Leeds Rhinos forward Dom Crosby has completed his move to Headingley on a three-year contract following his end-of-season release by Warrington.
The 27-year-old former Wigan prop, who twice helped his home-town club win the Super League…
The Rugby Football Union are prepared to appoint a Premiership coach with no international experience to succeed Eddie Jones as England boss.
Director of professional rugby Nigel Melville has started the hunt for Jones' replacement, wit…
It could have been so different for Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at the US Grand Prix.
As things turned out, Vettel finished fourth, and lost more ground in the championship, which is now just a formality for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilto…
UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov says he wants to face boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in Moscow in a fight he believes will break a world record.
Mayweather told the Russian, 30, to "come into my world" after Nurmagomedov suggested he co…
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki beat Petra Kvitova for the first time in four years with a 7-5 3-6 6-2 victory at the WTA Finals in Singapore.
Denmark's Wozniacki, 28, sealed the win in two hours and 19 minutes despite needing med…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says Romelu Lukaku is lacking in confidence but "the goals will arrive" for the Belgium international striker.
Lukaku scored four in his first five games this season but has failed to find the net…
Defender Marcos Alonso has signed a new contract at Chelsea that will keep him at the club until 2023.
The Spain left-back moved to Stamford Bridge from Fiorentina in 2016 and won the Premier League title in his first season with the Bl…
What we saw at Old Trafford on Tuesday showed why Juventus can win this season's Champions League, and why Manchester United won't.
There was a huge gulf in class between the two sides - United are 10th in the Premier League for a reaso…
Winger Christian Wade, who is quitting Wasps to pursue a career in American Football, has been let down by rugby, says former England back Ugo Monye.
Wade, 27, has won one England cap - against Argentina in June 2013 - despite being the…
"Twice we lost everything and had to start life again. I'm from here but technically I'm not from here either."
Milos Degenek's path to play for his beloved Red Star Belgrade has hardly been a smooth one as he prepares for their Champio…
England's fielding and attitude were "nowhere near up-to-scratch" in their record 219-run defeat by Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international, says coach Trevor Bayliss.
The tourists were thrashed in Colombo on Tuesday after sealing …
More than 20 people were hurt, some seriously, when an escalator ran out of control at a Rome metro station.
Footage shared on social media showed people being crushed at the bottom as stairs on the escalator crumpled.
Many of those …
Real Madrid beat Group G rivals Viktoria Plzen, but it was another unconvincing display by the European champions, whose coach Julen Lopetegui reportedly faces losing his job.
The Spanish giants came into the game on the back of four de…
Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to Old Trafford with a win as his Juventus side outclassed Manchester United to move five points clear at the top of Champions League Group H.
The former United star helped to set up Juve's winner in …
England captain Eoin Morgan said he was not worried by his side's record 219-run defeat in the fifth one-day international against Sri Lanka.
England were thrashed in Colombo after Morgan chose to rest himself, plus Chris Woakes and Oll…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says his side played the best football of his time in charge as they swept aside Shakhtar Donetsk to go top of Champions League Group F.
The English champions dominated from start to finish, with capta…
Black Queens coach, Bashir Hayford, is expected to submit his provisional squad of 30 players for the upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations to the Confederation of Africa (CAF) by Friday.
That means the 24 players currently in camp wil…
Nigeria captain John Mikel Obi has pledged financial and moral support to the country's cash-strapped amputee football team, but the Special Eagles face a race against time to make it to the World Cup in Mexico.
The team, who have misse…
Eilish McColgan followed in her mother's footsteps to win the Great South Run on her debut in the event.
The 27-year-old, running competitively over 10 miles (16km) for the first time, clocked a time of 54:43 to take victory, beating St…
Sergio Garcia won his third Valderrama Masters in a row after the event was reduced to 54 holes and completed on the fifth day because of bad weather.
The 2017 Masters champion, 38, was three clear on 10 under with 11 holes remaining go…
Britain's Kyle Edmund cried with tears of joy on the court after securing a maiden ATP title against Gael Monfils at the European Open in Antwerp.
Monfils, 32, the world number 38, broke in top-seed Edmund's first service game and took …
Hull KR head of rugby Jamie Peacock will leave the Super League club at the end of the season.
The 40-year-old has been with Hull since 2016 after a playing career predominantly with Bradford and Leeds.
Peacock said: "I've had three …
Former England back-row Thomas Waldrom has retired from rugby aged 35.
Known as 'The Tank', Waldrom was the Premiership's leading try-scorer in 2015 and 2016 and helped Exeter reach the last three Premiership finals.
The New Zealand-…
Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath - the most successful left-arm bowler in Test cricket - will retire after November's first Test against England in Galle.
The 40-year-old has taken 430 wickets in 92 Tests, which puts him 10th on the all…
Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui says he is going to "fight" to turn around the club's faltering form but could not say whether he would still be in a job for the trip to Barcelona on Sunday.
Lopetegui is under pressure following Real'…
"I am having to slam on the brakes because I am tempted to call Caroline Dubois the best female boxer I have seen."
Gold at the Youth Olympics for 17-year-old Dubois prompted BBC Sport boxing correspondent Mike Costello to make this dec…
Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul have been suspended by the NBA after a punch-up during the Los Angeles Lakers' defeat by the Houston Rockets.
Lakers duo Ingram and Rondo have been banned for four and three games respectively,…
Despite the majors being completed and the Ryder Cup decided, there remains highly significant golf all around the world.
This autumn period, when the new PGA Tour calendar is teeing off in distant locations and the European Tour is fin…
Eight-time Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is "unlikely" to sign a deal with Central Coast Mariners without a financial contribution from a "third party", say the Australian club.
The Jamaican, 32, retired from athletics in 2017 and …
Conor McGregor admits he did not prepare correctly for his loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov - but will return to UFC with his "confidence high".
The Irishman tapped out in the fourth round in their October bout at UFC 229 in Las Vegas as he …
Jose Mourinho says he is "happy" at Manchester United and wants to "see out" his contract at the club after being linked with a return to Real Madrid.
Reports claim the La Liga giants want the Portuguese manager back to replace under-pr…
The eighth annual Royal Bafokeng Jr. NBA Finals that took place at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Phokeng, North West Province, South Africa yesterday, showcased spectacular skill and determination from the primary, middle, and high s…
Mesut Ozil produced one of the best midfield displays in the Premier League this season as Arsenal beat Leicester to record a 10th successive win in all competitions.
Ozil's first-time finish for the equaliser, the pass that led to the …
Manchester United and Juventus are two of football's biggest names.
A total of 54 domestic league titles, 25 domestic cups and 11 European trophies between them, they meet at Old Trafford on Tuesday and the Allianz Stadium on 7 November…
Eight-time Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has been offered a professional football contract by Australian side Central Coast Mariners, says his agent Ricky Simms.
The 32-year-old Jamaican, who retired from athletics in 2017, has bee…
A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world this week:
St Petersburg, Russia, 21 October: SKA St Petersburg's goaltender Magnus Hellberg watches on as the puck goes over the line in their KHL i…
Brooks Koepka is set to become world number one for the first time after winning the CJ Cup in South Korea.
Koepka, who was named the PGA Tour's player of the year earlier this month, carded an eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to finish on …
Three-time NBA champion LeBron James had to break up a melee as the Los Angeles Lakers lost on his home debut.
Punches were thrown from both sides as his new team lost 124-115 to the Houston Rockets at Staples Center.
Rockets guard C…
John Isner has backed planned changes to Wimbledon aimed at preventing marathon matches - and says the rule should be named after him.
From next year, tie-breaks will be played at 12-12 in the final set, the All England Lawn Tennis Club…
The Ghana Judo Association (GJA would on November 3, organise the 20th edition of the Japan Ambassador Judo Championship at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall, of the Accra Sports Stadium.
The annual event, is expected to serve as an opp…
Spaniard Marc Marquez won a fifth MotoGP title - his third in a row - then suffered a bizarre shoulder injury when celebrating victory in Japan.
Marquez, 25, dislocated his shoulder after enthusiastic hugs from his Honda team and Britis…
Five points. A seventh place. That is all Lewis Hamilton needs to clinch a fifth world title, and he has three races to do it.
Many expected it would be in the bag by now, and on Sunday morning at the United States Grand Prix it looked …
It was an "out-and-out disgrace" to allow Glasgow Warriors to wear a similar kit to Cardiff in their Champions Cup game, says Blues fly-half Gareth Anscombe.
Glasgow wore a marginally lighter blue strip as they won 29-12 at Arms Park on…
Wayne Rooney scored twice as DC United secured a place in the MLS play-offs with a 3-1 win over New York City FC.
The former England captain, 32, opened the scoring after eight minutes and added a second-half penalty to take his tally i…
The England and Wales Cricket Board has dismissed allegations of spot-fixing against England players made in a new television documentary.
An investigation by the Al Jazeera network claims to have "uncovered evidence of corruption at th…
Champions Manchester City stay top of the Premier League after thrashing Burnley, while the fireworks at the end of the meeting between Chelsea and Manchester United dominated the weekend headlines.
There were strong performances for Ca…
Faouzi Benzarti, who was sacked as Tunisia's head coach on Saturday having just secured the country's qualification for next year's Africa Cup of Nations, has described the decision as "disappointing, humiliating and insulting."
Tunisia…
Karolina Pliskova beat defending champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-4 on the opening day of the WTA Finals in Singapore.
Czech world number eight Pliskova, 26, broke early in both sets to win in one hour 32 minutes in the White Group.
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When full-back Marcelo scored what turned out to be a consolation goal against Levante on Saturday it ended a drought that had seen Real Madrid fail to score for 482 minutes.
So far this season, arguably the biggest club in the world ha…
Ex-Guinea international Ismael Bangoura has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined more than 130,000 euros after being convicted of fraud by a court in Le Mans, France on Friday.
The court also ordered that Bangoura's …