Ultimately, some of the talking points around the eagerly anticipated ‘match of the day’ between Cliftonville and Coleraine surrounded events before the game and during the half-time interval of Saturday’s heavyweight encounter in north Belfast. In the run-up to kick-off it emerged that Coleraine had neglected to bring their match socks to Solitude, with a […]
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sophie de Goede (left), Pauline Bourdon Sansus (left centre), Ilona Maher (right centre), Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (right) Alastair Telfer BBC Sport journalist England’s star-studded squad are favourites to lift the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy in September. Ireland, Wales and Scotland also have top talent looking to shine at the tournament
British horse racing will go on strike on 10 September, taking the unprecedented action of refusing to race in protest against the Government’s proposed tax rise on betting on the sport. As part of its industry-wide Axe The Racing Tax campaign, four fixtures scheduled for that day at Lingfield Park, Carlisle, Uttoxeter and Kempton Park
Arsenal know they are expected to compete in multiple competitions this season and the players and staff are not scared of saying they need to win a trophy. Different versions of the phrase ‘getting to a new level’ were used by Arteta and others throughout pre-season, with signs mentioning similar at the team’s kit launch
New Zealand held off a second-half fightback to beat Argentina 41-24 in their Rugby Championship opener and return to the top of the world rankings for the first time in four years. Winger Sevu Reece and substitute hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho each scored two tries for the All Blacks who replace world champions South Africa, who
Looking ahead to Wales’ World Cup opener, the enormity of the Scotland match is not lost on Phillips and her team mates. Canada are tipped to top Pool B, which leaves Wales, Scotland and Fiji fighting it out for the runner-up spot to progress to the quarter-finals. “It is a repeat of our first game
Swansea City head coach Alan Sheehan still wants to make more signings before the transfer window closes, as the club closes in on a ninth summer recruit. The Swans are close to completing the permanent signing of Marko Stamenic from Nottingham Forest. But with 14 players leaving since last season, Swansea need to strengthen their
Manchester’s Murphy came into the bout with Pico sixth in the UFC’s featherweight rankings after winning eight successive fights in the promotion. Despite his winning streak, Murphy’s reserved personality in comparison to some of his brash peers means he has sometimes failed to get the credit he deserves for his work in the octagon. A
He added: “I don’t know if anyone was thrown out, but there was plenty of people to talk to. He [a spectator] was just jeering. He was just shouting I missed it, he’s pushed it. Pushed it right in the middle of the hole, I guess.” It proved compelling viewing, with both set to go
Baker is also a prolific note-maker, something he puts down to his education. At the time of his first stress fracture he was targeting a place to study biology at the University of Oxford and now he records analysis on opposition batters in a little book, along with plans and hopes for the future. “I’ve
