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.

Death anniversary tributes, assisted dying vote and Cruz convention shooting threat dominate

September 11, 2026

Britain marked 25 years since 9/11 as MPs debate assisted dying for terminally ill adults; a Dallas convention heckler urged shooting Ted Cruz’s rivals, while the Atlantic stays hurricane-free and the Premier League returns.
‘Delay the meals’: Mikel Arteta reveals latest maverick Arsenal methods

September 11, 2026

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed he deliberately sets his players unusual challenges, such as delaying meals before matches and overheating the dressing room, to prepare them for unexpected disruptions on matchdays. The comments follow Arsenal’s flight to Naples for their Champions League opener against Napoli being delayed by more than five hours, forcing Arteta…
WWE legend Rey Mysterio is a ‘miracle,’ broadcaster Corey Graves as Hall of Famer prepares for Triplemania 34

September 11, 2026

Rey Mysterio, the WWE Hall of Famer and current AAA general manager, headlines Triplemania 34 Night 1 on Friday in Las Vegas, facing 7-foot-3 Omos in what is billed as a David-versus-Goliath encounter. The match caps a feud that began when Mysterio suspended Omos for attacking him in August; Omos later returned as a paying…
Pochettino’s ‘different’ vow to the US invites unwelcome speculation

September 11, 2026

Mauricio Pochettino has suggested his approach to the United States men’s national team job may become “different” now that he has signed a four-year contract running through the next World Cup cycle, prompting fresh speculation about his long-term commitment given his enduring ties to former club Tottenham Hotspur. The remark matters because it comes amid…
Lewis Hall agrees long-term Newcastle deal, Chelsea buy-out close: football news – live

September 11, 2026

Newcastle United left-back Lewis Hall has signed a new long-term contract extension with the club, committing his future to Newcastle despite reported interest from Manchester United and others. The move ties up one of the club’s key young defenders and comes amid a busy period of transfer-related news, including a reportedly close permanent deal for…
Hall signs new contract with Newcastle until 2031

September 11, 2026

Newcastle United defender Lewis Hall has signed a new contract extending his stay at the club until 2031, resisting reported interest from Manchester United. The 22-year-old, a boyhood Newcastle supporter, agreed a two-year extension to his original deal after joining from Chelsea in 2023, in what the club regards as a significant move to secure…
Trump admin’s list of US-designated ‘foreign terrorist’ groups in Latin America expands to 21

September 11, 2026

The Trump administration has designated the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones as a “foreign terrorist organization,” bringing its total list of designated groups in Latin America and the Caribbean to 21. The move, announced by the State Department during Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s diplomatic tour of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, extends a strategy launched in…
Serious coach crash in Swiss Alps as Burnham faces backlash over IndyRef2 remarks

September 11, 2026

Deaths reported after a tourist coach overturned in Graubünden, Switzerland, while Andy Burnham is criticised for suggesting majority support could trigger a second Scottish independence vote; also: a French father jailed over a teacher beheading threat, Meta trials Community Notes in Latin America, Clearlake nears …
Just like riding a bike – five things to watch in the EFL

September 11, 2026

This weekend’s English Football League fixtures highlight shifting fortunes across the Championship and League One, with clubs riding either waves of momentum or troubling slumps. West Brom, once second-bottom in March, now sit top of the Championship under James Morrison ahead of a key clash with fellow high-flyers QPR, while Derby’s John Eustace faces former…
Why Nigel Benn can’t walk away from Conor

September 11, 2026

Nigel Benn, the former WBC and WBO middleweight world champion, has once again taken a prominent role in the build-up to his son Conor’s WBC welterweight world title challenge against Ryan Garcia in Las Vegas, despite previously insisting he was stepping back from Conor’s career. The father-son dynamic has become a central story around the…