Six-times champions are aiming to play with courage as they seek to defend the title they won at home in 2022When New Zealand’s director of performance, Allan Bunting, took to the mic to sing a rendition of Dua Lipa’s Levitating at Manurewa intermediate school, the Black Ferns’ last stop before travelling to England for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, …

Striker intent on forcing through summer transfer‘Sad moment’ for Howe with team missing IsakEddie Howe has acknowledged that Alexander Isak’s standoff with Newcastle has left the club in a “lose-lose situation” and described it as a “sad moment”.Isak will again not be involved at St James’ Park on Monday night when Newcastle face Liverpool, …

With Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest returning to the pitch to play each other after a protracted saga leading to the Eagles' demotion from the Europa League and Forest taking their place, there is plenty of extra attention on Sunday's match at Selhurst Park.

Ederson is also fit and available for selection against Tottenham

Scotland's Emma Wassell opens up on her difficult journey to this year's Women's Rugby World Cup.

Perennial contender removed from two big fights in September and October

South Africa 277; Australia 193 | SA win by 84 runsJosh Inglis knock can’t mask another batting failureAustralia have slumped to a seventh defeat from their last eight ODIs, suffering a 84-run loss against South Africa in Mackay that allowed the Proteas to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.After being crushed by 98 runs in Cairns on Tuesday night, …

Former heavyweight contender Ike Ibeabuchi is to have the first fight of his ‘comeback’ this weekend in Lagos, Nigeria.

The Eberechi Eze story - from being released by Arsenal to be on the cusp of a return to the club as a £60m superstar 14 years later.

Gunners have agreed a deal with Crystal Palace for the England international

The 34-year-old claimed it 'doesn't feel it's right to collect a wage from such good people' after losing his passion for the game. And so ends a career which has spanned 531 games.

Manager Eddie Howe says he wants to see Alexander Isak back in a Newcastle United shirt and that the players would "welcome the striker back".

Wilson posts 19 and 13 in dominant Aces victoryLas Vegas moves into third place in WNBA standingsCopper exits with injury as Mercury offense stallsA’ja Wilson scored 19 points with 13 rebounds as the Las Vegas Aces extended their season-best winning streak to nine games with an 83-61 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Thursday.Dana Evans scored …

Crystal Palace were not the only team affected this summer and Uefa is under pressure to reconsider its complex rulesUefa is facing pressure to push back its deadline for separating ownership structures after a turbulent summer in which a handful of clubs, including Crystal Palace, were denied access to European competitions due to multi-club ownership …

BBC Sport looks at all 32 teams in the NFL who are lining up to challenge for the Super Bowl in San Francisco in February.

England are hoping to secure success on home soil