A fine 67 from England's Ben Duckett helped Melbourne Stars to a five-wicket win over local Big Bash League rivals Melbourne Renegades.Duckett's international team-mate Jacob Bethell top scored with 49 as the Renegades posted 168-7, and he then...
Great Britain's Matt Weston won the sixth race of the men's skeleton World Cup season to take the overall lead in the competition.Weston led Austria's Samuel Maier by just 0.04 seconds by the end of the first run...
Katie Boulter fell agonisingly short of a stunning win over five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek as Great Britain's hopes of reaching the United Cup semi-finals were ended by Poland.Boulter, 28, needed victory to send the best-of-three tie...
Manchester City have signed defender Rebecca Knaak from Swedish champions FC Rosengard on a one-and-a-half year deal.The 28-year-old is City's first signing of the January transfer window and bolsters Gareth Taylor's squad, who are currently without a number...
Israeli players have been banned from competing in next month's World Indoor Bowls Championships.The World Bowls Tour said in a statement there had been a "significant escalation in related political concerns" following the involvement of Israeli bowlers at...
Their relationship thawed when Kyrgios offered support to Djokovic over a court decision to deport him from Australia in 2022, and has continued to warm ever since.But, before the match, Kyrgios had little idea how things would pan...
By Ged Scott, BBC Midlands SportNarcis Pelach made a belated appearance in the Stoke City pressroom late on Boxing Day night – although one of impressive bonhomie.After being kept waiting by Leeds United boss Daniel Farke, who had...
Iga Swiatek was "scared" of a hostile reaction to her doping ban and says she does not expect an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after serving a one-month suspension.Five-time major winner Swiatek, 23, tested positive for...
India's Virat Kohli has been fined 20% of his match fee after barging into Australia opener Sam Konstas on day one of the fourth Test in Melbourne.Kohli clashed shoulders with Konstas at the end of the 10th over,...
