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Because the EFL’s profit and sustainability rules are about trying to make sure clubs are not losing unsustainable amounts of money. Despite going on a summer spending spree, paying about £30m for players and having one of the highest net spends around, Wrexham are well within the financial parameters because of the commercial revenue already…

The London Marathon became the first marathon to award equal prize money to wheelchair and non-disabled elite athletes in 2024. Hug, the course record holder in London, said: “For me, it is more than a race. It is an organisation that has done so much to put wheelchair racing and us, as athletes, at the…

Squads will be made up of between 16 to 18 players, while there is a salary cap limit along with a salary collar, a minimum amount teams must spend. The salary pot in the men’s competition for 2026 has risen by 45% to £2.05m per side, and the fund for women’s teams has increased by…

Sabalenka has reached this year’s semi-finals in Melbourne without dropping a set, taking her winning streak at the start of 2026 to 10 matches and 20 consecutive sets. Having lost two Grand Slam finals last year – first in Melbourne and then at the French Open – Sabalenka defended her US Open crown in September…

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa): He was the best player on the pitch by a country mile. He’s slowly become Villa’s most important player. He dictates the play, breaks it up, and does everything right. Very, very good player and that pains me to say as a Birmingham City fan. Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest): Lost him…

Seven of the 11 teams were running on Monday – Red Bull, Mercedes, Racing Bulls, Haas, Alpine and the new Audi and Cadillac teams. McLaren said last week that they would not take their car on to the track until after day one as a result of trying to maximise design time. Ferrari, after an…

In a change of format for 2026, there will be seven rounds of fixtures where every team plays each other once. The league will then be split into two groups of four – the top four and the bottom four, who will play the other teams in their group home and away in an extended…

Just three weeks ago, Carrick were thrashed 7-0 by Glentoran. However, since then, they are unbeaten in five games and lifted the County Antrim Shield for the first time in 33 years. We will never know what was said after that heavy defeat at Taylors Avenue, but something seems to have clicked for Carrick and…

New England may have won six Super Bowls, sharing the NFL record with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but they had to rebuild after Brady joined Tampa Bay in 2020 and legendary coach Bill Belichick left after a 4-13 record during the 2023 season. Less than two hours after another 4-13 season ended last January, owner Robert…

Arteta said before the match that he wanted the crowd to “create more energy, more positiveness around the game” – but that was lacking as Arsenal chased a way back into the contest, with Emirates Stadium particularly nervy. And there were some boos at the final whistle – although Arteta put those down to the…