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    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.

    • USA Sports Will Serve Up World Team Tennis Reboot (Exclusive)

      World Team Tennis, the mixed-gender league co-founded by Billie Jean King in 1974, is returning after a five-year hiatus with a new media deal to televise matches on CNBC and stream them on Fandango, both part of Versant’s USA Sports division. The tie-up marks a significant step in the league’s reboot, giving it primetime network…

    • Premier League Transforms Transfer Market With Record Youth Investment Strategy

      Manchester City could be without forward Vivianne Miedema for the rest of 2026 after she sustained a serious knee injury, with fears she may not return until after the Women’s Super League’s winter break. The news came as the WSL prepared for the new season, kicking off on Friday, with clubs also concluding a record-breaking…

    • Gloria Steinem, Iconic Feminist Pioneer, Dies at 92

      Gloria Steinem, the pioneering American writer, activist and organiser who campaigned for gender equality and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died aged 92. She passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by “some of the many who loved her”, according to a statement from her foundation, which praised…

    • Hull condemn ‘disgusting’ racist abuse of deadline-day signing Robinio Vaz

      Hull City have condemned racist abuse directed at their new signing Robinio Vaz on social media, saying they are working with Humberside Police and other authorities to identify those responsible. The 19-year-old French striker joined the promoted Premier League club on loan from Roma on transfer deadline day, and the club’s announcement of the move…

    • Will the WNBA’s unserious, weekly sitcom destroy one of the greatest opportunities for women athletes?

      An opinion piece from Fox Sports’ Outkick argues that the WNBA’s handling of the debate over transgender inclusion, sparked by player Sophie Cunningham’s comments opposing biological males in women’s sports and locker rooms, has damaged the league’s credibility. The article contends that league officials, team owners and coaches have either avoided the issue or sided…

    • Arsenal bank on continuity after big names elude them late in transfer window

      Arsenal ended the summer transfer window without adding attacking reinforcements despite manager Mikel Arteta’s calls for greater squad depth, letting Gabriel Jesus and Ethan Nwaneri leave and with Gabriel Martinelli set to join Al-Hilal, while missing out on targets including Malick Fofana, who signed for Sunderland. The lack of late business has raised questions among…

    • This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

      Flock, a maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras used widely by US police departments, has faced growing backlash over the past year as departments cancel contracts and city councils vote to remove its systems. This followed controversies including a Texas deputy searching more than 83,000 cameras for a woman who had had an abortion, and Illinois…

    • Queiroz returns as Ghana manager two months after stepping down

      Carlos Queiroz has been reappointed head coach of Ghana’s men’s national football team, just two months after appearing to announce his own departure. The 73-year-old Portuguese, a former Manchester United assistant under Sir Alex Ferguson, first took charge of the Black Stars in April and guided them to the last 32 of this year’s World…

    • Tifo, rollercoaster or both? Osnabruck unveil new display

      German second-division side VfL Osnabruck unveiled a striking tifo before their DFB-Pokal first-round tie against Bayern Munich, featuring a working model rollercoaster complete with a moving wooden cart. The display, shown in front of the East Stand at the Bremer Brucke stadium on Wednesday, was intended to symbolise the club’s turbulent history, which fans describe…

    • Arsenal poised to land PSG’s Élisa De Almeida on WSL transfer deadline day

      Arsenal are set to complete the signing of France defender Élisa De Almeida from Paris Saint-Germain before Thursday’s 11pm BST Women’s Super League transfer deadline, in a move partly prompted by an unspecified-length knee injury to Vivianne Miedema. Elsewhere, PSG are resisting attempts by Manchester City to sign Nigeria midfielder Jennifer Echegini, while new Manchester…