Sri Lanka showed great fight to halt England’s chase and clinch a 16-run victory, levelling the three-match ODI series at 1-1 at Headingley in Leeds.

Warwickshire took a big step towards clinching the Rothesay County Championship title after skittling relegation-threatened Leicestershire for 125 at Edgbaston.

While there can only be one winner, team-mates Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia are backing each other to win the Ballon d'Or.

Jos Buttler's bravery comes in vain as Sri Lanka fight back to beat England in the second one-day international at Headingley and set up a series decider at The Oval.

The attacking duo have enjoyed a close relationship to the benefit of the French national team, but concerns are said to have been raised over the distance between them during this camp.

MATT BARLOW: Tighter rules imposed to minimise lower league postponements during international breaks have missed the target with more games off than at this time last year.

Matt Fitzpatrick sits two shots off the early lead at the FedEx Open de France, as defending champion Michael Kim topped the leaderboard after a ‘dream start’ at Le Golf National.

Min Woo Lee holed a 50 foot putt on the second hole on the first day of the Presidents Cup.

England opener Emilio Gay scores a stylish 141 for Durham, who end day one of their Division Two match against Lancashire on 355-5.

Commonwealth Games bowler Mary Stevenson has died just a couple of months after winning a gold medal for Scotland at Glasgow 2026, where her winning throw earned her the moniker Mary Queen of Shots.

Leicestershire are relegated, subject to an appeal against their points deduction, after being bowled out cheaply by title-chasing Warwickshire.

The Premier League hopes to reach an agreement with the EFL over its funding model 'as soon as possible'.

BBC Sport takes a look at the compromises, power struggles and competing interests behind Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua.

As England bowler Mark Wood retires from international cricket, he talks through his most famous spells from his Test career.

Blues manager Xabi Alonso dealt fresh concern during international break

Midfielder has not looked back since leaving Man United and has returned to the England squad

The qualifiers for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations begin tonight

Everton midfielder’s spirit and intelligence earned him another chance and he is eager to test himself against Spain in the Nations League on Saturday“It’s a very good comparison,” James Garner says, and he is not kidding. It came from Thomas Tuchel in March after the England manager had watched the Everton midfielder impress on his international …

The Ryder Cup-style event has struggled financially since its legendary founder, Roger Federer, retired but still offers a spectacle unlike any other in tennisThe sight of a tennis player marching to the bathroom between sets has become increasingly common in modern tennis but Alexander Zverev’s journey back to the locker room in Prague nine years ago …

⚽ Updates across Thursday night’s Nations League games⚽ Get in touch: email Daniel and follow us on BlueSkyRobert Earnshaw is in the BBC studio wearing the same rig he was in on Sky this morning. The thing with red and blue is you leave yourself open to accusations of dressing like Mario.I can’t say I love the look of Xavi’s Netherlands outfit. The …

Back in the squad as a late replacement, James Garner believes leaving Man United, his boyhood club, was the decision that set him on the right path.

The Premier League and three of its top European counterparts will on Friday issue a joint call for urgent governance reform at FIFA amid the crisis engulfing its president, Gianni Infantino.

Matthew Breetzke scored a superb 112 to guide South Africa to a 67-run victory over Australia ‌in the first one-day international in Durban on Thursday, but the tourists will rue the loss of cheap wickets as they ‌faltered in their chase.

Paris St-Germain's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia says he already feels like he has achieved "something special" to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or.

Abdul Burton reaches the men's super-bantamweight final after Callum Makin and Dimeji Shittu claim bronzes at the European Boxing Championships.

Olympic bronze medallist Alice Kinsella is named in the Great Britain team for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships just a year after giving birth.