The 28 teams in the Champions League’s first qualifying round have been split into two pots – seeded and unseeded. The New Saints and Linfield are both seeded, meaning that – on paper – they have a more advantageous draw. Teams they could potentially face include Dinamo Minsk of Belarus, Shelbourne from the Republic of […]
The tours, though, would struggle to impose mandatory interviews because they are organisations effectively run by the players themselves. Not so the majors. Augusta National, the PGA of America, USGA and R&A – who are responsible for the Masters, US PGA, US Open and The Open respectively – might, and probably should, consider making such
Director of football Richard Montague is confident Swansea City will have a stronger squad next season than they had in 2024-25, courtesy of the club’s new-look recruitment set-up. The Championship side have agreed deals for four new recruits in the close season, with Ipswich Town defender Cameron Burgess the latest addition to Alan Sheehan’s squad.
Great Britain’s Dan Evans made an impressive start to his Queen’s tournament by beating world number 13 Frances Tiafoe 7-5 6-2 to reach the last 16. The victory was Evans’ first against a top-20 player since since he defeated world number 12 Alex de Minaur at the 2023 Davis Cup. Evans is looking to rebuild
The proposal was presented at a shareholders’ meeting on Monday by WSL Football – the company that assumed control of the top two tiers from the Football Association in August 2024. The FA will now meet to formally sign off the changes, which must be implemented before 31 July. This is seen as a formality
Johnny Sexton says he was not surprised to see a record number of Ireland players selected in the British and Irish Lions squad, but accepts “everyone has their own opinion”. Lions head coach Andy Farrell, who has also been Ireland boss since 2019, picked 15 in his initial 38-man squad for the Australia tour and
Big things have been expected of McIntosh at the Olympics since she won the 50m prone rifle world title in 2018 and the World Cup final the following year. World Cup and European titles have followed, but returning empty handed from Paris after failing to reach the final in any of the three disciplines she
Salernitana have requested the second leg of their Serie B relegation play-off against Sampdoria be postponed, after players and staff were admitted to hospital with food poisoning. The Italian club have formally requested a postponement after 21 of the travelling party became ill as they flew back from Genoa after losing Sunday’s first leg 2-0.
Gurney was speaking on Monday as he prepared to head for home and admitted there was no time for wild celebrations on Sunday night. Following victory over South Africa on Saturday, the pair had to come through matches against the Republic of Ireland and Germany earlier on Sunday, before beating Wales in the decider. It
The battle to be the British women’s number one is an intriguing sub-plot which will continue over the grass-court season. Emma Raducanu replaced Katie Boulter as the nation’s leading player following her run to the Queen’s quarter-finals. Raducanu has climbed one place to 36th in the world, with Boulter dropping five places to 39th after
