Daniel Dubois successfully defended his IBF world title against Anthony Joshua inside Wembley Stadium.

Lioness Beth Mead leads the first ever gender-equal shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (Spoty), after an exceptional year for women's sport. Euros champion and Arsenal winger Mead is one of three women on the list of six contenders for the 69th edition of the prize, which will be awarded on Wednesday. Gymnastics world champion Jessica …

Gary Lineker has become the latest high-profile figure to express his shock at Matt Fitzpatrick’s BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year snub, hours before presenting tonight’s show. The Match of The Day host, who is known to be a golf fan, took to social media to share his disbelief that the US Open winner, the only British player to win a major this …

By Tom Garry, in Salford Beth Mead says women’s sport is heading in the right direction after being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022 on a historic night for British women’s sport which saw female winners for the team, coach and young personality awards all in the same year for the first time. European Championship Golden Boot-winning …

The emerging stars of English sport in 2022 are poised to shine even brighter in 2023. Here Telegraph Sport's experts pick the breakout talents who will confirm themselves at the very top of international rugby union, football, cricket, tennis, golf and racing over the coming year. Such was the nature of Eddie Jones’ regime as England head coach that …

There is definitely more awareness around the gender gap in sport science now and there is a lot of catching up to do. It is a big gap but we cannot just look at it and say: “It is too big, let’s not bother.” There are so many amazing things that we can do and if we can talk about it more and get more funding and investment into this area, it will …

A household sporting name has been reported to police after an ex-partner claimed they had been drugged several times as part of a criminal conspiracy. Lawyers representing the claimant have sent a detailed statement to officers this week claiming the popular personality had attempted to spike their client’s drink. The accused, who has yet to be …

UK Athletics want to create an 'open' category in which transgender women would compete alongside men but claim they are legally unable to do so. UK Athletics' claim that they are powerless to change their regulations will increase the pressure on the government to amend the law to provide clarity, with the Rugby Football Union and British …

Dickie Davies, whose death at 94 was announced on Sunday night, was not just a giant of British sports broadcasting but, for a lengthy period during the 1970s and 1980s, one of the most recognisable faces in the country. Most famously the host of ITV’s World of Sport between 1965 and 1985, Davies presented and reported on everything from the 1966 World Cup …

When Elina Svitolina was 12, she pursued her tennis dreams by moving from her home in Odesa to Kharkiv – nearly 900 kilometres away and close to Ukraine’s north-eastern border with Russia. Now, the city where she set the foundations for her career – including a Wimbledon semi-final – is completely unrecognisable. Amid the frontline destruction in …

Phil Neville was sacked on Thursday halfway through his third season as coach of David Beckham’s Inter Miami. The 46-year-old has paid the price for a poor run of form, with the 1-0 defeat to New York Red Bulls proving the final straw. Neville, who was appointed in January 2021 after his resignation as England Women boss, leaves the club bottom of the …

Spanish motorcycle rider Raul Torras has died after an accident in Tuesday evening’s Isle of Man TT race. Torras, 46, from Sant Hilari Sacalm in Catalonia, was involved in a fatal accident during the week’s first Supertwin TT race – the fourth of 10 races taking place on the island this week. The crash occurred on the third of the three-lap race, …

Peter Hickman signed off his resurgent and record-breaking week at the Isle of Man TT with a dominant victory in the blue-riband Senior TT, as Michael Dunlop saw his shot at history put on ice for another year. After Hickman obliterated the TT lap record in Friday’s second Superstock race, clocking an all-time best of 136.358mph around the 37.73-mile road …

Ferrari made a triumphant return to Le Mans as Britain’s James Calado led the team to victory in the Centenary edition of the 24 Hours. Sharing his No 51 Ferrari 499P with his long-time team-mate Alessandro Pier Guidi and former Grand Prix driver Antonio Giovanizzi, the crew held off the pre-race favourites Toyota to take Ferrari’s first win at the race …

Few commercial partnerships in global sport have been as long-lasting, influential, or, indeed, lucrative, as that between Fifa and video game publisher EA Sports. Their first collaboration, 1993’s Fifa International Soccer, timed to mark the following year’s US-hosted World Cup finals, and released on such long-gone gaming platforms as the Commodore …

Lionel Messi’s highly anticipated presentation as an Inter Miami player took place on Sunday night, and it was as exciting for the local fans as it was improvised by event organizers following a torrential downpour that included a barrage of lightning. Mother Nature threatened to spoil the festivities at Drv Pnk Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, just …