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Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes
BBC Sport invites readers to test their football knowledge through three daily quizzes, featuring questions created by Flora Snelson, Joe Rindl and a BBC Sport user from Nottingham. The quizzes challenge players to identify footballers, answer difficult questions and complete timed tasks, with performance measured through points, lives and correct answers. One quiz reveals extra…
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Alcaraz wins after saving match points as Europe lead Laver Cup
Carlos Alcaraz saved two match points to defeat Taylor Fritz in a dramatic deciding tie-break, helping Team Europe take a 7-5 lead over Team World in the Laver Cup. The win was significant because it prevented Alcaraz from suffering consecutive singles defeats for the first time in 18 months, in his first singles match since…
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White casts doubt on Fury-Joshua after 24 hours of chaos
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s officially announced fight in Cardiff on 11 December has been thrown into doubt after a dispute over promotional rights. UFC president Dana White said he did not know whether Wednesday’s planned news conference would go ahead, while the public row produced claims of contractual breaches, possible replacement bouts and increasingly…
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Meta unveils Muse, Apple faces billions, Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Meta’s AI companion raises privacy questions as Apple is ordered to pay $5.7bn; George Russell wins in Azerbaijan, while a Cornell lawsuit and Stallone’s abuse revelations make headlines.
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‘SNL’ Season 52 Premiere Delayed In Many Areas Due To College Football
Saturday Night Live’s Season 52 premiere, hosted by NBA player Jalen Brunson, experienced significant delays across multiple US markets due to a college football game running overtime. The Oregon-USC matchup finished approximately 15 minutes late, causing many local affiliates to begin broadcasting the show with a 16-minute delay. This timing issue affected major markets including…
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WNBA controversy drives record viewing as Fincher disowns Alien 3
The Hollies’ Gouldman link, Control Resonant’s romance logs and Law & Order: SVU’s Meloni comeback also feature in today’s briefing.
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Born 85 Years Ago Today in Arkansas, the Grammy-Nominated Younger Brother of a Country Legend Who Scored Multiple 80s Hits
David Frizzell, born 85 years ago in El Dorado, Arkansas, began performing with his older brother, honky-tonk legend Lefty Frizzell, but established a successful country career in his own right. His breakthrough came with Shelly West on “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”, followed by his sole solo number-one hit, “I’m Gonna Hire a Wino…
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Internationals hold three-point lead over US
The International team retained a three-point lead over the United States at the Presidents Cup and need five points from Sunday’s singles to secure their first title in 28 years. Despite trailing in every match at one stage, they resisted a US fightback in Medinah, strengthening their hopes of winning the competition for only the…
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England lose 3-2 to Spain after improved but costly collapse
England suffered another collapse after taking an early lead against a World Cup finalist, losing 3-2 to Spain in their Nations League opener. Although the decisive shift again came around the 55-minute mark, Barney Ronay argues this was not a repeat of the humiliating breakdown against Argentina: England played better, competed more effectively and showed…
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Tuchel rues ‘big mistakes’ – did Man City charges have impact?
England lost 3-2 to Spain in a match where three Manchester City-affiliated players made uncharacteristic errors that directly led to Spanish goals, fuelling speculation about whether the squad was distracted by Manchester City’s guilty verdict on financial rule breaches announced just a day earlier. Roy Keane and England boss Thomas Tuchel suggested the charges may…