EXCLUSIVE: I just know my dad would say ‘you’re making a cock-up here’: Son of late, great broadcaster James Alexander Gordon on BBC’s bonkers call to ditch their football results service Sportsmail previously revealed the decision to axe the classified result service James Alexander Gordon’s iconic inflections had become a British institution His son, David, believes Gordon would disapprove of […]

HARRY MAGUIRE has the quality to be the captain Manchester United need under Erik ten Hag, according to former Red Devil Mikael Silvestre. The United skipper endured a torrid season last term and was booed by his own supporters in pre-season over in Australia. But Silvestre has told the beleaguered captain that true United fans will not jeer him and […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email A trans activist attending England’s open training session at Twickenham believes the decision to ban transgender women from playing female contact rugby […]

WINNING the Premier League is no easy task. It takes the right manager, a strong mix of players, hard work, dedication, skill… No wonder that picking up a winners' medal in the top flight is among the most impressive feats in football. The Premier League are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the new season underway – as Manchester City go […]

ENGLAND'S Lionesses made history this summer – and many of them have been having fun ever since. Sarina Wiegman's side beat Germany 2-1 in the Euros final in front of a sold-out Wembley Stadium to win the country's first major tournament in 56 years. Two weeks on from that triumphant victory, several members of the team have been enjoying some […]

New data shows that many children who play community sport are subjected to violence at alarming rates, with peers the most frequent perpetrator. Children who play community sport reap various health and social benefits in safe environments, but in a major study of adults surveyed about their childhood experiences, published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, incidents of psychological, physical […]

EX-REAL MADRID defender Fabio Coentrao has earned football's most pointless ban – 15 months after quitting playing to become a fisherman. The former Portugal star has been suspended for one game following a flare-up in April 2021, despite retiring a month later. It shows Coentrao is still making waves in the sport, more than a year after giving up the […]

BIG time British boxing is back as Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn are set to clash in a bout that will stoke the memories of the 1990s. It was in 1990 and again in 1993 that Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn fought two brutal world title fights. Eubank Sr won the first one via 9th-round TKO, picking up the […]

THE Racing League returns for week two after a blockbuster first night of action at Doncaster. Sean Levey stole the show as London and The South under the expert stewardship of Sun Racing columnist Matt Chapman raced into a commanding lead. But it's all to play for at Lingfield on Thursday. Punters are treated to some decent fields – and […]

DAVID BECKHAM has been hailed as the only Englishman who could have played for Brazil by former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo Nazario. The pair spent four years together at the Bernabeu as part of Los Blancos fabled Galacticos era that won LaLiga back in 2007. And the two spent an afternoon last year on Instagram live reminiscing about their history […]