RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: To be fair to the 89 women in her wake, it would take a brave soul to chase down a convicted thief with a gun.

The Blues had signed the attacking midfielder from Aston Villa for £20m when he was just 18, with the star one of the most highly rated talents in the country at the time.

Liam Rosenior facing two high-profile absentees

Sturla Holm Laegreid won a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics - then made a very public confession of infidelity

Rugby Special pundits John Barclay and Chris Ashton look ahead to this weekend's Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield and pick their combined English and Scottish starting XV.

The freestyle skier had been hot favourite to win goldLoss of control in second run proves fatal for VictorianJakara Anthony has sensationally flopped in her bid to defend her moguls title at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, the freestyle skiing great crashing out during her final run to miss out on the medals.Australia’s hottest favourite for a medal at the …

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted a change to Formula 1's power unit regulations would be "quite damaging" to his team amid an ongoing dispute.

Swedish athlete Elis Lundholm, who was born female and identifies as a man, competed in the women’s moguls qualification round in Italy

New arrivals York and Toulouse see a return to a 14-team format that includes former champions Bradford BullsThirty years on from Super League’s debut night in Paris, British rugby league’s premier competition returns on Thursday evening with a bang – and if you look closely enough, there are more themes tying that inaugural season of summer rugby to …

Dane was dismissed after midweek defeat

The 2022 Winter Olympics were a disaster for British skeleton - but they have bounced back with a vengeance since.

Madrid were sole surviving proponents of breakawayUefa statement suggests club’s legal case will be closedThe Super League project has finally died out after Uefa announced it had reached “an agreement of principles for the wellbeing of European club football” with Real Madrid and the European Football Clubs group.In a surprise statement released the …

Team GB came to the Olympics at Milano-Cortina 2026 with higher hopes than ever before of success. That meant surpassing the five medals won at the Olympics in 2014 and 2018.

World number two Rory McIlroy says the Players Championship has "more of an identity" than the US PGA Championship but does not believe the tournament should become men's golf's fifth major.

Blues captain has missed three games with injury and illness

Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych criticised the International Olympic Committee.

A common preparation strategy for Olympic athletes is to spend time overseas chasing specific competition conditions

The European Super League was launched back in April 2021, but the Premier League’s ‘Bix Six’ withdrew within days

EFL clubs will vote on expanding play-offs in the Championship from four to six teams at a meeting next month.

Two experienced first-team members have responded to the club’s decision

Drivers are getting more time behind the wheel this week at the first Bahrain pre-season test.

It almost proved an embarrassing blunder for the Winter Olympics star

Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with a romantic return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham confirmed they'd got rid of their manager after losing to Newcastle.