In an exclusive interview, the former World Cup winner talks about taking Uzbekistan to the 2026 World Cup and a project close to his heart in NaplesUzbekistan may have made history by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in the country’s 34 years of independence in June after losing only once in 15 qualifiers. But they then had a problem: Timur …

Glitzy draws, OJ-era chaos, grass laid over AstroTurf and a host nation that barely cared – the 1994 World Cup arrived amid suspicion and slapstick. Yet it became a watershed that would alter US sport and global football politics alike“The United States was chosen,” the columnist George Vecsey wrote in the New York Times in 1994, “because of all the …

Initial Kansas plan for US training base thrown into doubtFA exploring alternative options on the east coast The Football Association has sent operational staff to the US this week to scout for World Cup training camps amid concerns that England may lose their preferred site to the Netherlands.Thomas Tuchel had cleared an FA plan for England to be based in …

‘We couldn’t have asked for more,’ says managerSlot skirts around the Mohamed Salah issueArne Slot said Liverpool’s players gave everything he could have asked after they put Mohamed Salah’s absence aside to inflict a first European home defeat on Inter in more than three years.The Liverpool head coach conceded that Dominik Szoboszlai’s decisive …

It won't be much consolation to Ben Stokes or the England team that lost the second Test at the Gabba, but when it comes to tours going wrong in Australia, I have been in worse situations than this.

Claressa Shields will defend her undisputed heavyweight crown against Franchon Crews-Dezurn at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit early next year.

Claressa Shields will defend her undisputed heavyweight crown against Franchon Crews-Dezurn in February 2026 in her first fight of an $8m (£6.1m) deal.

Liverpool's late winner at Inter Milan in the Champions League came from a "soft" penalty decision, but would it have been given in the Premier League?

Gunners look to bounce back after title setback at Aston Villa

NEYMAR has turned to “Dr Miracle” in a desperate bid to save his World Cup dream. The former Barcelona and PSG forward, 33, has been battling a knee problem ever since rejoining boyhood club Santos from Al-Hilal in January. Neymar ruptured his cruciate ligament while playing for Brazil in October 2023. And he is now...

Liverpool's victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League was not without controversy.

Express Sport brings you the latest darts news ahead of the World Championship.

FORMULA ONE star Lance Stroll has been hit with a further penalty days after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Aston Martin star Stroll claimed a tenth-place finish in last Sunday's F1 season finale, which saw Lando Norris crowned world drivers' champion ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. Stroll, 27, had finished ninth on the...

ENGLAND’S rugby league team has been told to lump its lack of preparation in a World Cup year. And Shaun Wane will learn if he will coach them Down Under next Autumn in the coming weeks. The club fixture calendar for 2026  has left the national side – whitewashed 3-0 in the Ashes – with...

Aryna Sabalenka weighed into the participation of transgender athletes, saying it would be unfair for women to face "biological men" in professional tennis.

BBC Sport explores Mohamed Salah's personality with help from the people who know him best.

Injury-hit Gunners dealt new double fitness concern

The story of Mo Salah’s unlikely rise to global stardom.