Women’s Nations League: England’s historic but heartbreaking 2023 summed up on extraordinary night
Lucy Bronze scored England’s 15th goal of their Nations League campaign with the final strike against Scotland Lucy Bronze fell to her knees in celebration after scoring England’s sixth goal at Hampden Park, which seemed to have sent the Lionesses to the finals of the inaugural Women’s Nations League. Minutes later the veteran right-back had […]
Michael Conlan v Jordan Gill: England’s Gill stops Belfast fighter Conlan in seventh round
Conlan lost for the third time in his professional career Belfast’s Michael Conlan suffered further disappointment as he was stopped in the seventh round by England’s Jordan Gill in his home city. Gill pinned Conlan in the corner just over a minute into the round and landed a barrage of punches that led to the […]
Golden Boot: England’s Harry Smith and Lewis King shortlisted for awards
Smith made his England debut earlier this summer against France England players Harry Smith and Lewis King have both been shortlisted for international rugby league’s Golden Boot awards. Wigan half-back Smith is shortlisted for the men’s award with New Zealand’s James Fisher-Harris and Joseph Tapine and Australia prop Payne Haas. The quartet were selected from […]
Harry Kane: Will Bayern Munich striker become England’s second European Golden Shoe winner?
Harry Kane is already more than halfway to his best ever scoring season It may still be early in the season but Harry Kane’s record-breaking beginning at Bayern Munich gives him a great start to become only England’s second European Golden Shoe winner. The European Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer in any […]
Frank Soo: England’s pioneer who died with a tale untold
Frank Soo (second from right) waits to shake hands with General Koenig, the French Governor of Paris, before England’s 2-2 draw against France at Wembley in 1945 Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC Sport app and find the most recent in the series. The voice of BBC commentator Raymond […]
Cricket World Cup 2023: England’s Ben Stokes to have knee surgery after tournament
Stokes played as a specialist batter in the last three Ashes Test in the summer because of the knee issue Venue: Ahmedabad Date: Saturday, 4 November Time: 08:30 GMT Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. The website and app will […]
Cricket World Cup 2023: Joe Root says he would still choose England’s XI over Australia’s
David Warner has scored two centuries at the World Cup and is averaging 68.83 Venue: Ahmedabad Date: Saturday, 4 November Time: 08:30 GMT Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. The website and app will also have live text commentary and […]
Cricket World Cup: How politics derailed England’s 2003 World Cup campaign
England enduring a miserable time at the Cricket World Cup is nothing new. Amid the disappointment and dejection that usually arrives on a quadrennial basis, there is an episode that sticks out as one of the biggest sport-meets-politics controversies of modern times. The row England became embroiled in 20 years ago started over the morality […]
England’s Alex Greenwood carried off on stretcher after head clash
England were 1-0 down when Alex Greenwood went off with a head injury in Belgium England defender Alex Greenwood received lengthy treatment and was taken off on a stretcher following a clash of heads during their Women’s Nations League match with Belgium. Greenwood, 30, clashed with Belgium forward Jassina Blom and was treated for almost […]
Ballon d’Or: England’s Georgia Stanway says awards ceremony clash is ‘unfortunate’
Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas has won the last two Ballon d’Or Feminin awards England’s Georgia Stanway says it is “unfortunate” that female players nominated for the Ballon d’Or will be unable to attend the awards ceremony as they are on international duty. The show takes place on Monday, live on the BBC iPlayer, […]