BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on former England striker Jermain Defoe to make predictions for the Carabao Cup final and this weekend's Premier League games.

As Jurgen Klopp bids to win his first trophy of the season, a leading football manager analytics company looks at who the stats say should replace him as boss.

Traitors Harry Clark and Paul Gorton are reunited for the first time since the series ended, charged with choosing a combined EFL Cup final XI - but who will they recruit?

Claressa Shields has a message for Savannah Marshall.

Three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick is launching a new initiative in an attempt to increase female participation in grassroots motorsport.

Woods was recovering from back surgery and had been travelling alone at 7am local time when his SUV veered off the road at high speed.

The man many consider to be Australia's greatest-ever jockey is drawing down the curtain on his career this weekend at Saudi Arabia’s International Jockeys’ Challenge.

Laura King, a UK-based expert on Arab horseracing, predicts that Saudi Arabia will become a ‘year-long’ racing destination – despite the Kingdom’s high temperatures.

Saudi Cup could become “the best horse race in the world”, according to a legendary jockey.

England do not intend to draft in a replacement for Ahmed.

Latest score from Ranchi as India face England in the fourth Test. The hosts lead the five-match series 2-1 after a 434-run victory in Rajkot.

England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed is leaving the tour of India because of an urgent family matter and will not return.

Live over-by-over updates from the opening day in RanchiSign up for The Spin | Get in touch! Email Tim1st over: England 0-0 (Crawley 0, Duckett 0) Siraj’s first over is mildly terrifying, especially for those who were hoping to watch some cricket on Monday. Crawley is beaten twice outside off stump and rapped on the glove by a vicious lifter. One ball went …

Reaction and analysis as England's revival is led by Joe Root's century in Ranchi.

Music contests sport’s throne as stadiums aspire to be cultural hubs and economic engine rooms for cosmopolitan citiesThe Melbourne Cricket Ground – the 171-year-old sporting coliseum – provided an unlikely surprise for Taylor Swift fans last week.“I hate cricket so I’ve never been,” said one fan, asked to reflect on the experience. “I was …

All other potential bidders understood to have withdrawnFA claims $1.32bn economic impact from last year’s World Cup Australia is all but certain to host the Women’s Asian Cup in 2026 after potential rival bidders withdrew their interest.Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have pulled out of the race, Guardian Australia understands, leaving Australia in the box …

Kiptum died in a car crash in his native Kenya on February 11, with his coach, Rwanda 's Gervais Hakizimana, 37, also killed in the road accident near Kaptagat, an area in the south-west of the country.

News broke on Wednesday that the former Chelsea manager would leave the German giants in the summer, with Tuchel coming under increasing pressure after a disastrous run of results.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reportedly facing rejection from the Government as the Manchester United co-owner seeks public funding for the redevelopment of Old Trafford.