Category: Sports

Sutton United Women’s match was called off on Sunday after they planned to field transgender goalkeeper Blair Hamilton against Ebbsfleet, with players reportedly uneasy over the stopper’s involvement. The game was postponed within three hours of the 2pm kick-off as Sutton said they could not field a team. The club did not provide further information, […]

Paris Olympics competitor Rebecca Cheptegei is in hospital after being set on fire by her boyfriend, according to police. The Ugandan, who lives in Kenya, sustained burns on 75 per cent of her body following Sunday’s terrifying attack. Cheptegei was covered in petrol and set ablaze at her house in the western part of Trans […]

Erik ten Hag saw a transfer request turned down by INEOS before the end of the summer window, according to reports. The Dutchman was heavily backed by Manchester United’s owners with the Red Devils spending over £180million on five new signings. Joshua Zirkzee was the first to arrive, joining from Bologna in a deal worth […]

Manchester United have moved to sign one of their former academy players on a free transfer – some 21 years after he first left the club. Tommy Rowe, who turns 36 on September 24, has signed as a free agent with United’s under-21 team on a short-term contract. He left League Two outfit Doncaster Rovers […]

Alejandro Garnacho was involved in a bitter spat with a fan on social media before quickly deleting his comments after Manchester United’s defeat to Liverpool. Garnacho started the match but was hooked in the 69th minute with the Red Devils trailing 3-0 at Old Trafford. After the match, a fan shared a video on X […]

A US Open tennis player remarkably managed to manually snap his racket in half in a moment of unadulterated fury during a mixed doubles match on Monday. Finnish star Harri Heliovaara had entered the tournament with doubles partner Anna Danilina at Flushing Meadows and the pair made quite the impression on their path to the […]

Snooker star Matthew Selt sensationally walked out on his opponent during their match at the lucrative Saudi Arabia Masters tournament on Tuesday. The Englishman – ranked 33rd in the world – was pitted against the Chinese player Pang Junxu, who is 28th on the world snooker leaderboard. With the score 4-3 (1-10) in his opponent’s […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan won’t just be playing for the whopping £2.3million when he takes to the stage at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters later this month. O’Sullivan is among the star-studded cast taking part in the tournament, which boasts a prize fund on par with the World Championship. A total of 144 players will have taken […]

Jack Draper and Alex de Minaur. (Image: Getty) Alex de Minaur’s status as an “honorary Brit” will be suspended in New York when he takes on Jack Draper in an Ashes ‘battle’ at the US Open on Wednesday. Katie Boulter’s boyfriend welcomed home support at Wimbledon in the summer when he was left in the […]

Rafael Nadal has hinted a final swansong at the French Open is “an option” as the veteran tennis icon prepares for what could be his final year on the ATP Tour. Nadal previously hinted 2024 would be his final year in the sport before bowing out due to the mounting injury problems he has faced. […]