Dodgers sign Yamamoto to $325m deal per multiple reportsPitcher to join Japanese countryman Ohtani with LA clubPrized free-agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a $325m, 12-year contract, according to multiple reports.Yamamoto is set to join Japanese countryman Shohei Ohtani with the Dodgers, who signed the two-way …

Football obsessive Emery has made Villa hard to beat and exciting to watch and they are very much in the top-four raceOften when managers arrive at a struggling club the immediate response is a complete overhaul in a desperate attempt to turn things around, but in Unai Emery’s 14 months at Aston Villa he has transformed them from relegation candidates to …

Stafford passes for 328 yards and two TDs in 30-22 winRams jump past Vikings for sixth in NFC playoff standingsSean McVay turned the Los Angeles Rams’ already jubilant locker room into a party Thursday night with an announcement: The players are off until Tuesday, allowing them to spend the entire Christmas holiday with their families.These surprising Rams …

The Harrow schoolgirl, who won the women’s prize in the European open blitz championship, plays at Hastings next week in the chess world’s longest running congressBodhana Sivanandan, eight, who made chess history last Saturday when winning the women’s prize in the European blitz championship at Zagreb, will be back at the board next week. She will …

While trio’s vision appeals to national side and the Premiership there is still work to be done in building trust with Championship sidesIt is not long before Christmas and the Rugby Football Union’s three wise men are promising gifts. Up to 25 shiny new “enhanced” contracts for Steve Borthwick to offer to a core group of England players over whom …

Endrick, 17, is set to move to Los Blancos from Palmeiras in the summer when he turns 18 after the Spanish giants beat off significant competition to sign him for a reported €60m (£52m).

Chelsea star James has had surgery after suffering a hamstring injury against Everton

From teddy bear XIs to a certain Scottish icon playing a blow-up guitar, the Sacked in the Morning podcast reveals Christmas tales we bet you haven't heard.

Australia opener Usman Khawaja says the black armband he wore during the first Test against Pakistan was for a "personal bereavement" and not in support of civilians in Gaza.

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The two Spanish giants will take ruling from European court of justice as a win despite opposition from the rest of La LigaIn November 2021, Florentino Pérez stood before the members’ assembly and, to a standing ovation, declared that someone should remind Uefa who Real Madrid are, vowing they would not give in on their fight for the Super League. They …

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The 23-year-old academy graduate was among the legion of players the west London club were preparing to offload over the summer in an effort to trim their bloated squad.

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Australia's Usman Khawaja has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) for "consistency" after he was sanctioned for wearing a black armband in the first Test against Pakistan.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Japanese right-handed pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto on a 12-year deal worth a reported $325m (£256.2m).