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.

Falklands row and borrowing costs pile pressure on Labour as house prices tick up

September 1, 2026

Healey vows more defence spending after Trump questioned US backing for the Falklands, as record borrowing costs bite; Nationwide reports August’s first house-price rise in four months; Apple-OpenAI row deepens; McCracken eyes UFC deal; Weller and Venice premiere close things out.
Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer

September 1, 2026

Josh Kushner, founder of venture firm Thrive Capital, has publicly defended his firm’s role in a collapsed FIFA revenue-sharing scheme that has plunged football’s governing body into scandal and could see president Gianni Infantino face criminal charges. Thrive had agreed to lead a $4.2 billion investment into FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), a proposed entity that…
Sheffield United vs Bolton Wanderers: Where to watch, TV channel, live stream & kick-off time | Goal.com UK – goal.com

September 1, 2026

Sheffield United host Bolton Wanderers at Bramall Lane in a Championship match on 1 September 2026. The fixture matters as both sides are seeking early momentum: Sheffield United are still looking for their first league win, while Bolton aim to strengthen their position after an uneven start. Kick-off is at 7.45pm UK time, and the…
Superb England crush Ireland with record ODI chase

September 1, 2026

England began a new era for their women’s one-day international side with a commanding six-wicket victory over Ireland in the first ODI at Leicester, chasing down 282 to record their highest successful chase in women’s ODI history. The win came in a transitional line-up missing retired stars Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont, as well as…
UK to almost triple funding to tackle DR Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak

September 1, 2026

The UK government has announced £51.8 million in additional funding to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), almost tripling its total commitment to £78.7 million. The move comes as the outbreak, the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded and the DRC’s deadliest on record, continues to outpace the international response, with…
Red Bull hire Aston Martin engineer McCullough as head of racing

September 1, 2026

Red Bull have appointed former Aston Martin performance director Tom McCullough as their new head of racing, starting in 2027. The 50-year-old Briton replaces Gianpiero Lambiase, who is departing for McLaren to take up the role of chief racing officer at some point before 2028, in a move that reshapes the leadership of two of…
Miedema to miss start of season with knee injury

September 1, 2026

Manchester City striker Vivianne Miedema will miss the start of the Women’s Super League season because of a knee injury. The club has confirmed the issue is not an anterior cruciate ligament injury and is separate from the knee problems the 30-year-old Netherlands international has previously experienced, though it comes as a blow after she…
Week one upset special: These three college football teams should be on upset alert this weekend

September 1, 2026

A Fox Sports OutKick column previews college football’s first full weekend of the season, identifying three favoured teams that could be vulnerable to a surprise defeat. The piece highlights how coaching changes, roster turnover and travel factors can make early-season betting lines unreliable, a familiar theme given college football’s long history of week-one shocks. The…
Brughmans joins Liverpool in deal worth up to £30m

September 1, 2026

Liverpool have signed 18-year-old Belgian goalkeeper Lucca Brughmans from Genk in a deal that could rise to £30m with add-ons, adding a promising young shot-stopper as they weigh up their long-term goalkeeping options. Brughmans will not arrive at Anfield immediately, instead staying on loan at Genk this season before formally joining Liverpool ahead of the…
BBC axe ANOTHER sports show as part of cost-saving drive: Iconic Ski Sunday comes to an end after more than 50 years… just four months after Football Focus was cancelled

September 1, 2026

The BBC has cancelled Ski Sunday, ending the winter sports programme’s run of more than 50 years as part of a wider cost-cutting drive at the corporation. The show, first broadcast in 1978, became a fixture of British winter sports coverage and helped make household names of alpine skiers such as Franz Klammer and Michela…