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.

  • Trump insists Iran ‘not a war’ FOUR times as 767 troops lie wounded and gas lingers over $4 a gallon

    President Donald Trump has again refused to describe the ongoing US military campaign against Iran as a “war”, instead repeating four times in the Oval Office that it is a “military conflict” and “small potatoes”. His remarks echo comments made a day earlier by Vice President JD Vance, and come despite the conflict entering its…

  • Guendouzi and Greenwood banned after brawl

    Fenerbahçe midfielder Matteo Guendouzi has been banned for four European matches, two of them suspended, and fined €50,000 (£43,000) by UEFA following a brawl after his side’s Champions League play-off win at Lyon. Team-mate Mason Greenwood received a one-match suspended ban and a €30,000 (£26,000) fine, while Lyon goalkeeping coach Antonio Ferreira was hit with…

  • How to Watch the U.S Open Live Online

    The U.S. Open tennis tournament is underway in New York, giving fans several ways to follow the action without a traditional cable subscription. ESPN holds exclusive US broadcast rights to the Grand Slam, with coverage spread across ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and ESPN Deportes, while every court is available to stream via the ESPN app for…

  • Emotional Taylor steps on to the scales one final time

    Katie Taylor completed her final pre-fight weigh-in as a professional boxer on Friday, weighing in under the light-welterweight limit at Trinity College, Dublin, ahead of her undisputed title defence against France’s Flora Pili at a sold-out Croke Park on Saturday. The 40-year-old Irish icon, who has never missed weight in 26 professional fights, drew large,…

  • How to Stream F1’s Monza Grand Prix Live Online

    Formula 1 returns to Monza this weekend for the Italian Grand Prix, one of the sport’s most historic events, with the race taking place on Sunday 7 September. This is the first F1 season broadcast in the US exclusively via Apple TV, following a five-year deal announced last October that ended ESPN’s coverage after eight…

  • Hull FC fightback not enough to overhaul Toulouse

    Hull FC staged a dramatic second-half fightback but fell short against Toulouse, who claimed a third successive Super League win to secure they will finish above Hull in the table when the regular season concludes. Toulouse dominated the first half, scoring five unanswered tries to lead 30-0, before Hull rallied with three converted tries in…

  • Chelsea hit bullseye with Morgan Rogers as Arsenal rue what might have been

    Chelsea have made an emphatic early success of their £117m signing of Morgan Rogers, with the England forward involved in four of the club’s first seven league goals of the season and set to face Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday. Arsenal had long been favourites to sign Rogers from Aston Villa after winning the…

  • Wealth manager who stole footballer Edgar Davids’ £188,000 art collection then failed to turn up to court ‘after passing out from luggage landing on her head’ is to be sentenced

    A wealth manager who stole footballer Edgar Davids’ £188,000 art collection failed to appear at Wood Green Crown Court for her sentencing after her legal team said she was hit on the head by luggage on her way to the airport in Belgium and hospitalised with concussion. Nabila Habiby, 39, had pleaded guilty to two…

  • Ipswich Town v Liverpool: Premier League – live

    Ipswich Town host Liverpool in the Premier League this evening, with Gary O’Neil’s newly promoted side hoping to build on encouraging early-season form. Ipswich lost 5-2 at Old Trafford last weekend but competed well before Manchester United pulled clear, while an opening-day home win over Sunderland means they have already matched their entire tally of…

  • UCI set to introduce rider trackers at pro races

    Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has proposed introducing GPS trackers at all professional road races to monitor riders’ locations in real time. The move follows the death of British rider Fin Tarling last month during the Volta a Portugal, after he collided with a van that had strayed onto the course while he was riding…