Southampton have been expelled from the Championship play-offs over the ‘spygate’ scandal. Middlesbrough have been reinstated after a bombshell verdict from an independent commission, which heard the case on Tuesday, and will now face Hull City in the play-off final in four days’ time on Saturday May 23. In addition, Southampton have been handed a…
3 Mainz 05 have announced the signing of former Cologne midfielder Eric Martel. The 24-year-old, who has penned a three-year contract until 2029, joins the club on a free transfer following the expiry of his contract at the Billy Goats. Martel was only absent in the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign through suspension, featuring in all but…
1 Freiburg will look to cap off their magnificent Bundesliga campaign with their first major trophy when they take on Aston Villa in the UEFA Europa League in Istanbul on Wednesday night. Julian Schuster’s charges capped off another sensational season by securing European football for 2026/27, having finished ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt and Augsburg in…
Emma Raducanu suffered a 6-4 7-6 (7-4) defeat to Diane Parry of France in her first clay tournament of 2026 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Tuesday. Raducanu was making her return to the WTA Tour after missing more than two months with a post-viral illness. The former US Open champion accepted a replacement spot…
Anatoliy Trubin’s mother does not watch football but she checks the results. Some time after Benfica’s win over Real Madrid, there it was. Trubin 90+8. “She was thinking maybe she was being stupid or something,” Trubin tells Sky Sports. “It was a funny moment.” It is just one memory among many for the 24-year-old Ukrainian…
Arsenal took another step towards the Premier League title via a combination of winning methods old and new: 1–0 and set-pieces. Kai Havertz’s header proved the difference on Monday night against the relegated Burnley, who fought admirably in north London but ultimately didn’t have the quality to seriously trouble a mightily stern defense, whose stubbornness…
Liverpool’s 1989-1991 Adidas home jersey was legendary. Remember the Candy sponsor on the front in that joined-up writing? And what about the white geometric pattern plastered all over the red shirt? It looked like bedding from the 1990s or like you had been painting your walls and suddenly got a little too creative. But it…
Cries for ‘one more year’ have fallen on deaf ears. Casemiro’s final game at Old Trafford has sparked the end of a four-year era at the Theatre of Dreams while simultaneously opening a new chapter that has to be written this summer. The Brazilian’s impact has been felt throughout different periods since his 2022 arrival…
‘What a player!’ wrote Jannik Sinner on the TV camera lens after beating Rafael Jodar at the Marid Open. So can the 19-year-old Spaniard become the star attraction at the French Open in the absence of fellow countryman Carlos Alcaraz. Jodar was ranked outside the top 900 in the rankings around a year ago and…
When Team Europe chase a historic Ryder Cup three-peat in Ireland next September, Luke Donald could turn to golf’s newest major champion as a potential addition to his line-up. The centenary edition of the biennial contest may still be 16 months away, live on Sky Sports, but Aaron Rai’s impressive PGA Championship victory has pushed…