Sports

Nottinghamshire have announced England batter Alex Hales will not feature in the Vitality Blast this summer. Hales, 36, is the club’s all-time T20 run-scorer with 4,285 and he has won five titles across different formats, having made his debut in the format 17 years ago. He will instead represent the Knight Riders franchise in both

New Zealand batter Kane Williamson has joined Middlesex for the 2025 season and will be available to play in the County Championship and Vitality Blast. The 34-year-old is the Black Caps’ all-time leading Test run-scorer and stepped down as their white-ball captain last season in order to pursue opportunities overseas during the home summer. Williamson

Former Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb scored in Lille’s 2-0 win at Rennes on Sunday in his first match since suffering a cardiac arrest last year. The 30-year-old was told his career might be over after suffering the cardiac arrest in June 2024. However, Bentaleb was cleared to return by the French Football Federation on Wednesday

Liverpool’s performance against Wolves on Sunday was hardly one to set the pulses racing. They were good value for their two-goal lead at half time – thanks to a Luis Diaz finish and a Mohamed Salah penalty – but after the break it was struggling Wolves who were the better side. This was the first

Rhian Edmunds won keirin silver on the final day of the European Track Cycling Championships to help Great Britain finish third in the medal table. Wales’ Edmunds was pipped to gold by nine-thousandths of a second by Dutchwoman Steffie van der Peet in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It was a third silver of the event for 21-year-old

Bellingham’s only previous dismissal for Real came after the final whistle in a 2-2 draw at Valencia in March 2024, when he received a second yellow for complaining to the referee. After Saturday’s game, the former Birmingham City player said he was expressing his frustration at himself. “He’s believed that I’ve said [something insulting] to

Britain’s Zoe Atkin shared the overall freeski halfpipe World Cup with China’s Li Fanghui after finishing second in the final round in Calgary, Canada. Li earned her first World Cup win of the season in Calgary as the Crystal Globe, awarded to the winner of the World Cup, was shared by two competitors for the