'He's got to be careful' – Maresca gives targeted press conference

There were a few contenders for game of the weekend and this one was right up there. Pau have been enjoying a brilliant season, led by Pumas Julian Montoya and Facundo Isa and former Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson. They are currently second in the Top 14 and the atmosphere was electric at the Stade du…

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill does not anticipate any new arrivals before Wednesday’s Champions League play-off first leg at home to LASK and insists he would be happy for midfielder Reo Hatate to stay. Summer signings Camilo Duran and Kasper Hogh have made bright starts, with Mika Baur and Haissem Hassan also recently arrived. Asked about…

India maintain their 100% start to the Women’s World Cup with a comfortable 88-run win over rivals Pakistan, in a game featuring a controversial run out and play having to be stopped due to a swarm of flies disrupting proceedings in Colombo. MATCH REPORT: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup – India v Pakistan Available to…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen snatched pole position for the Italian Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris. Norris had just leapt to the top of the times after a difficult first run left him seventh, but Verstappen pipped him by 0.077 seconds for his first pole since the British Grand Prix in July. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri,…

England have showed character at this World Cup, coming from behind to defeat DR Congo at the last-32 stage and Norway in the quarter-finals. “The difference is hanging on against Norway or Mexico [in the last 16]. They have not got the quality this Argentina team have got in terms of the ability on the…

Inter signed Ronaldo and Vieri for world-record fees in the late 1990s, when Serie A was the envy of world football, blessed with the game’s most talented stars. AC Milan then beat Juventus to win the Champions League in 2003, losing to Liverpool on penalties in the final two years later, before defeating the Reds…