Sport

Sport brings together match reports, results and the stories shaping teams and athletes across football, tennis, athletics and beyond. It covers the moments that decide titles and seasons, from a striker settling into a new manager's side to a player carving out a piece of sporting history, alongside the off-field decisions and pressures that increasingly sit alongside the action itself.

This is where readers can follow the twists of ongoing competitions and the fortunes of major clubs and figures, as well as the wider debates around governance, money and politics that now shape how sport is run and watched. It matters because sport remains one of the few shared cultural touchstones, drawing in millions who follow it not just for the scores but for what it says about ambition, fairness and identity.

Expect a mix of the immediate, results, injuries, transfer news, and the reflective, profiles and analysis of the people and institutions steering the games we watch.

Arteta embraces perfect storm to play the victim of game of his own making | Barney Ronay

September 13, 2026

In this opinion piece, Guardian writer Barney Ronay argues that Mikel Arteta’s public complaints about a penalty awarded against Arsenal at Sunderland are calculated rather than spontaneous, part of a broader culture of managerial media management in the Premier League. While Ronay concedes Arteta had a point—the penalty, given for Ezri Konsa appearing to grapple…
Fantasy football: Giants drag Malik Nabers status down to the wire hours before kickoff against Dallas

September 13, 2026

The New York Giants left star wide receiver Malik Nabers’ Week 1 status as “questionable” right up until three hours before kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys, leaving fantasy football managers who drafted him without a clear answer on whether to start him. Nabers is returning from an ACL tear that ended his rookie season in…
Enzo Fernández’s fortitude shows Maresca was right to crave City reunion | Will Unwin

September 13, 2026

Manchester City’s £125m deadline-day signing Enzo Fernández justified manager Enzo Maresca’s faith in him with a commanding, tireless display in the derby win at Old Trafford, particularly after City were reduced to 10 men by Phil Foden’s first-half red card. The Argentinian, reunited with Maresca after their time together at Chelsea, had faced scepticism over…
Haaland’s controversial goal secures City derby win despite ten-man handicap

September 13, 2026

Manchester City beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford, with the winning goal scored by Erling Haaland despite City playing much of the match with ten men after Phil Foden’s red card. The result and Haaland’s contentious goal, which survived a lengthy VAR offside check that home fans believed would rule…
Jemima Goldsmith marries O’Reilly as ex-husband remains imprisoned

September 13, 2026

Jemima Goldsmith, the film producer and former wife of jailed Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan, has married Irish-Australian financier Cameron O’Reilly over the weekend. The marriage, confirmed by her brother Ben Goldsmith, comes as her ex-husband remains seriously ill in a Pakistani prison, where she and their sons continue to campaign for his release. The…
Moment Noel Gallagher’s nepo baby son Sonny, 15, puts his middle fingers up at fans after Erling Haaland scores goal during Man City vs Man United match

September 13, 2026

Noel Gallagher’s 15-year-old son Sonny was filmed making a middle-finger gesture towards Manchester United fans after Erling Haaland scored the only goal in Manchester City’s 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Oasis star, watching alongside sons Sonny and Donovan, 18, reacted with delight as City finally broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute,…
Breanna Stewart’s double-double, Caitlin Clark’s emergence off bench help US to World Cup win over France

September 13, 2026

Team USA’s women’s basketball team beat France 97-79 to win the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup gold medal on Sunday, marking their fifth consecutive title in the competition and 12th overall. The win, achieved despite trailing early, underscored the United States’ continued dominance in international basketball, with veteran star Breanna Stewart leading the way alongside…
Dominant Kerr wins $150k with GB’s first Ultimate title

September 13, 2026

Josh Kerr became the first British athlete to win a title at the inaugural Ultimate Championship, taking the men’s 1500m in Budapest and earning $150,000 (£111,000) as part of the event’s record $10m (£7.4m) prize fund. The victory capped a remarkable season for the Scot, who had already broken the 27-year-old mile world record at…
Nick Saban wants a different criteria for judging which teams reach the College Football Playoff

September 13, 2026

During ESPN’s “College GameDay” coverage of a chaotic Week 2 of the US college football season, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban argued that the College Football Playoff selection process should place more weight on strength of schedule and the quality of wins and losses, rather than simply counting overall win totals. His comments come…
Brennan misses record as Mas clinches Vuelta crown

September 13, 2026

Spain’s Enric Mas won the overall Vuelta a España title, while Britain’s Matthew Brennan narrowly missed becoming the first rider to win six stages on his debut Grand Tour after finishing fourth on the final stage in Granada. The race lost its overwhelming favourite early on when five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar abandoned…