Pep Guardiola doesn’t seem to trust him, but Phillips alongside Rice still looks England’s best central midfield combinationWhen Gareth Southgate set out his stall in the great debate over Phil Foden’s best position earlier this week, arguing that the 23-year-old is unlikely to play in the middle at international level if he is not trusted to do so for …

Roglic outguns teammate Vingegaard to take mountain stageSepp Kuss’s lead cut to eight seconds in Jumbo-Visma top threePrimoz Roglic won a gruelling mountain stage 17 of Vuelta a España ahead of his teammate Jonas Vingegaard, as their Jumbo-Visma colleague, Sepp Kuss, retained the overall leader’s jersey by eight seconds.The 124.5km course started at …

Former world No 1 had to wait a year to find out her fate while substances are banned despite giving no known boostFor Simona Halep, former world No 1, the outcome of her doping tribunal could not have been much worse. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has found the player guilty of two intentional breaches of anti-doping rules and handed her …

Wimbledon found itself harangued and ridiculed over its expansion plans at a packed public meeting for local residents, with one accusing it of trying to create a 'tennis Disneyland'.

Crystal Palace defender Guehi was praised by head coach Gareth Southgate for his display in Saturday's 1-1 draw in Ukraine and was handed a second consecutive start in the win over Scotland.

SIMON JORDAN: Much is now being made of a potential fourth game-changer - the arrival of the jaw-dropping wealth and ambitions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Lionesses return to action, after their defeat in the World Cup final on August 20, by facing Scotland in Sunderland a week on Friday.

Michael Owen felt for Harry Maguire.

Nigeria international Ashleigh Plumptre has signed for Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad Ladies.

Paris St-Germain and Italy midfielder Marco Verratti completes a move to Qatari side Al-Arabi for a reported 45m euros (£38.68m).

England are out to prove their stunning win over Argentina was no fluke when they face Japan at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.

Sebastian Vettel may end up back on the grid.

La Liga have agreed a deal have agreed a one-year shirt sponsorship deal with Welsh fifth-tier side with one of the longest names in football - but more often go by the far-shorter Llanfairpwll.

The Barcelona midfielder was a regular starter for the head coach during England's campaign Down Under, but will miss out on taking part in the Lionesses' initial opening matches this month.

The Chelsea legend received criticism for asking supporters to pay extra fees on top of £25 for tickets to events on his one-man tour. Terry has said every penny raised will go to his foundation.

"Sometimes, things between a player, a club and a manager don't work, that's football," says Chelsea's new No 1 Robert Sanchez.