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The success of the Lionesses has coincided with record growth in women’s and girls’ football, according to a new report from the Football Association. The governing body said the number of women and girls playing football has increased by 56 per cent since the ‘inspiring positive change’ programme was launched in 2020 – since when…
Rangers captain James Tavernier insists he still has “a lot to achieve” at Ibrox following a summer of transfer speculation. The 32-year-old was wanted by Trabzonspor, while also being linked to clubs in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, however, no offer arrived that met the Ibrox club’s valuation for the right-back. Speaking to Sky Sports ahead…
Britain’s Jack Draper continued his excellent form by upsetting No 2 seed Hubert Hurkacz to reach the Japan Open quarter-finals. Draper, playing his first individual tournament since reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open earlier this month, beat his Polish opponent 6-4 6-4 in Tokyo. The 22-year-old lost both of his matches…
Sandy Ryan is determined to bring her spiteful rivalry with Mikaela Mayer to an end when they fight this weekend. Britain’s Ryan, the WBO welterweight world champion, fights Mayer at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York, live on Sky Sports from 2am on Saturday morning. The two fighters had a bitter fallout when…
The history books at Celtic are pretty full as it is, but since Elena Sadiku arrived in January, the Swede has only brought more success to the storied club. First, it was their maiden SWPL title in May. Amy Gallacher’s dramatic 90th-minute winner delivered delight after heartache the season before. Now, they’ve booked their spot…
Liverpool move interests Marc Guehi, Florian Wirtz is not a Reds target and Newcastle in Anthony Gordon contract talks. Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi, 24, would jump at the chance to sign for Liverpool and not long-term admirers Newcastle. (Football Insider), external Liverpool are not interested in making a £100m move for Bayer…
Mark Allen made a 147 maximum break during his third-round match against Ben Mertens at the British Open – where he had said the table should be “burned”. Allen won a final-frame shootout in his opening match of the tournament against Gary Wilson before describing conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham as “absolutely embarrassing”,…
Peñarol had a 0-0 draw at home against Brazil´s Flamengo on Thursday to secure a spot in the Copa Libertadores semifinals for the first time in 13 years. The Uruguayan club won the first leg 1-0 via a Javier Cabrera goal. Peñarol will next play Botafogo, who beat Sao Paulo on penalties in an all-Brazil…
As European nights go, Qarabag’s could not have turned out much worse. The team from Azerbaijan suffered traffic chaos, a shocking penalty miss and a host of spurned chances as 10-man Tottenham survived countless scares to open their Europa League campaign with victory. Despite staying a short distance away in Stratford, Qarabag were affected by…
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… THE ATHLETIC Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada has told staff that the aim is to win the Premier League title in 2028, for the 150th anniversary of the club being formed. Image: Omar Berrada (r) has been tasked with restoring Man Utd to former glories,…