The two-time Olympic gold medal-winning boxer’s life has been turned into rousing drama The Fire Inside, written by Oscar winner Barry JenkinsClaressa Shields was two months removed from defending her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games when an email from Hollywood landed in her inbox. Universal Studios wanted to make a movie about her life …

Signs two-and-a-half year deal with League One club‘I cannot wait to get going’ says former midfielderKevin Nolan has been named Northampton Town’s new manager on a two-and-a-half year contract. The former West Ham first-team coach has returned to a No 1 role for the first time since being sacked by Notts County in August 2018. Nolan’s first taste of …

Buyout of Prince Abdullah’s United World Group finalised Steven Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy become co-chairmenThe takeover of the Championship leaders Sheffield United by COH Sports has been completed. Steven Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy have joined the board as co-chairmen with immediate effect after the buyout of Prince Abdullah bin Mosa’ad’s United World …

The Australian, who is ranked ninth on the ATP Tour, had just secured a first-round victory against American Alex Michelsen and had rushed over to watch Boulter.

In a thrilling contest where neither man refused to give an inch, it was Usyk who finished the stronger, just as he did seven months ago, to pick up a repeat victory .

One of Britain's greatest sporting traditions - Boxing Day football - is set to be even more dramatic this year as Sky Bet marks the season of goodwill by vowing to donate £1000 to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) for every single goal across the EFL on the 26th December.

Ravichandran Ashwin proudly says he answered his calling from cricket after bringing the curtain down on his storied career with India.

England Women head coach Jon Lewis says his side are in "a really good place" for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia, which he describes as cricket's "hardest challenge".

Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen is named the 2024 BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year.

Two big injuries in attack for the title-chasing Gunners

Max Rushden is joined by Barney Ronay, Seb Hutchinson and Sanny Rudravajhala to discuss all the weekend’s Premier League gamesRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today, the panel unpacks another wild weekend of Premier League …

Two games to be played on 25 December this yearAttendances and TV ratings over past two years have been encouragingThe NBL wants to become the family for those who don’t have one at Christmas after hailing the success of its experiments in playing matches on one of Australia’s last remaining sport-free days.The Tasmania JackJumpers and Sydney Kings will …

Celebrations were dampened by tragedy in Germany but two 5-1 wins left two teams in the Bundesliga title raceThe celebrations were not what they might have been. Bayern Munich had planned a Christmas display after the Friday night game with RB Leipzig, the full stop to their calendar year, which was swiftly cancelled after news filtered through of the awful …

Isak is tied down with Toon until 2028 but has caught the eye of Arsenal and Newcastle have been keen to firm up his future with a new deal.

Dejan Kulusevski has told his Tottenham team-mates they must 'learn' from their 6-3 weekend thrashing against Liverpool if they want to challenge for top honours under Ange Postecoglou.