Sport
Football, tennis, cricket, motorsport and the biggest sport stories.
The Sport section brings together reporting, analysis and major stories across football, cricket, rugby league, rugby union and US sport, alongside obituaries of notable sporting figures. Football coverage spans the Premier League and EFL, international competition and European club football, with stories ranging from Hull's 2-0 win over Manchester United on their Premier League return and Leicester's defeat by Burton Albion to Arsenal's 51 million pound deal for Ezri Konsa and Joao Pedro's improved Chelsea contract.
Beyond domestic football, the section covers World Cup fallout, including Paredes's 10-game ban after a brawl, and European fixtures such as Shakhtar Donetsk hosting a Champions League tie at Stamford Bridge. Cricket coverage includes England taking control of the first Pakistan Test at Headingley and Harry Brook returning to world number one in Tests. Rugby reporting includes Wigan's club-record 12th straight Super League win and the All Blacks beating the Springboks at Ellis Park. US sport and sporting lives also feature, including Kelsey Mitchell's WNBA scoring record and an obituary for Tottenham double winner Terry Dyson, who died at 91.
More in sport: football, Premier League and cricket coverage, plus Hull's 2-0 win over Manchester United, our obituary of Spurs double winner Terry Dyson and England seizing control of the first Pakistan Test.
What you will find here
- Football — Premier League, EFL, international football, World Cup stories and European club competition
- Cricket — England matches, Test cricket and leading-player developments
- Rugby — Rugby league and rugby union, including major club and international stories
- Wider sport — US sport, records and obituaries of notable sporting figures
Paredes Banned 10 Games for World Cup Brawl21 August 2026
Arsenal Agree £51m Deal for Ezri Konsa21 August 2026
England Seize Control of First Pakistan Test21 August 2026
Kelsey Mitchell Sets WNBA Scoring Record21 August 2026
Terry Dyson, Spurs Double Winner, Dies at 9120 August 2026
Harry Brook Returns To World No.1 In Tests20 August 2026
Trippier Facing Weeks Out With Knee Injury20 August 2026
Coventry Sign Cherif in £21m Deal19 August 2026
Curtis Jones Nears £30m Inter Move19 August 2026
Ruby Tui Joins Trailfinders Women19 August 2026
Norwich Sign Musaba After Ahmed Injury19 August 2026
BBC Adds Four YouTube Football Shows19 August 2026
WWE SummerSlam 2026 on Netflix UK: Dates, Match Card27 July 2026
The Andy Murray statue is Wimbledon's hardest sculptural test5 July 2026
AJ Dybantsa goes No. 1 in NBA Draft as Washington bets on elite talent24 June 2026
Ciryl Gane shatters Alex Pereira's triple-champ dream with brutal White House knockout15 June 2026
Hamilton claims first Ferrari win as Barcelona delivers all-British podium14 June 2026
FIFA Reviews Argentina's Falklands Banner17 July 2026
The Open 2026 at Royal Birkdale: Storylines and Viewing Guide16 July 2026
England vs Argentina 2026: UK Kick-Off, Team News and Preview15 July 2026
England Prepare for Argentina in a World Cup Semi-Final as Sinner Retains Wimbledon13 July 2026
A fog delay at Wrigley Field became the best argument for being there5 July 2026
The ball is now a witness: connected-ball tech and football's trust problem5 July 2026
Wimbledon's green courts make heatwave sport a climate story5 July 2026
Vingegaard in Yellow From Day One Changes the Shape of This Tour5 July 2026
South Africa 45-21 England: the Nations Championship sets its standard early5 July 2026
Serena Williams' Wimbledon withdrawal turns a reunion into a fragility story5 July 2026
Paul Seixas turns Tour de France pressure into a generational test5 July 2026
Osaka stuns Sabalenka at Wimbledon and reopens the grass-court conversation5 July 2026
Osaka Stuns Sabalenka as Djokovic Passes Federer: Wimbledon's Day Seven Shifts the Draw5 July 2026
Norway 2-1 Brazil: a World Cup upset built on composure, not chaos5 July 2026
Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon goodbye turns a doubles loss into a career marker5 July 2026
Morocco 3-0 Canada: back-to-back quarter-finals turn a surprise into a standard5 July 2026
All-Star Pitching Questions Turn MLB's Showcase Into a Workload Debate5 July 2026
Leclerc's British Grand Prix win turns Ferrari relief into a title-race signal5 July 2026
A $21m Ground in Pomona Is Cricket's Real Olympic Test5 July 2026
Kenya's Darts Revival Shows How Sport Really Grows: From the Ground Up5 July 2026
Kelsey Pfendler's record Pacific row turned endurance sport into a public diary5 July 2026
Del Toro's Barcelona breakthrough: a Tour stage won against rivals and rising heat5 July 2026
The ICC's Calendar Review Is Really a Question About What Cricket Is For5 July 2026
The Hossam Hassan Dallas incident shows how World Cup security is now part of the story5 July 2026
Harrington's US Senior Open repeat is a masterclass in late-career control5 July 2026
Gauff's two-minute curfew escape shows what pressure tennis really looks like5 July 2026
France's sweltering 1-0 win over Paraguay was a masterclass in tournament control5 July 2026
France grind, Morocco glide: two routes into the World Cup quarter-finals5 July 2026
England v Mexico: at the Azteca, the stadium is a player too5 July 2026
Australia beat England at Lord's to claim a seventh T20 crown — and set the bar again5 July 2026
Dumfries Signing Hands Real Madrid a Right-Back Argument Worth Having5 July 2026
Djokovic's Record 66th Major Quarter-Final Was Earned, Not Collected5 July 2026