Category: Sports

Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly agreed a £65million deal for Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke – a club record fee for the north London outfit. Spurs’ previous transfer record stood at £63m, paid to French side Lyon for the acquisition of Tanguy Ndombele in 2019. That’s about to be broken though, with The Athletic reporting Solanke is […]

Leading sprint coach Rana Reider, who in the past held a senior position at UK Athletics, faces a historical allegation after being accused of raping an athlete in the United States when she was a teenager. The 54-year-old was ejected from the Olympics earlier this week following accusations of sexual and emotional abuse in separate […]

Team GB star Max Burgin apologised during an interview with the BBC moments after qualifying for the Olympics 800m final on Friday. The 22-year-old cemented his place in the showpiece event after crossing the line in third place with a time of 1:43.50m. Burgin produced a clever performance under pressure in the third 800m semi-final […]

Team GB are up to 14 golds at the Paris Olympics after Toby Roberts reigned supreme in the men’s combined climbing. Roberts was competing alongside Hamish McArthur, who finished fifth, as Great Britain’s first ever male climbers at an Olympics and made further history by becoming the country’s maiden medallist in sport climbing, which was […]

BBC viewers watching the 2024 Olympics have flooded social media with complaints after a mistake by commentator Ed Leigh after Toby Roberts won an incredible gold medal in the men’s combined climbing. Leigh caused uproar by mistakenly calling the national anthem ‘God Save the Queen’ after the podium ceremony on Friday. Roberts clinched Team GB’s […]

The 2024/25 season kicks off tomorrow when FA Cup winners Manchester United clash with Premier League champions Manchester City in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium. Next Friday, the new Premier League campaign commences when Fulham visit Old Trafford to face United, and clubs will be keen to complete business before then. The deadline is […]

Daniil Medvedev threatened to “take a s***” in the middle of his opening-round match at the Canadian Open. The No. 3 seed was dragged into a third set by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and went down an early break when he asked to take a bathroom break. In an unusual incident, Medvedev told the chair official […]

Matthew Hudson-Smith was forced to flee from an interview with the BBC to vomit after Team GB secured their spot in the men’s 4x400m relay final on Friday morning. Hudson-Smith joined Samuel Reardon, Toby Harries and Charlie Dobson in a strong quartet that finished second in their heat at the Stade de France. Botswana cruised […]

The final of the Olympic men’s hockey erupted into a mass brawl on Thursday after Dutch player Duco Telgenkamp celebrated scoring the winning goal by shushing in the face of the German goalkeeper. With the scoreline tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation time, the match went to a shootout to decide who picked […]

Noah Lyles has congratulated Paris Olympics 200m champion Letsile Tebogo after missing out on the top prize at the Stade de France. The Team USA star was diagnosed with Covid minutes after clinching the bronze medal, with Tebogo labelling his rival as “loud and arrogant” during the post-race press conference. Lyles was the overwhelming favourite […]