Arsenal begin this season as Premier League champions but just how difficult is it to defend the league title, and how well equipped as they for the challenge?

West Midlands Police said a man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of fraud and remained in custody for questioning

Makhachev dropped Garry en route to a decision victory, as his win streak reached a record-breaking 17 fights

Pallister sets new championship record with time of 8:06.10Result ends Ledecky’s streak of 13 international 800m gold medals Australia’s Lani Pallister dealt US great Katie Ledecky her first 800m freestyle defeat in a major international meet, beating her one-time idol at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California.Pallister led wire-to-wire on …

Bangladesh win Test match on Australian soil for first timeCameron Green century not enough to stave off nine-wicket defeatBangladesh have handed Australia one of their most humiliating and crushing Test defeats in 149 years, despite a career-saving century by Cameron Green.The visitors bowled Australia out for 284 in their second innings in Darwin and …

American clocks 23.19sec to win final at Pan PacsDouglass had first broken record with 23.49sec in heatsKate Douglass lowered her own world record in the women’s 50m freestyle for the second time in one day, winning the Pan Pacific Championships final in 23.19sec.In the morning preliminaries, the 24-year-old American swam 23.49 to take the mark away from …

RICHARD GIBSON: New captain, interim coach, players recalled who had not previously featured in 2026. If England's lot this summer befell Pakistan, it would be considered par for the course.

Updates as the Test at Marrara Cricket Ground continuesAny thoughts? Email Jim60th over: Australia 178-5 (Green 49, Webster 0) Beau Webster to the middle, blocks his first three balls.There it is for Bangladesh! And still with a lead of 50. Mehidy comes around the wicket, floats his off-breaks in, straightens them down the line. Carey goes down the wrong …

Scottie Scheffler will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis as he looks to complete his first win since January.

World number one Scottie Scheffler will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the St Jude Championship as he chases his first victory since January.

Hunt’s women’s 4x100m quartet emulated the men’s team by bringing the baton round for gold in Birmingham.

Ian Machado Garry came up short against welterweight king and pound-for-pound No 1 Islam Makhachev

Argentinian powers to 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victoryHeat and humidity take toll on DjokovicBritain’s Fery holds off Duckworth 6-4, 2-6, 7-6The scoreboard did not yet indicate that anything was awry, but even as Novak Djokovic led by a set in his opening match at the Cincinnati Open, he was already struggling badly.From the second set onwards, he spent much of his …

Men’s and women’s 4x100 teams complete wins in styleHunt will aim for fourth gold in mixed relay on SundayNo sooner had Amy Hunt won a staggering third European gold medal in five days than she pointed at the superwomen guiding her closer to history. “We’re the fantastic four,” she said.It was hard to argue with that, especially after watching …

Novak Djokovic suffered defeat and struggled physically in his first match since Wimbledon as he was upset by Thiago Agustin Tirante in a sapping three-set contest at the Cincinnati Open.

Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson reflects on her European Championships, where her heptathlon was impacted by a lack of training due to injury.

Great Britain set a championship record as they take gold in the mixed freestyle 4x200m at the European Aquatics Championships.

Britain's Arthur Fery beats Australia's Jack Duckworth at the Cincinnati Open but Novak Djokovic falls to a shock defeat by Argentina's Thiago Tirante.

Amy Hunt claims the third gold medal of her bid for a historic quadruple and Dina Asher-Smith makes history as Great Britain win two relay golds at the European Athletics Championships.

Haaland’s goalscoring ability has counted against him as Maresca picks Bernardo Silva’s successor