'You become more of a man' – Ferguson on life in Italy

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has insisted he wants to “fight with his team” and see out his contract at the club, following reported interest in former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca. Source link

World number one Judd Trump will take on Ali Carter in the semi-finals of the German Masters after a 5-3 victory over Xiao Guodong in which the pair shared four centuries. Trump compiled breaks of 107 and 105 open a 2-0 lead and then finished strongly after Guodong recovered with contributions of 104 and 120…

Analysis – BBC Radio Newcastle’s Martin Emmerson Storm Dave has left a mark in the North East with damage caused at The Riverside in Chester-le-Street. A scaffolding platform, which was holding the site screen at the Finchale End of the ground, has blown down. It has damaged fencing and is lying across a section of…

DP World Tour Championship leaderboard -12 N Hojgaard (Den); -9 R McIlroy (NI), D Hillier (Aus), J Rose (Eng), S Lowry (Ire), R Neergaard-Petersen (Den) -8 T Fleetwood (Eng), L Canter (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco), A Noren (Swe) Selected others: -7 T Hatton (Eng); -6 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Parry (Eng); -5 G Forest (Sco),…

India opener Abhishek Sharma hit the fifth-highest score in Indian Premier League history in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 47-run win against Delhi Capitals. The 25-year-old left-hander, who is number one in the men’s T20 batting rankings, batted throughout the innings for 135 not out from 68 balls in the hosts’ 242-2. He peppered the straight boundaries with…

World championship boxing returned to the historic Kensington venue for the first time in decades. The Olympia had previously staged headline fights involving stars such as Chris Eubank Jr and Prince Naseem Hamed. Harper strode towards the centre of the 19th-Century grand hall, buoyed by her travelling Yorkshire faithful. Dubois, who once pretended to be…