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  • Zhao Xintong celebrates his world championship win after beating Mark Williams.

    Snooker
    Zhao beats Williams to become first Chinese snooker world champion

    Zhao Xintong beat Mark Williams 18-12 to become China’s first winner of the World Snooker Championship
  • Murillo celebrates his equaliser for Nottingham Forest, four minutes after Eberechi Eze had put Crystal Palace in front.

    Football
    Murillo earns Forest vital point at Palace in race for Europe

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold desires a new challenge after producing a glittering CV at Liverpool.

    Alexander-Arnold walks on to Real Madrid after living the Liverpool dream

    Andy Hunter
    Full-back did it all for his boyhood club and is off to a new reality where his game will face increased scrutiny
    • Anti-riot policeman sprays teargas at Liverpool fans on the other side of a gate

      Football
      Darmanin apologises for making Liverpool fans a ‘scapegoat’

    • British Supersport Championship
      Two riders dead after ‘catastrophic’ 11-bike crash

    • Rugby union
      Itoje in frame for Lions captaincy after Doris blow

    • Football
      Bullingham says trans ban ‘difficult decision’

    • NFL
      Ravens cut star kicker Tucker amid sexual misconduct claims

    • Tennis
      Sinner setting expectations low as he returns from ban

    • Talking Horses
      A $15m jockeys league would relegate real stars

    • Football
      Lewandowski set to return for Barça face-off with Inter

News & features

  • Mo Farah reacts after winning gold at the London Olympics

    London 2040 sounds nice but do golds bring a golden future?

    Sean Ingle
    New research has shown legacy effects of hosting Games appear to be short-lived
  • Laura Coombs of Manchester City battles for possession with Aoife Mannion of Manchester United, Isobel Goodwin with her medal and the Women’s Championship trophy London City Lionesses secured promotion to the Women's Super League, Aston Villa’s second goalscorer Rachel Daly controls the ball during her side’s 3-2 win at West Ham

    Women's Super League
    Talking points from the weekend's action

  • New York Knicks v Boston Celtics - Game One<br>BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 05: OG Anunoby #8 of the New York Knicks dunks the ball against Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics in Game One of the Eastern Conference Second Round NBA Playoffs at TD Garden on May 05, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

    NBA playoffs
    Celtics miss record 45 threes in upset loss to Knicks

  • County cricket
    Rew the hero as Somerset roar back to beat Essex

  • Premier League position is a focus for only eight teams

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Formula One
    Norris aggression backed by McLaren despite high cost

  • ‘I’m El Jefe now’
    Popovich hands over Spurs coaching reins after nearly 30 years

  • Football
    London City Lionesses coach admits gap ‘huge’ to WSL

  • Obituary
    Jochen Mass (1946-2025)

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In depth

  • Kristjan Asllani of Inter celebrates with teammates after scoring a penalty

    Serie A
    ‘The real Inter’ prepare for Barça in Champions League showdown

    • Soccer - Football League Division One - Chelsea v Aston Villa<br>GA8C0A Soccer - Football League Division One - Chelsea v Aston Villa

      Obituary
      Peter McParland (1934-2025)

    • Harry Kane

      Bayern's beloved import Kane finally has the trophy he craved

      Andy Brassell
    • France’s Kylian Mbappé, Spain’s Lamine Yamal, Poland’s Robert Lewandowski, Germany’s Florian Wirtz

      Football
      Could 'Team EU' build a European identity?

    • Real Madrid players harass referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea during a turbulent Copa del Rey final against Barcelona

      Real Madrid’s toxic targeting of referees is symbol of decline

      Jonathan Wilson
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Video

  • The 26-year-old is set to join Real Madrid as a free agent
    2:13

    Football
    Alexander-Arnold announces Liverpool exit in emotional video

  • A UK based Hindu monk based shared teachings rooted in ancient wisdom that she is using to get her through the London marathon
    1:50

    London Marathon
    Running monk on the ancient wisdom useful in everyday life

  • Some robots completed the race, while others struggled from the beginning
    1:04

    Technology
    Robots race humans for first time in Beijing half-marathon

  • The three-times Olympic gold medallist cleaned up the parents' race, sprinting to victory by a huge margin.
    0:36

    Athletics
    Fraser-Pryce shows no mercy with another win at sports day

Football Weekly

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Football

  • Antony (pictured celebrating with Giovani Lo Celso and Isco) has been labelled the Goat by his Real Betis teammates

    La Liga
    Antony’s Betis transformation has Isco threatening United heist

    Flying winger is rivalling his new best friend for title of La Liga’s finest player
  • Champions League - Quarter Final - Second Leg - Aston Villa v Paris St Germain<br>Soccer Football - Champions League - Quarter Final - Second Leg - Aston Villa v Paris St Germain - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - April 15, 2025 Paris St Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma celebrates after the match REUTERS/Hannah Mckay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Ligue 1
    PSG are in safe hands with Donnarumma

  • Leeds United bus during parade

    Leeds
    Marathe vows club will be ‘one of best in Europe’

  • ‘Unacceptable’
    Police investigate Rangers banner shown during derby

  • Barcelona
    Lewandowski set to return for face-off with Inter

  • Bundesliga
    Bayern win title to delight Kane and Kompany

  • Serie A
    ‘The real Inter’ prepare for showdown with Barça

  • USWNT
    Lloyd apologises to teammates, family in emotional Hall of Fame speech

  • Premier League
    Isak on spot to help Newcastle draw at Brighton

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Regulars

  • Thalia Holmes beat Richie Kelly in the final of Chess Masters: The Endgame, watched by a BBC Two audience of 655,000

    Leonard Barden on chess
    Finale of Chess Masters: The Endgame divides opinions

  • State Man and Paul Townend jump on their way to winning the Champion Hurdle on day four of the Punchestown Festival.

    Talking Horses
    State Man romps home as Constitution Hill flops again

    • Football Daily
      Premier League bully boys kill the romance in Europe

    • Quiz of the week
      Liverpool, Lions, Usyk v Dubois, Chelsea and more

    • The Spin
      Hats off to the county cap’s mystical symbolism

    • County cricket
      Talking points: Notts top but Surrey are stalking

    • David Squires on …
      Liverpool’s 20th league title and hard-to-please people

    • Moving the Goalposts
      Rise of rookies justifies NWSL ditching draft

Catch up

  • Illustration of Lamine Yamal holding the world in one hand.

    Lamine Yamal: perfect dopamine-hit player for online world

    Barney Ronay
  • Lindsey Burrow with her late husband Rob at Headingley Stadium before the 2023 Leeds Marathon.

    Big interview
    Lindsey Burrow on her husband, MND and running marathons

  • Amol Rajan and Gary Lineker before their BBC interview, which was aired this week.

    Lineker’s critics got it wrong. It’s fair to talk about more than sport

    Max Rushden
  • John McEnroe, Harriet Dart, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy

    Athletes and their emotions: let it out or bottle it up?

    Sean Ingle

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