Cricketers banned as university club suspended over initiation

Panjab Warriors’ takeover of Morecambe was met with delight by fans, who were facing the prospect of their team ceasing to exist after they were suspended from the National League over unpaid debts and salaries. The group – made up of various Sikh investors, with most of their money coming from principal shareholder Kuljeet Singh…

Mark Selby made a superb 131 break in the deciding frame of his 5-4 win over Jackson Page to move into the semi-finals of the English Open. The four-time world champion trailed 2-1 and 3-2 against Welshman Page before levelling the match with a run of 111. Selby, who is aiming to capture his 25th…

Arne Slot has no hair left to lose but the man celebrating his 47th birthday might have been left feeling a few years older as his Liverpool team put him through the wringer again. In the end, however, Liverpool were able to make it many happy returns for their head coach – but not before…

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…

Thursday, 18 September 11:55 BST – heats; Friday, 19 September 12:45 BST – semi-finals; Sunday, 21 September 11:35 BST – final Despite being forced to wait 12 months to compete for the first time as Olympic champion because of injury, Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson will line up in Tokyo as the gold medal favourite. The…

The Conference League, Europe’s third-tier competition, is only in its fifth season, with two English sides – West Ham in 2023 and Chelsea in 2025 – among its first four winners. From the start of this season’s edition Palace have been the bookmakers’ favourites, even though they only finished 10th in the league phase and…