Salah's five-hour bus journey to football training aged 12

Ronnie O’Sullivan won a tense deciding frame against China’s Wu Yize at the World Open in Yushan to reach a first ranking final in more than two years. It came the day after he produced the sport’s highest-ever professional break of 153 in his 5-0 quarter-final victory over Welshman Ryan Day. The seven-time world champion…

For the fans that packed into Windsor Park, it was not just the sight of Frampton to get excited about as that night also saw the return of Tyson Fury in the second fight of his comeback. The 10 rounds against the overmatched Francesco Pianeta were entirely forgettable, but the same couldn’t be said for…

Chelsea academy graduates usually have a couple of well-trodden pathways – breakthrough, loan, first team. Or breakthrough, loan, sale. The Blues have moved on more than 40 homegrown players in the past decade, and made £315m from selling academy-developed talent in the last four seasons alone – £100m more than Manchester City. But their latest…

BBC football tactics correspondent Umir Irfan analyses how Martin Zubimendi is playing a key part in Arsenal’s hunt for the Premier League title. Source link

Wood’s spot-kick, smashed high beyond Emi Martinez, was his 200th career goal and gives Forest something to defend at Villa Park next week. The New Zealand international only returned this month, having been sidelined since October with his knee issue. He missed the entirety of Sean Dyche’s reign, having surgery in December, but started the…

Since 2019, Hodgkinson has trained with coaches Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows in Manchester. Meadows, a former international runner, was in France to watch her protege take almost a second off the 800m indoor record, set by Slovenia’s Jolanda Ceplak almost 24 years ago. “She actually said to me the day before: ‘obviously I know…