Luke Littler won night five of the Premier League in Brighton on an evening which saw two nine-dart finishes. The 18-year-old claimed his second night victory of the year with a 6-3 win in the final

Hull FC: Moy, Barron, Briscoe, Rapana, Martin, Cust, Sezer, Ese’ese, Bourouh, Aydin, Cartwright, Lane, Asiata. Interchanges: Ashworth, Fash, Hutchinson, Knight. Leigh: Armstrong, Brand, Niu, Hanley, Hodgson, O’Brien, Lam, Trout, Ipape, Hughes, Badrock, O’Neill, Liu. Interchanges: Brogan,

Rangers interim head coach Ferguson agreed, albeit his words carried a little less flourish than those of his feted counterpart. Little wonder. This was a man in just his third game as Rangers manager and with

Ulster GAA say they “sympathised with Antrim GAA’s situation” but that the Saffrons must move their Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Armagh to Pairc Esler. Andy McEntee’s side were drawn to be at home for

The Football Governance Bill, which will establish a first independent regulator for the professional men’s game in England, is currently making its way through the House of Lords before being debated by MPs in the Commons.

Watch as Natasha Jonas’ trainer Joe Gallagher complains about “uncalibrated” scales before the weigh-in with Lauren Price. The two go head-to-head on Friday in their welterweight unification fight. READ MORE: ‘Uncalibrated’ scales drama as Jonas &

Munster wing Calvin Nash filled the number 14 jersey when Hansen missed out against Scotland in round two, while all of Osborne’s previous Test starts have come at full-back. The 23-year-old has came off the bench

Welsh jockey James Bowen will miss the Cheltenham Festival after losing an appeal against a seven-day suspension handed to him by the whip review committee. Bowen, 23, rode Zestful Hope to victory at Hereford on Sunday,

Ireland: Keenan; Osborne, Henshaw, Aki, Lowe; Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Bealham; McCarthy, Beirne; O’Mahony, Van der Flier, Doris (capt). Replacements: Herring, Healy, Clarkson, Ryan, Conan, Baird, Murray, Crowley. France: Ramos; Penaud, Barassi, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Ntamack, Dupont

Tottenham midfielder Olga Ahtinen is closing in on a permanent move to Swedish club Hammarby. Ahtinen, 27, has made only three starts in the Women’s Super League this season after joining Spurs in 2023. The Finland

Menoncello, a promising footballer who played against Juventus’ youth team before his sporting interests turned oval, used to watch Brex from the stands. He was 18 when he got a close-up view, having been called into

Britain’s Cameron Norrie made light work of Luca Nardi to reach the Indian Wells second round. Norrie, who claimed his biggest career title at Indian Wells in 2021, took just 65 minutes to beat the Italian

Catarina Macario, Aggie Beever-Jones and Erin Cuthbert score to see Chelsea move eight points clear at the top of the Women’s Super League with a 3-1 victory over Leicester City. READ MORE: Chelsea beat Leicester to

Manchester City’s hopes of playing Champions League football next season were dealt a blow by a late Manuela Pavi equaliser for West Ham.

BBC Sport pundits Thomas Hitzlsperger and Nedum Onuoha discuss how Aston Villa manager Unai Emery’s substitutions “changed the game” against Club Brugge by bringing more “energy” resulting in Villa scoring two late goals in Champions League.

Emma Raducanu will begin a trial period with Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik when she plays her first-round match at Indian Wells on Thursday. The 49-year-old was coaching Lulu Sun when the New Zealand qualifier beat Raducanu

Bayern Munich cruise to a comfortable 3-0 win against 10-man Bayer Leverkusen thanks to two goals from Harry Kane in the first leg of their last-16 tie in the Champions League. MATCH REPORT: Bayern Munich 3-0

Jake Wightman will no longer be coached by his father Geoff, the former 1500m world champion has announced. The father-son duo shared the experience together when Jake won gold on the track in 2022 and Geoff

Despite playing an influential role in Northampton’s success, Dingwall’s route to international level has been more arduous. The Cambridge-born centre played age-grade rugby for Scotland through his paternal heritage, before representing England Under-20s. He was called-up

New Zealand’s approach to a 50-over innings is about as traditional as it gets. Build a base over the first 35 or 40 overs, leaving enough wickets in hand to launch an almighty assault in the

The ECA is expected to gain a higher revenue share than clubs from other continents because of the importance of their clubs to the competition, and because those members will be unable to play lucrative overseas

Elliot Daly will start ahead of Marcus Smith at full-back for England’s match against Italy on Sunday, with the Harlequins playmaker dropped to the bench.

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus says he will make use of assistant Felix Jones’ new knowledge of England and their northern-hemisphere rivals, but denied the Irishman’s short-lived stint at Twickenham was part of any deliberate

England captain Heather Knight has criticised the disparity between men’s and women’s salaries in The Hundred. The gap in pay between the top men’s and women’s players has widened from £75,000 to £135,000 for this year’s

Great Britain’s Matt Weston has his “eye on the top step” of the podium only at the skeleton World Championships, which begin on Thursday in Lake Placid, USA. Last month Weston secured the skeleton World Cup

Steve Smith has retired from one-day international cricket following Australia’s semi-final exit from the Champions Trophy. The 35-year-old made 170 appearances for Australia in his 50-over career, hitting 12 centuries and winning the ODI World Cup

Kohli has an uncanny ability to take the pressure of the game on to his shoulders and accumulate runs. “This game is all about pressure, especially big games like semis and finals and if you go

Britain’s Emma Raducanu will play world number three Coco Gauff in the second round at Indian Wells – if she can beat Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in the first round. Raducanu is scheduled to play world number

Eric Dier, 31, would like to stay at Bayern Munich beyond the end of his contract this summer, but the former Tottenham and England defender is waiting for the club to make a decision. (Florian Plettenberg),

Glenavon’s revival under Paddy McLaughlin continues as they leapfrog Ballymena United into ninth place thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win over Loughgall at Lakeview Park. The visitors started brightly and opened the scoring after 18 minutes

Eindhoven has been packed with carnival-goers in recent days but on Tuesday it was Arsenal enjoying their own party in the city, getting over their goalscoring crisis and setting a Champions League record in the process.

On Tuesday, Mings – who has come a long way since playing for Yate Town and Chippenham Town in non-league football – provided a headed assist for Leon Bailey to open the scoring in the third

Jamie George considered ending his England career because of the shock and pain of losing the captaincy before the start of the Six Nations. Hooker George, 34, succeeded Owen Farrell as England skipper before last year’s

Liverpool manager Arne Slot told referee Michael Oliver he would blame him if the club failed to win this season’s Premier League. The Dutchman was shown a straight red card after he confronted Oliver and one

India hold their nerve to reach the 2025 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy final with a four-wicket victory over Australia in Dubai.

India’s Hardik Pandya hits successive sixes to move his side to within touching distance of beating Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final.

Jones believes this Wales team can win at Murrayfield and record a first international victory since October 2023. “There’s no point going up there and being in awe of them,” said Jones. “They’ve got a good

Wales wing Josh Adams has been ruled out of the Six Nations trip to face Scotland in Murrayfield on Saturday. Cardiff wing Adams, 29, missed the 27-18 loss to Ireland in Cardiff with a hamstring problem

Watch some of the best goals from round five of the FA Cup, including strikes from Bruno Fernandes, Danny Welbeck and Matheus Cunha.

Travis Head’s innings is brought to an end on 39 as he skies a catch to Shubnam Gill off the bowling of Varun Chakravarthy in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final in Dubai.