Boland removes Bethell as England lose third early wicket

He had the assembled media pack giggling away as he told certain newspaper journalists he had been seeing their faces in his sleep, such is the interest around potential transfers at Parkhead. And it is not only the media he has charmed, but his players, too. Where they were finding ways to lose under Nancy…

Newcastle did not necessarily look like a team who were going to get pulled into a scrap on Saturday. A group who previously appeared drained of confidence did not go under after conceding a ninth-minute goal against Arsenal. In fact, Emirates Stadium grew more and more nervy as the game went on. Arsenal manager Mikel…

A birdie at the last hole saw Collin Morikawa take victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – his first PGA Tour win in more than two years. Having been two ahead with two to play, the American’s lead disappeared as Australian Min Woo Lee birdied 18, before Morikawa bogeyed the penultimate hole himself. Locked…

When Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac completed their takeover of Wrexham, the idea that a documentary would follow felt almost inevitable. The pair arrived with backgrounds in storytelling – Reynolds with an established reputation for marketing as much as acting, and Mac having spoken openly about how the Netflix documentary Sunderland ‘Til I…

Root has been adamant that a personal milestone means very little if England do not return home with the Ashes. He’s right, obviously, but the more runs Root scores, the more likely England are to regain the urn. On this occasion, his 135 and counting has given England a sniff of a first win in…

Ireland’s Jamison Gibson-Park says the bonds built on last summer’s British and Irish Lions Tour to Australia has forged a “brotherly rivalry” between the Irish and English camps. The sides meet in their latest Six Nations encounter at Twickenham on Saturday (14:10 GMT) and both sets of players will know one another only too well…