Germany prepared to face England at some point in Euro 2022
Germany and England will not face each other in the quarter-finals after topping their respective groups
Tyson Fury has made repeated statements of his intent to return to boxing, but has now announced he is to retire.
The Liverpool boss clashed with a journalist who suggested slow starts are becoming a bad habit for the Reds
Arsenal technical director Edu and the club’s executive team were initially pushing for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to be reintegrated into the squad before terminating his contract in January. Aubameyang was stripped of the captaincy in December, following a latest disciplinary breach, and he mutually terminated his contract to join Barcelona the following month. Aubameyang was dropped and forced to train alone, but new footage from Amazon Prime Video’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, All or Nothing: Arsenal, has revealed how Edu initially pushed for him to return to the squad.
WIMBORNE boss James Stokoe is not concerned by his charges’ heavy defeat in their final pre-season game – believing that the fixture serves as a reminder of avoiding complacency ahead of the curtain raiser with Cinderford Town (kick-off 3pm).
Castleford Tigers have announced half-back Danny Richardson has signed a new two-year contract extension, with the option for a further year.
Benjamin Mendy appeared in court on Wednesday to enter a not-guilty plea for an eighth rape charge.
Romelu Lukaku has vowed to prove the critics wrong after developing an “anger” inside of him ahead of his second debut with Inter Milan. A loan spell back at the Serie A club, where he won the Scudetto just over 12 months ago, ended the Belgian’s subpar spell at Stamford Bridge following a much-heralded £97.5million return. “The season at Chelsea gave me extra motivation to do even better than before,” he told DAZN.
The Real Madrid president praised the Italian for his continuing European success with Los Blancos
England fringe quick bowler Luke Wood and fellow seamer Luke Fletcher struck twice apiece as the Superchargers, invited to bat, slipped to 68 for six after 53 balls before a blistering 50 off 27 from David Wiese ensured respectability at 152 for eight. Yorkshire's Malan led the chase on home turf, sharing 86 with opening partner Alex Hales (43). Malan hit three leg-side sixes in 49 balls.
"We are not in the way that we want to loan players like him to anywhere."
The 23-time Grand Slam champion beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz in straight sets at the National Bank Open in Toronto.
The men’s and women’s finals will take place in August next year.
England women’s head coach Lisa Keightley is to step down from her role at the end of the summer. The former Australian international has been in the post since the start of 2020 and led her side to the semi-finals of that year’s T20 World Cup, as well as the final of the 50-over World Cup earlier this year. The 50-year-old was also in charge for this summer’s Commonwealth Games as T20 cricket made its debut, but England disappointed as they missed out on the podium following a semi-final defeat to India and then a loss against New Zealand in the bronze medal match.
The Championship schedule can take some adjusting to, particularly for someone who hasn’t worked in it before.
European Championship winners Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead and Millie Bright are among the nominees for the Ballon d'Or Feminin.
Under-pressure New Zealand coach Ian Foster has made four changes for the All Blacks' clash with the Springboks in the Rugby Championship.
Under Klopp, the Reds have finished in the top four of the league for the last six seasons but Gallas thinks that will come to an end this term.
Double Olympic medallist Lutalo Muhammad says perspective was the cure to his Rio 2016 heartbreak.
Rangers rewrote their own record books with a thrilling 3-0 Champions League qualifying win over Union Saint-Gilloise at Ibrox to go through 3-2 on aggregate. The Light Blues had never overcome a 2-0 defeat away from home in the first leg of a European tie but after huffing and puffing in the first half they went ahead with a James Tavernier penalty just before the break. Striker Antonio Colak, who scored twice for Malmo at Ibrox a year ago to knock Rangers out of the Champions League qualifiers, headed in a second in the 58th minute to level the tie.
In a thrilling win set up by Sam Curran’s all-round excellence and finished off by a blitz from Tom Curran, Oval Invincibles overcame Northern Superchargers in the men’s Hundred. Invincibles narrowly lost the first, a week ago, to London Spirit, but got over the line this time. Chasing 158, they crept home with three wickets and three balls to spare.