In or out? Dunfermline's Kane goes agonisingly close to opener

Great Britain won gold medals in the women’s four and PR3 mixed coxed four races at the European Rowing Championships in Italy, while a men’s four development team also claimed victory. Eleanor Brinkhoff, Angharad Broughton, Sarah Marshall and Holly Youd led most of the women’s four race before holding off Germany to take their win….

British heavyweight David Allen’s fairytale headline show ended in a unanimous points defeat to Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov at a raucous Sheffield Arena. Judges scored the fight 115-111, 117-109 and 116-10 in favour of Makhmudov. Allen, 33, had previously fought at the venue five times, but this was his first time as a headliner and a…

Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Gabriel have trained before Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final with Sporting. Midfielder Rice, 27, left the England squad following a medical assessment during March’s international break and missed Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final loss to Southampton. Brazil defender Gabriel, meanwhile, was forced off with a knee issue after taking a knock during the…

For Arteta, it won’t matter that his side are not producing free-flowing football – the Gunners just want to get over the line and lift a trophy this season. They are having to produce results without a number of key players, who are injured. Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori were unavailable…

Luke Littler’s World Matchplay title defence continued with a straightforward 16-7 quarter-final win over Josh Rock in Blackpool. Rock initially kept pace with the world number one as the players traded breaks to reach 5-5. But after 19-year-old Littler reeled off five legs in a row, there proved to be no way back for Rock…