Manchester City were brave when they decided to smash their financial architecture to make Bunny Shaw one of the highest-paid female footballers in the world. To reshape an entire pay scale around one player was previously unthinkable. Most believed they would not be so bold.
London City Lionesses are the Women's Super League's great unknown. A club modest in size, with flashy budgets and ambitions well beyond what would reasonably be considered possible for a side only promoted to the top flight 12 months ago.
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Alexander Zverev was booed for requesting a racket change at around 2am during his US Open match against Quentin Halys before a frank assessment of his own performance.
Gael Monfils has revealed what he plans on doing after retiring from tennis, having lost to Learner Tien in the second round of the US Open.
Seconds before the curtain came down on the 2025/26 season, Brentford had a golden chance to do what they had never done before: qualify for Europe.
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Meet Callum Russell, the Great Britain handcyclist and model proving there can be "an amazing life after injury".
Michael 'Venom' Page says he needs to remind the UFC why they signed him, with his contract set to end after his UFC Paris bout on Saturday.
An inside look at Katie Taylor's emotional final fight week as 80,000 fans prepare to salute Ireland's boxing icon at Croke Park on Saturday.
Mary Earps is back in the Women's Super League and hopes to mark her return by facing former club Manchester United.
Ten years after lining up with Marcus Rashford for Manchester United, Joe Riley tells BBC Sport about his new career - and why he does not miss full-time football.
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The behaviour of influencers and content creators has become a major talking point at this year's US Open amid incidents of matches being disrupted.
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Paris Saint-Germain have drawn both of their league games so far Monaco pose a tricky task on Friday“It’s like we’re at school,” Luis Enrique quipped as he entered the press conference room, hearing the journalists respond in unison to his hearty bonjour.His remark was fitting on the eve of Paris Saint-Germain’s first home match of the season, …
Seven years after springing one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, the Mexican Rocky is back with his old trainer for one final run at the heavyweight summitSeven years ago, Andy Ruiz Jr became the first fighter of Mexican descent to win the world heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets boxing has ever seen, stopping the undefeated …
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Fans would have preferred contest for world crown, but 20-minute Rapid games are still competitive substituteMagnus Carlsen, the world No 1, will be paired at least twice in the next few days with the world championship challenger, Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, the six-team franchise competition based on …
Series and matches are getting shorter as the sport’s pace of change quickens – as if cricket is a proxy for wider fearsThere was a strange atmosphere on the final day of the Lord’s Test last week. It was a bank holiday Sunday, Jofra Archer was bowling the occasional rocket, and England were about to wrap up a much-needed series victory over Pakistan. …
Taylor Harwood-Bellis has been left out of Unai Emery's Champions League squad, just two days after expressing his 'excitement' at the prospect of playing in Europe's elite competition.
LEWIS STEELE: The 18-year-old France youth international will spend the the season on loan at Stade Brest in Ligue 1 having signed from the second-tier club. Liverpool will pay around £4.3million.
Michael Carrick says he is convinced his Manchester United squad has improved following their summer transfer business.
