Back in 2000, former South Africa President Nelson Mandela declared that “sport has the power to change the world.” Two decades years later, 2020 proved how right he was.
This was a year where athletes of all different talents - footbal…
Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac is joining Schalke on loan for the rest of the season after Gunners boss Mikel Arteta said offloading players was the January transfer window "priority".
Bosnia-Herzegovina left-back Kolasinac, 27, began …
Manchester United have renewed their interest in Norwich defender Max Aarons, 20 - but may have to wait until the summer for the England Under-21s international. (Sun)
Wolves have joined the race to sign Liverpool's Netherlands midfield…
No winter break, a shorter season and injuries piling up.
Whether a team is challenging for the title, aiming for a European spot or looking to avoid relegation, reinforcements may well be needed for that push in the second half of the …
Ismaila Soro scored his first Celtic goal as Neil Lennon's resurgent side prepared for Saturday's Old Firm derby with a convincing Scottish Premiership win over Dundee United.
But it came at a cost as defender Christopher Jullien suffer…
Ross County cannot be scared of the challenge facing them, said manager John Hughes after he secured his first win in the job against Hibernian.
Hughes overcame his former side 2-0 with goals from Harry Paton and Oli Shaw, with County m…
Motherwell need "fresh blood" who will "die for the football club", said manager Stephen Robinson after defeat by Kilmarnock extended their winless run to nine matches.
Greg Kiltie's clever strike from the edge of the box put the visito…
Hamilton Academical head coach Brian Rice says his side put in a "hardworking, gritty and nasty performance" to hold St Johnstone to a goalless Scottish Premiership draw.
After an even first half, the visitors defended resolutely in the…
Rangers' Steven Gerrard "can't wait for the whistle to go" against Celtic on Saturday after his Scottish Premiership leaders gained revenge over St Mirren.
The Buddies knocked Gerrard's side out of the League Cup two weeks ago.
But f…
Aberdeen want answers from the SPFL after Wednesday's game at Livingston fell victim to a frozen pitch less than two hours before kick-off. (Sun)
Celtic are targeting a winger in the January transfer window with injured James Forrest se…
Swansea City say they will investigate after boos were heard from outside their ground while players took the knee before their Championship draw with Reading on Wednesday.
Players from both teams made the gesture - as is customary at m…
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours list.
The Briton, 35, sealed a seventh drivers' title at the Turkish Grand Prix in November - equalling Michael Schumacher's championships record.…
Fellow fantasy managers, I feel your pain.
My gameweek 16 plan to switch Jamie Vardy out for Harry Kane looked to be an unusually prescient call with Vardy on the bench at Selhurst Park and Kane hopefully ready to get back to scoring wa…
Real Madrid lost ground on La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid after a disappointing draw at Elche.
Fidel struck a second-half penalty to earn his side a point and end Real's run of five consecutive league wins.
Luka Modric had opened th…
Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg says the video assistant referee could "save a referee's career" but believes the laws of the game need looking at to make them more compatible with modern technology.
Clattenburg left the …
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side's position in the table is "the last thing" he is thinking about after they drew at Newcastle to finish 2020 three points clear at the top of the Premier League.
The Reds end the year where t…
American investment group ALK Capital has completed its takeover of Burnley, buying an 84% stake in the Premier League club.
ALK managing director Alan Pace has replaced Mike Garlick as chairman.
However, Garlick - who sold his near …
Atletico Madrid will end 2020 top of La Liga after beating Getafe at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Luis Suarez headed a first-half winner to hand Atletico manager Diego Simeone victory in his 500th game in charge of the club.
Atletico are…
Livingston's Scottish Premiership match against Aberdeen has been called off because of a frozen pitch.
The artificial surface in West Lothian was deemed unplayable by referee Steven McLean less than two hours before the scheduled 16:00…
Celtic lost defender Christopher Jullien to injury as they prepared for Saturday's Old Firm derby with Scottish Premiership victory over Dundee United.
The Frenchman could not continue after clattering his knee against the post in a sec…
Rangers retained their 16-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership by avoiding a repeat of their League Cup defeat to St Mirren with ease.
The home side looked capable of two wins over Steven Gerrard's side within a fortnight e…
Leeds have condemned online abuse aimed at Karen Carney after a club tweet questioned her comments as a pundit.
Carney said Leeds "out-run" opponents and an enforced rest as football paused during the Covid-19 pandemic aided their promo…
St Johnstone's winless Scottish Premiership run extended to eight games after they were held to a goalless draw by Hamilton Academical in Perth.
Home goalkeeper Zander Clark denied Nathan Thomas from close-range before Stevie May squand…
Millwall midfielder Ryan Leonard and striker Tom Bradshaw have triggered one-year extensions to their contracts.
Leonard and Bradshaw, both 28, will remain at The Den for a further year.
They both signed permanently in January 2019 a…
Manchester City's training ground is set to reopen after their first-team bubble revealed no new positive Covid-19 test results.
City's players and staff were tested on Tuesday while the club's training buildings underwent a deep clean.…
Fulham's Premier League match at Tottenham on Wednesday has been called off because of new coronavirus cases at the west London club.
The game was due to start at 18:00 GMT at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Fulham requested for the fixtu…
QPR have condemned the "abhorrent" racist abuse forward Bright Osayi-Samuel was subjected to on social media after Tuesday's draw with Norwich.
The 21-year-old scored QPR's equaliser against the Championship leaders before missing a lat…
Watford midfielder Etienne Capoue has joined La Liga side Villarreal for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The 32-year-old Frenchman joined the Hornets from Tottenham in July 2015 and made 167 league appearances.
He w…
How does one begin to sum up this year?
We said goodbye to 2019 with massive hopes that 2020 will be a year of big sporting moments - as the Olympic Games, Africa Women's Cup of Nations and Uefa men's Euros beckoned.
But then the cor…
New Zealand secured a thrilling final-hour victory in the first Test against Pakistan to boost their hopes of making the World Test Championship final.
Spinner Mitchell Santner had last man Naseem Shah caught and bowled with just 4.3 ov…
Australia have dropped opener Joe Burns and recalled David Warner and uncapped batsman Will Pucovski for the final two Tests against India next month.
Burns made three single-figure scores in four innings in the first two Tests, as Aust…
Birmingham City suffered a defensive nightmare at St Andrew's as grateful Derby County romped to their best win under Wayne Rooney.
Blues shipped three goals inside the first 25 minutes as Rooney's Rams bounced back from losing at home …
Stoke City and Nottingham Forest both drew for the second game running on a night of two freak goals in the Potteries fog.
Conditions were cold but clear at the Bet 365 Stadium when Stoke took the lead with a comical opening goal after …
Daniel Johnson and Sean Maguire scored in either half as Preston North End beat Coventry for their third Championship win in a row.
Maguire's tenacity created the opener as he won the ball on the edge of the box and played in Johnson to…
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's first goal for Luton Town helped the Hatters to victory over fellow mid-table side Bristol City.
The 22-year-old midfielder, on loan from Premier League club Leicester City, found the bottom corner with a fine lo…
Championship bottom side Wycombe Wanderers earned just a third win of the season as they dealt Cardiff City's play-off hopes another blow.
Ryan Tafazolli headed the hosts in front from a first-half corner by their captain and ex-Bluebir…
Sheffield Wednesday's players put financial worries and Tony Pulis' sacking behind them as they beat Middlesbrough under the temporary stewardship of first-team coach Neil Thompson.
Callum Paterson gave the Owls a first-half lead as he …
Huddersfield defender Naby Sarr netted twice - including a last-minute winner - as his side overcame Blackburn to record a fifth consecutive home victory.
Sarr nodded home Isaac Mbenza's corner early in the second half, but Rovers seeme…
Wasteful Norwich City threw away the chance to go seven points clear at the top of the Championship as they drew with Queens Park Rangers.
After an entertaining but goalless first half, Todd Cantwell had a goal ruled out for offside as …
Barnsley held off a fierce Rotherham United fightback to claim the South Yorkshire derby spoils and a fifth win in six matches.
Alex Mowatt's defence-splitting pass found Cauley Woodrow, who did not have to break stride to thread a clin…
West Brom manager Sam Allardyce says an embarrassing 5-0 defeat by Leeds United shows he has a "tougher challenge" to keep his new club up than he thought.
Allardyce had been encouraged by the 1-1 draw at champions Liverpool on Sunday, …
West Brom boss Sam Allardyce says football needs a break after the Premier League returned its highest number of positive coronavirus results in a single round of tests this season.
On Tuesday, the latest round of Premier League testing…
As the first half of the 2020-21 football season comes to an end, teams are undoubtedly starting to think about where their squads need strengthening.
So what - and who - will the Premier League managers have on their wishlists?
Arse…
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford says it would be "stupid" to think about winning the Premier League title at the moment despite his injury-time goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers moving the Red Devils up to second in the table.…
Burnley's recent Premier League improvement continued as they edged to a narrow victory over bottom side Sheffield United at Turf Moor.
Captain Ben Mee's first-half header from a corner was enough to separate the two lowest-scoring side…
Arsenal are now in a "different world", according to manager Mikel Arteta, after they recorded back-to-back league wins for the first time since September by beating Brighton.
Before Christmas, Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer was a…
Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl said attempting to manage from home was "horrible" after his side were held at home by West Ham.
Hasenhuttl had to work from home via a video link, as he is self-isolating after a member of his househol…
The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that 107 international players from 41 countries are on opening-night rosters for the 2020-21 season
In addition to the 107 international players on 2020-21 opening-night roste…
It's been a tough year.
But amid it all, there have been some remarkable football moments - trophies won, awards claimed, goals plundered, promotions secured and major shocks.
BBC Sport has whittled 2020's achievements down to a top …
Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is the main contender to take over at Paris St-Germain after Thomas Tuchel was sacked.
On Tuesday, PSG announced Tuchel's contract had been "terminated" and it is understood the club's player…