Mainoo doesn't have the right midfield partner – Scholes

Semi-professional Canada flexed their muscles by running 11 tries past Fiji and then easing past Wales, that after needing a fundraising campaign before the tournament. ‘Mission: Win World Cup 2025’ was launched to fill a $1m (£740k) shortfall in paying for the preparation plan. Canada have 32 contracted players for this World Cup while Wales…

Anthony Joshua has paid tribute to close friends Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, who were killed in a car crash in Nigeria, saying he is “finding it tough” to process their deaths. Ghami and Ayodele died when the vehicle they were in, alongside heavyweight boxer Joshua and another passenger, collided with a stationary truck…

Now his playing days are done, Ramsey is aiming to make it as a coach. He has most of his qualifications and has already had a taste of senior management, having taken charge of his boyhood club Cardiff City for three games at the end of last season as they were relegated from the Championship….

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…

Earlier this year Cordina returned to south Wales to train with Gary Lockett, and there is no better place to motivate him in his quest for another world title than the Llanrumney Phoenix Boxing Club. The canvas in the ring at the gym is the one on which he beat Ogawa with a thunderous second…

After the game, Gueye – who is in his second spell with the Toffees – apologised on social media. “I want to apologise first to my team-mate Michael Keane,” he wrote. “I take full responsibility for my reaction. “I also apologise to my team-mates, the staff, the fans and the club. “What happened does not…