Wheelchair racer on happy Paralympics memories and how disability sport can capitalise off the post-Games buzz “My ambition now is the same as it’s always been: get faster,” says Sammi Kinghorn. “I still feel I can. I know there’s little changes in technology I can use, other things I need maybe to look at. The day when you don’t think you can …

LeBron James’ birthday on Monday will make him the first NBA player to play in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. Knowing when to walk away may be the hardest part of his journeyIt’s Christmas Day and a scrum of journalists surround a smiling, exhausted LeBron James in the visiting locker room at Chase Center in San Francisco, minutes after the latest …

Manager dismisses fears over January transfer windowMohamed Salah on contract: ‘Nothing really moved on’Arne Slot has said the January transfer window will not become a distraction from Liverpool’s fine run of form or cause a loss of control in his relationship with his players, even though Mohamed Salah admitted a conclusion to his own contract …

The average sports fan is increasingly a big-eventer and there is a risk of the Games losing out in the attention economyWe are knee-deep in Twixmas: that twilight zone between Christmas and new year, excess and reflection, lists and yet more lists. Over the past week there have been many saluting the best sporting moments of 2024. Yet across the globe there …

Australia 474 & 234 beat India 369 & 155 by 184 runsHosts take seven final-session wickets for 2-1 lead at MCGIn the end, the dice landed the right way up for the shooter. Had India managed to bat for another hour, another 14 overs, Australia’s tactics would have been sliced up; too conservative in batting into the final day. But Australia’s gamble was …

The Guardian and Observer sport photographer selects his favourite images of the year and recalls the stories behind themIt’s been quite a year, and one totally dominated by the “big three”: the men’s Euros in Germany and the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. This a personal selection of my favourite pictures, a few of which haven’t been published …

The best and worst of 2024 – featuring Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the war on woke and the happiest 34 seconds of the yearKeeper Lewis Patching – saying sorry in March after signing on loan for Rushden & Diamonds, conceding four, headbutting a fan in the bar and being sacked on the same day. “I was disappointed how the game panned out … I’d like to …

The stage was set for a classic seesawing battle between Australia and India at the MCG on Monday - with a record that has stood since Don Bradman's prime falling in the morning.

Cruz Hewitt, the son of Aussie tennis great Lleyton, may have lost his qualifying match over the weekend, but he's stunned tennis fans with a photo he posted to social media.

It will go down as an all-time classic and one of the most thrilling Boxing Day Tests ever played - but Australia's 184-run win will be a bitter pill to swallow for India thanks to one contentious decision.

LEWIS STEELE AT THE LONDON STADIUM: It was in the bowels of this peculiar stadium in April that the last of the wheels fell off Liverpool's title tilt.

Every day we'll challenge you to name a different starting XI from the Premier League era. We'll give you a team's rough formation, and the number of letters in each player's name. Then it's up to you!

Lehmann - previously dubbed the 'World's Sexiest Footballer' - is enjoying life in Italy after joining Juventus alongside her boyfriend Douglas Luiz in the summer.

James Maddison's appearance at the Ally Pally irritated some Spurs fans, with one supporter labelling the decision to watch the darts with Brennan Johnson as 'unacceptable'.

Amorim, who has endured a difficult start to life as Red Devils boss with three defeats on the spin, was labelled 'a humble, normal man' after making the touching gesture.

Luke Littler has a favourable path to the World Darts Championship final after Peter Wright knocked out reigning champion Luke Humphries.

Peter Wright has spent over a year being written off, but after dumping out reigning champion Luke Humphries at Alexandra Palace, he knows he can still compete at the very top of darts.

Speaking after his side's 5-0 win over West Ham, Mohamed Salah insisted any agreement over a new Liverpool contract is 'far away'.

Highlights of Peter Wright's shock win over Luke Humphries in the fourth round of the World Darts Championship.