Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey inspired the Philadelphia 76ers to victory in their series decider against the Boston Celtics as they knocked their rivals out of the NBA play-offs and set up an Eastern C

Published 12 minutes ago China's Wu Yize is the 21st man to reach a World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible Theatre since the turn of the century thanks to his extraordinary win against Mark

The 2026 World Cup has been a story of high ticket prices, expensive accommodation and train fares way above normal rates. It has been clear for a while that, on cost alone, this tournament is set to

The match will be Bath's first Champions Cup semi-final in 20 years. Arundell too has taken a longer-than-expected route to this point. As a rugby-mad schoolboy at Beechen Cliff in Bath, the club wer

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His team-mate Oscar Piastri added: "It's obviously going to be a voyage into the unknown for everybody. When it rains here, it normally is pretty torrential, so it could be an interesting day. "It's

We're in the middle of one of the Premier League's most dramatic and tightest title races, but did it swing back in leaders Arsenal's favour on Saturday? The Gunners went six points clear of Manchest

Antonelli secured his pole with his first run in final qualifying, and a mistake on his final run meant he faced an anxious wait to see if anyone could improve his time. But only Verstappen, who was

Liverpool make offer for Dutch defender Sam Beukema, AC Milan offer Rafael Leao to Premier League sides, Manchester United target ex-Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo. Liverpool have made an offer

When Gyokeres opened the scoring in the ninth minute at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, it brought up his 20th goal of the season and made him the first Arsenal player to score 20 or more goals across a

Handballs, offsides and the impact of video assistant referees (VAR) have been huge points of contention in recent years, but is it now time to add hair pulling to the list? Sunderland defender Dan B

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It was not quite a sleepless night for Eddie Howe, but the Newcastle United head coach clearly had a lot on his mind before the Premier League visit of Brighton. "There was a moment where I woke up a

When Tomas Soucek's effort grazed a post in the final stages of West Ham's defeat at Brentford on Saturday, their supporters could have been forgiven for exchanging exasperated looks. The 3-0 scoreli

In sun-kissed Belfast - a huge contrast to the wind and rain that had impacted Ulster's last-16 and quarter-final wins - the opening stages of the game brought plenty of intensity but was littered wit

Wrexham, whose rise of recent years has been well documented thanks to the profile of their owners, will not get the chance to go on to try to complete a history making fourth promotion. But boss Phi

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk beat Mirra Andreeva in straight sets to win the Madrid Open and her first title at WTA 1000 level. The world number 23 triumphed 6-3 7-5 against her Russian opponent, becoming

Dom Sibley, the rock of dependability at the top of Surrey's batting order, scored his sixth first-class hundred since the start of the 2025 season as Sussex struggled to keep themselves in the County

But it wasn't just VAR that harmed Arsenal's chances of becoming the first British side to reach successive Women's Champions League finals. The two-time European champions, who beat Lyon in last yea

It's been a great season for Ipswich Town fans, who saw their team do the double over Norwich City in the East Anglian derbies and, oh yes, also win promotion back to the Premier League. Some might a

Not even a week ago, many had stuck the favourites' tag on Rangers for the Scottish Premiership title as the top three headed into their first round of post-split fixtures. Then Jens Berthel Askou's

Birmingham City and Crystal Palace have been promoted to the Women's Super League after a dramatic final day in the second tier saw Charlton slip into the play-off spot. The Women's Super League will

Yorkshire staged a spirited fightback on day two of the County Championship match against Somerset at Taunton. Seamer Jack White played a starring role, returning figures of 4-41 from 16 overs as Som

Wigan had responded to their latest injury issues by including Hodkinson for Liam Marshall, out for three months with a hamstring problem, while Marsden formed a half-back pairing with 20-year-old Jac

Norris' victory, following a major upgrade to the McLaren car for this fourth race weekend of the season, was quite the statement after a tricky start to the season for the world champions. He manage

Leinster exorcised their demons of 12 months ago and reached their fourth Champions Cup final in five seaons with a nervy win over Toulon. This has become an agonising tournament for Leinster in rece

British heavyweight Louie Sutherland said his victory over Tai Tuivasa on short notice at UFC Perth signalled a "changing of the guard". Sutherland agreed to step in and flew from the UK to Australia

Miami has hosted 11 Super Bowls. It will be a while until South Florida makes it to a dozen. Owner Stephen Ross said this week that Hard Rock Stadium no longer meets the NFL’s requirements for hostin

The holders started brightly and created a few good opportunities to go ahead with Sean McAllister twice calling Ryan Schofield into action. He stung the palms of Schofield on three minutes and then

Naoya Inoue cemented his legacy with a unanimous decision win against fellow Japanese Junto Nakatani to retain his undisputed super-bantamweight status in Tokyo. In what was billed as one of the bigg

Manchester United boss Marc Skinner accepts he is accountable for the club's disappointing end to the season. It took an injury-time goal from Lea Schuller to prevent United being beaten by Brighton

Celtic scored twice in extra time to book their place in a first Women's Scottish Cup final in three years as they defeated Glasgow City. Saoirse Noonan's first-half header seemed set to be the winne

Zanardi returned to motorsport after his crash, winning four times for BMW in the World Touring Car Championship from 2005-09. In addition to his handcycling success at the Paralympics, he became a 1

Semenyo and Guehi entered negotiations with their eyes open. Both had the Premier League's elite to choose from in January. Semenyo was a target for Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham. Liverpo

Wu Yize and Mark Allen produced a session of spellbinding snooker and finished locked at 11-11 to perfectly set up the final session of their World Championship semi-final at the Crucible Theatre. Re