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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.

    • Seven dogs escape moving van and injure four in Charlotte

      A pack of seven dogs escaped from a moving U-Haul van and attacked at least four people in a Charlotte, North Carolina neighbourhood on 27 August, leaving one woman hospitalised with severe lacerations. The incident, which occurred on Claiborne Woods Road, has alarmed local residents, several of whom intervened to help victims or fend off…

    • West Ham fight off Wolves as Divine Mukasa double eases pressure on Nuno

      West Ham eased the pressure on manager Nuno Espírito Santo with a 4-2 Championship victory over Wolves, a result driven largely by two goals from teenage summer signing Divine Mukasa. Both clubs are still adjusting to life after relegation, and the win offers West Ham some brief respite amid ongoing uncertainty off the pitch, including…

    • Semi-pro football club ‘in shock’ after shirt worn by Reading Festival headliners

      Cwmbran Celtic FC, a semi-professional Welsh football club, have said they are “in shock” after Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten wore one of their away shirts during the band’s headline set at Reading Festival. The club say a size 3XL shirt was passed to Chatten via a friend working as the band’s monitor engineer, with…

    • Chelsea agree £47.1m move for Monaco’s Camara

      Chelsea have agreed a £47.1m deal to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara, with the 22-year-old having already completed a medical. The move coincides with Chelsea finalising the sale of Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City for £125m, matching the British transfer record, and gives Xabi Alonso an alternative midfield option rather than a direct replacement for…

    • LOVB owner defends WNBA’s Caitlin Clark handling, sees women’s sports as investment opportunity

      Chantell Preston, an investor in the League One Volleyball (LOVB) league and co-founder of the incoming San Francisco Signal franchise, has defended the WNBA’s handling of Caitlin Clark, saying the league has “done a good job” despite some missteps. Her comments come amid ongoing criticism that the WNBA and its broadcast partners have repeatedly downplayed…

    • Premier League breaks transfer record for second straight summer

      Premier League clubs have set a new all-time summer transfer spending record for the second consecutive year, with outlay reaching £3.46bn and eclipsing last year’s £3.14bn mark. The scale of spending, which dwarfs the £1.13bn spent just five years ago, underscores the financial dominance of England’s top flight, with three of the ten most expensive…

    • Man City sign Ndiaye from Everton for £65m

      Manchester City have signed Everton and Senegal winger Iliman Ndiaye in a deadline-day deal worth up to £65m, as the club continues a lavish summer spending spree. The 26-year-old, who made his professional debut in England’s seventh tier just over six years ago, has signed a five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium, calling the move…

    • Another California Sports Team Sold As Stan Kroenke Cuts Deal to Buy Los Angeles Angels

      The Los Angeles Angels have been sold, with owner Arte Moreno agreeing to hand a majority stake to real estate and sports mogul Stan Kroenke, the club confirmed on Tuesday. The sale extends Kroenke’s expanding sports empire into every major US league and marks the latest in a run of high-value Southern California franchise sales,…

    • Sunderland sign Spurs defender Danso on loan

      Sunderland have signed Tottenham defender Kevin Danso on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent next summer if the club remain in the Premier League. The Austria international, who won the Europa League with Spurs in 2025, is expected to strengthen Regis Le Bris’s squad as they prepare for their first…

    • Chelsea goalkeeper Sanchez joins Como on loan

      Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has joined Serie A side Como on a season-long loan, having lost his place as first-choice keeper to new signing Emiliano Martinez. Sanchez started the club’s Premier League opener against Fulham but made a costly error, and Chelsea subsequently signed Martinez from Aston Villa before dropping Sanchez from the squad entirely,…