Lewis Hamilton has little more than a cat in hell's chance of winning an eighth world title. But he has a lifeline to cling on to, and he has not seen too many of those recently

It takes a lot for a painting-by-numbers 46 to overshadow a masterpiece 160, but Jamie Smith gave it a go on a wildly oscillating second day at the SCG

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's fast feet light up the Rec despite Exeter's defeat, while Leicester fly-half Billy Searle riles Saracens' old guard

Chelsea winger was frozen out by the sacked Portuguese

Root made a century in Sydney but Harry Brook and Jamie Smith lost their wickets to poor shots.

Littler is showing shades of Tiger Woods in his early dominance of the sport and the pursuit of Taylor’s long-standing World Championship record

Political tensions between the nations have led to Bangladesh refusing to travel to India for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, which starts on February 7, "under current conditions".

Fletcher spent 20 years as a United midfielder before embarking on a coaching career with the club

Amorim’s reign has been brutally ended by Man United after a disastrous spell that included a loss to Grimsby and being held by a Wolves side with just two points at the time

Ex-Man United defender Neville was forthright in his opinion about Amorim, with the Portuguese boss going on to be sacked by the Old Trafford hierarchy on Monday morning

Why is a middling back-up seamer suddenly better than a quality spinner, whatever the conditions? When Shane Warne called his biography No Spin, it wasn’t a recommendation. Speaking for the dead is unacceptably presumptuous, but his record in life was loud and clear in backing his guild. Teams should always give themselves the option of spin bowling was …

Arteta weighing up whether to drop out-of-form striker for crunch game

Sky Sports' Michael Atherton hailed Joe Root's 41st Test century as "one of his very best innings", but could the 35-year-old keep going for another four years for another crack at winning the Ashes in Australia?

John Harbaugh has spent nearly two decades leading Baltimore. But his failure to get the most out of his quarterback is a fireable failingThere are losses, and then there are those defeats that show us exactly who a team are. The Steelers’ 26-24 win over the Ravens on Sunday night was the latter. It wasn’t just a loss; it was a referendum. The game was …

England’s meek concession of the series is a waste of talent and this stroke sums up the structural failureNo doubt someone, somewhere, in some fevered corner of the internet will come up with a counter view. If the universe of cricketing hot takes really is infinite, then logically there must be a feed, a page, a platform where a voice is saying, Jamie …

IAN LADYMAN: The afternoon before he was hurried out of the door at Manchester United, Ruben Amorim got one final thing wrong. He was not - as he claimed - the manager.

OLIVER HOLT: Ruben Amorim was a snake oil salesman. He was an evangelist for a remedy that simply did not work.