Kylian Mbappe saw a penalty saved as Liverpool beat Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to inflict a third Champions League defeat in five matches on the holders. Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo scored the goals in the second half…

Manchester City’s struggles continued as Pep Guardiola’s side remarkably blew a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to leave the French club in danger of elimination. There…

Arne Slot can seemingly do no wrong as Liverpool manager but uncertainty over the futures of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold is casting a shadow over a spectacular season. Liverpool head into Wednesday’s heavyweight Champions League clash…

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said on Friday the new Ultimate Championship team event, officially unveiled by the sport’s governing body, would be a “gamechanger” for track and field. The inaugural event will be held in Budapest on September 11-13,…

South Africa back-rower Pieter-Steph du Toit was named best men’s player in the 15-a-side game while France’s Antoine Dupont took the Sevens award at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on Sunday. It it the second time Du Toit, 32, has…

Ruben Amorim was given a stark illustration of the size of his task at Manchester United after his uninspiring team were held 1-1 by struggling Ipswich in his first match in charge on Sunday. The former Sporting Lisbon boss –…

Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as the leaders survived a scare from lowly Southampton thanks to the Egypt star’s second half double in a 3-2 away win on Sunday. Arne Slot’s side…

Romelu Lukaku ensured Napoli maintained their one-point lead at the top of Serie A with the only goal in Sunday’s 1-0 win over his old club Roma. Belgium striker Lukaku poked home his fifth Napoli goal seven minutes after half-time…

England ended a five-game losing streak with a nine-try demolition of Japan as Eddie Jones’ return to Twickenham ended in a 59-14 defeat on Sunday. Jamie George and Luke Cowan-Dickie each scored two tries as England eased the pressure on…

Jannik Sinner completed his sensational year by leading Italy to a successful defence of the Davis Cup with victory over the Netherlands in the final on Sunday. The world number one eased to a 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 triumph against Tallon…

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu scored a try against the land of his birth in a 27-13 win over Australia at Murrayfield on Sunday that dashed the Wallabies’ dream of a Grand Slam. Tuipulotu’s score helped give Scotland a narrow 7-3…