Alice Tai on Paralympic hopes and drive to ‘destigmatise’ disability
Alice Tai had her right leg amputated below the knee in early 2022 and won Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham six months later British Paralympic and world gold medallist Alice Tai says that she is driven to “destigmatise” disability after having her right leg amputated below the knee last year. The 24-year-old swimmer has won […]
Owen Farrell: World Rugby chair Bill Beaumont hopes England captain can return ‘reinvigorated’
Owen Farrell surpassed Jonny Wilkinson as England’s all-time leading points scorer in October World Rugby chair Bill Beaumont hopes England captain Owen Farrell can return “reinvigorated” after making himself unavailable for the 2024 Six Nations. Beaumont, himself a former England captain, said the decision was not one the player “would have taken lightly”. “As a […]
Man Utd 1-3 Man City: Visitors win Manchester derby to boost WSL title hopes
Manchester City have scored six goals in the last 15 minutes of the first half, only Tottenham (seven) have scored more in the WSL this season Manchester City bounced back from successive defeats to beat rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford and put their Women’s Super League title challenge back on track. In front of […]
Italy 5-2 North Macedonia: Defending champions boost Euro 2024 hopes
Federico Chiesa scored two goals for Italy in the first half Defending champions Italy strengthened their bid to qualify for Euro 2024 by beating North Macedonia. Needing a victory to ensure a point against Ukraine on Monday will be enough to secure their place in Germany next year, the Italians took the lead through Matteo […]
Football Focus: Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah on hat-tricks, England hopes and home cooking
Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah tells Football Focus reporter Michael Timbs how, having grown up in south-east London, he did not think he would have a football career, let alone score a Premier League hat-trick and earn an England cap. Watch the full interview on Football Focus at 12:00 GMT on Saturday 11 November on BBC […]
Ajax 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Seagulls boost hopes of reaching Europa League knockout stages
On-loan Barcelona forward Ansu Fati scored and created a goal for Brighton Brighton boosted their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Europa League with a comfortable win over a youthful Ajax side in Amsterdam. Ansu Fati opened the scoring for the visitors with a low effort into the bottom-left corner after collecting Simon […]
Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury: Ukrainian hopes fight will happen in February
Briton Fury is the WBC champion while Usyk holds the other three world titles Oleksandr Usyk hopes his heavyweight world title fight with Tyson Fury will take place in February in Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainian was set to fight Fury on 23 December but promoter Frank Warren said last week that is “unlikely”. Fury secured […]
Kilmarnock 3-1 Livingston: Danny Armstrong hopes dominant win can be ‘catalyst’ for top-six finish
Kyle Vassell’s superb second-half header sealed a first win since August for Kilmarnock Winger Danny Armstrong hopes Kilmarnock’s dominant Scottish Premiership victory over Livingston, which ended a seven-game winless run, can be “the catalyst” for a top-six finish. Armstrong continued his impressive start to the season by drilling the hosts in front at Rugby Park […]
Republic of Ireland 0-2 Greece: Euro 2024 hopes ended by defeat in Dublin
Greece’s win in Dublin was their second victory over the Republic in Group B The Republic of Ireland’s fading hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 finals have been dashed by a deflating 2-0 home defeat by Greece. First-half goals from Giorgos Giakoumakis and Giorgos Masouras mean the Greeks leapfrog the Netherlands into second place in […]
Rugby World Cup 2023: Kevin Sinfield warns of Fiji threat to England hopes
Sinfield, who also worked under Borthwick in Leicester’s 2021-22 Premiership win, is the leading points scorer in the history of rugby league’s Super League Venue: Stade Velodrome, Marseille Date: Sunday, 15 October Kick-off: 16:00 BST Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Defence coach Kevin Sinfield has warned […]