Aston Villa 0-3 Leeds United: Patrick Bamford scores hat-trick as hosts suffer their first Premier League defeat of the season

Patrick Bamford scored a superb hat-trick for Leeds United as they inflicted a first Premier League defeat of the season for...

Ireland 50-17 Italy: Hosts run riot with seven tries in bonus-point win to move top of Six Nations standings ahead of final round

It was a strange time of year for it, but the Six Nations returned, with Ireland beating Italy at the Aviva...

England’s centrally-contracted male players agree to 15 per cent pay cut for the next 12 months following coronavirus pandemic

England captain Joe Root and his fellow centrally-contracted team-mates have agreed to a 15 per cent wage reduction over the next...

England’s game with Barbarians called OFF after visitors breach coronavirus protocols

England’s non-cap match against Barbarians on Sunday has been cancelled after some players breached COVID-19 quarantine rules, the Rugby Football Union...

Premier League 2020-21: Full list of all 20 clubs’ fixtures for this season

Liverpool start their Premier League defence at home against Championship winners Leeds United on 12 September. The Yorkshire side are back...

Jordan Pickford’s ‘intention was to try to reach the ball, not to hurt Virgil van Dijk’, insists Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti has leapt to the defence of Jordan Pickford by insisting his challenge on Virgil van Dijk was not deliberate....

Mesut Ozil questions Arsenal’s ‘loyalty’ as ‘deeply disappointed’ playmaker is omitted from their 25-man Premier League squad

Mesut Ozil is ‘deeply disappointed’ to be axed from Arsenal’s Premier League squad and insists his loyalty to the club has...

Wasps given all clear to play Exeter Chiefs in Premiership Rugby final after final round of coronavirus tests come back negative

Wasps will take their place in Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter after receiving a clean bill of health following the...

Virgil van Dijk to undergo knee surgery after Liverpool defender suffered ACL injury against Everton

Liverpool’s 2020-21 campaign has been rocked by the prospect that Virgil van Dijk could be out for the rest of it...

Brighton sign Danny Welbeck on a one-year deal after free agent had his Watford contract terminated

Danny Welbeck is back in the Premier League. The former Manchester United and Arsenal striker has signed for Brighton and Hove...