNC Championship in Orlando. The pair carded a 59 in the opening round and are on 13 under along with Bernhard Langer and his son Jason Langer as well as Vijay Singh and his

Rangers are weighing up a move for Standard Liege midfielder Isaac Price, with a mystery English Championship club also doing their homework on the Northern Ireland international. (Walfoot via Daily Record, external) Rangers midfielder Ianis Hagi is wanted by Serie A side Genoa, recently taken over by Romanian businessman Dan Sucu. (Gazzetto dello Sport, external

Intriguing to read through these BBC Sport comments, following on from Newcastle United’s hammering of Ipswich Town. The comments from neutrals especially telling… A lot of it different to what Newcastle United fans had come to expect from the BBC Sport ‘neutrals’. The BBC Sport comments from neutrals in the past had been overwhelmingly a

Luke Littler has experienced almost everything there is in darts over the past year – both on and off the stage – although his quest for a maiden World Championship crown began with new emotional challenges at the Alexandra Palace. The teenage sensation was the headline name in Saturday evening’s line-up, 12 months on from

A tearful Luke Littler hit a tournament record 140.91 set average as he started his bid for the PDC World Championship title with a dramatic 3-1 win over Ryan Meikle. The 17-year-old made headlines around the world when he reached the tournament final in January, where he lost to Luke Humphries. Starting this campaign on

Four River Plate women’s players were arrested by Sao Paulo police and accused of making a racial slur, Sao Paulo’s public security secretariat told The Associated Press on Saturday. On Friday, a Brazil Ladies Cup semifinal between Argentina’s River Plate and Brazilian team Grêmio was stopped in the first half after River Plate’s Candela Díaz

In a rematch billed as Usyk v Fury ‘reignited’, the sport’s two most technically gifted heavyweights served up another classic and showcased elite level boxing. The Gypsy King was in playful mood with an unorthodox ring entrance to Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’. Dressed as Father Christmas, Fury was still sporting

Fury weighed in at a career-high 20st 1lb as he looked to avenge the only defeat on his sparkling professional record and proceeded to dominate the opening exchanges of the fight. As the rounds wore on, the boxing genius of Usyk started to get to grips with Fury as he landed blows of his own

Tyson Fury refused to accept he lost his rematch against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and claimed the judges gave him a “Christmas gift”. All three judges scored the fight 116-112 in Usyk’s favour, handing the Ukrainian a second successive win over the Fury. Fury and his promoter Frank Warren were both adamant that the

Gareth Southgate has told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that he made his decision to leave his job as England manager before the end of Euro 2024. The 54-year-old, who is a guest on the latest episode of the long-running programme, chose Adele’s Someone Like You as one of the eight songs he would