"The day after I signed with Chelsea, I sent him a video about seeing him as a midfielder."

Willie Mullins felt Galopin Des Champs was never jumping well enough to enable him to win a third Boodles Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

Players from the Netball Super League pitch their teams, looking for your support as the new-look league season begins.

BBC Radio 5 Live's Harry Benjamin, Jennie Gow, Alice Powell, Marc Priestley and Rosanna Tennant give us their predictions for the 2025 Formula 1 season.

Amorim has heaped praise on the Manchester United captain who has been subject of criticism from Roy Keane, in particular

Complaints over a decline in attendances and the cost of beers appeared to evaporate on Friday as a sold-out crowd packed Prestbury Park for the Gold Cup

Interview: The interim boss has done impressive work since replacing Warren Gatland - but could become a Welsh legend if he snaps their losing streak against England

Makhachev has emulated his childhood friend Khabib by reigning as UFC lightweight champion

Mcllroy bogeyed two of his last four holes to card a 68.

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Deal for 17-year-old winger worth about £42mChelsea also want Dario Essugo from SportingChelsea have flown under the radar to agree a shock deal worth about €50m (£42.1m) for the Sporting winger Geovany Quenda, who was a target for Manchester United.The 17-year-old attacker played for Ruben Amorim at the Lisbon club and was widely expected to link up …

New manager is a supremely bright anglophile and logical choice in the win-things-now world of international footballWell, it didn’t feel like a birthright sale or a betrayal of Albion. Maybe if you squinted a bit, or just heard the vowel sounds. Perhaps if you’ve already performed some kind of ad hoc self-lobotomy using a chisel made from cheddar …

Follow every minute of Friday evening’s WSL actionFeel free to get in touch with Michael hereHere we go.Everton and Arsenal’s teams are out on the pitch, and there will be a minute’s silence for Poppy Atkinson, a keen footballing 10-year-old who tragically died in a car collision at a sports pitch in Kendal, Cumbria. Continue reading...

Hot favourite shocked by JP McManus’s late entryWinner could be put forward for Grand NationalAs one tilt at racing immortality came up short, another even more elusive achievement suddenly came into sharp focus as ­Inothewayurthinkin, in the famous green and gold colours of JP McManus, powered away from Galopin Des Champs, the defending two-time …

The 2025 Formula One season gets underway this weekend as the action begins in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is looking to win a fifth World Drivers' Championship.

DANIEL MATTHEWS AT TPC SAWGRASS: So far this week, only one Longhorn has managed to rattle the cage of McIlroy. Unfortunately for Scheffler, it was a kid who was chucked out on Tuesday.

NIK SIMON: The Six Nations will remain on free-to-air TV after the BBC and ITV agreed a bumper deal for the competition.

WWE are currently on a European tour, with some of their live television shows taking place around the continent in the build-up to WrestleMania, which is in Las Vegas.

Former Chelsea CEO Marina Granovskaia has welcomed the High Court's decision to rule in her favour in a legal battle with football agent Saif Alrubie.

Fernandes was brutally mocked by some of his United team-mates after his dominant display in Thursday's 4-1 win over Real Sociedad in the second leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie.