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The Saudi Arabia Darts Masters is offering a $200,000 (£149,400) bonus to players if they produce a special nine-darter at this month’s event. Players will bank $100,000 (£74,700) for a nine-darter – which could then be doubled if they hit the bullseye with one extra dart. The total is the biggest prize pot for a…

Kayla Harrison has been ruled out of her bantamweight title defence against Amanda Nunes at UFC 324 in Las Vegas next week after having surgery on a neck injury. In a video on Instagram, an emotional Harrison, who can be seen wearing a neck brace while lying in a hospital bed, apologises before adding “this…

So much has happened over the past seven days, including the FA Cup third round, the NFL wildcard weekend and a phenomenon in the sky. About 6% of quizzers got full marks in last week’s edition. Will you make the grade this week? After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes…

The message from McInnes has been clear all season – ‘judge us after two rounds of fixtures’. The campaign has now reached that stage. And if this is to be Hearts’ Judgement Day, Baningime’s red card somehow helped their cause for salvation. Going into this game, they were the heavy favourites. St Mirren are circling…

Northampton fly-half Fin Smith is suffering with a calf strain that may put him out of England’s Six Nations opener against Wales on 7 February. The 23-year-old withdrew from the Saints line-up to face Bordeaux-Begles on Sunday and is awaiting the results of a scan on the injury. “We’re still waiting to see how long…

West Ham United have signed England Under-20 defender Ria Bose from Sporting on a two-and-a-half-year contract. The 19-year-old has joined for an undisclosed fee, having spent the past season and a half at the Liga BPI club in Portugal. “I’m so happy to be joining West Ham United,” Bose said. “I know that West Ham…

The opening match set the tone for the evening when tennis coach Andres Schneiter knocked out men’s world number 34 Corentin Moutet. The upsets kept on coming across the quick-fire format as fellow players offered enthusiastic support from the side of the court and the crowd rallied behind the underdogs. Garland, who was beaten in…

Liam Rosenior’s arrival at Chelsea offers him the chance to change the course of Premier League history for English managers and head coaches. Since the Premier League’s inception almost 34 years ago, one of its great anomalies is that no English names have appeared on the managerial roll of honour as winners. Howard Wilkinson, now…

City’s goalscoring burden has fallen mostly on the broad shoulders of star striker Erling Haaland this season, with the Norway international netting 39 goals in 34 games for club and country. But the prolific frontman has hit a sticky patch of late, scoring just once in his past six games and last scoring from open…

Tomlin released a statement of his own, saying his “respect and love for the Pittsburgh Steelers will never change”. “This organisation has been a huge part of my life for many years and it has been an absolute honour to lead this team,” he added. “Coaching in Pittsburgh is unlike anywhere else and I will…