Big Bash: Can Perth Scorchers win the title yet again?
Perth Scorchers are the Big Bash’s most successful team but have lost some key players this year Dates: 7 December 2023 – 24 January 2024 Coverage: Live radio commentaries on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra. More details. The early-morning sunshine and Big Bash cricket from Australia is back for a 13th edition. […]
Amanda Serrano vacates WBC title after organisation refused to sanction 12 three-minute rounds
Amanda Serrano is the first Puerto Rican undisputed world champion Featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano has vacated her WBC title after the organisation refused to sanction 12 three-minute round contests. Serrano, 35, retained her WBA, WBO and IBF titles against Danila Ramos by unanimous decision in October. Women’s bouts are usually contested over 10 two-minute […]
UK Championship 2023: Ronnie O’Sullivan claims record-extending eighth title
Venue: Barbican Centre, York Dates: Saturday, 25 November – Sunday, 3 December BBC coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Red Button and BBC iPlayer, as well as the BBC Sport website and mobile app Ronnie O’Sullivan became the oldest-ever UK champion with a 10-7 victory over Ding Junhui as he claimed a […]
2024 PDC World Darts Championship: Michael Smith to begin title defence against Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz
Michael Smith hit a nine-dart finish during the 2023 final against Michael van Gerwen World champion Michael Smith will start his PDC title defence against either Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz. Second seed Van Gerwen will face Keane Barry or Reynaldo Rivera, while Wales’ former champion Gerwyn Price will play Connor Scutt or Krzysztof Kciuk. […]
Andalucia Costa del Sol Open: Indian Diksha Dagar seeks historic LET title
Dagar, who won her second LET title in 2023, can this week become the first Indian female golfer to win the order of merit title The Ladies European Tour season started with an Indian success, and it may well end with one too. Diksha Dagar is one of six players who can win the LET’s […]
RSM Classic: Ludvig Aberg wins PGA Tour title six months after turning pro
Aberg has won on both sides of the Atlantic and made his Ryder Cup debut within six months of turning professional -29 L Aberg (Swe); -25 M Hughes (Can); -22 T Duncan, E Cole (both US); -19 A Svensson (Can), B Kohles, D McCarthy (both US). Selected others:-15 A Noren (Swe), -14 T Detry (Bel), […]
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 […]
Boxing: Adam Azim stops Franck Petitjean to win European light-welterweight title
Adam Azim wins his first senior title as a professional Briton Adam Azim is the new European light-welterweight champion after stopping Franck Petitjean in round ten of their fight in Wolverhampton. The 21-year-old rising star produced an empathic performance, dropping the defending champion in the fifth with a body shot. Petitjean, 35, beat the count […]
ATP Finals results 2023: Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev to set up Turin title shot
Jannik Sinner sits fourth in the ATP Tour world rankings Jannik Sinner became the first Italian to reach the final of the ATP Finals by taking a gutsy 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 victory over Daniil Medvedev. He will be counting on home support when he faces Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s final in […]
International Championship: Zhang Anda makes 147 break in maiden ranking title win
Zhang Anda potted 15 reds and 15 blacks on his way to a maximum 147 break in the third frame of his win over Tom Ford China’s Zhang Anda made a stunning 147 break on his way to winning the International Championship in Tianjin. Zhang knocked in the maximum score in the third frame of […]