Category : Football

McCourt stops McMann to set up Cyborg title fight

Northern Ireland's Leah McCourt stops Sara McMann at Bellator 300 to set up a featherweight title bout against Cris Cyborg.

'A Cinderella story' - Wood's greatest comeback

Leigh Wood completes one of British boxing's great turnarounds as he stuns Josh Warrington with a comeback win in their WBA featherweight title fight.

Bowen agrees new contract with West Ham - Sunday's gossip

Jarrod Bowen agrees new contract with West Ham, Roma deny Jose Mourinho sack report, Man City and Real Madrid want Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies, plus more.

Rooney leaves DC United by mutual consent

Wayne Rooney leaves his role as coach of MLS side DC United by mutual consent after they fail to make the play-offs.

'Irish top pool in style to set up biggest challenge yet'

Andy Farrell enters the biggest week of his reign as Ireland prepare for a World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand.

Why India's Kohli is ODI cricket's GOAT

BBC Sport looks at why India legend Virat Kohli is considered by many to be the greatest one-day international cricketer of all time.

'Responsibility is mine' - Townsend on Scotland exit

Head coach Gregor Townsend says "the responsibility is mine" after Scotland crash out of the World Cup at the hands of a rampant Ireland.

How Tottenham's centre-backs stole the show against Luton

Match of the Day's Danny Murphy looks at how Tottenham's central defensive pairing of Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero helped their team to a 1-0 win at Luton with 10 men.

Wins for England, Wales and Ireland at Rugby World Cup

Watch the key moments as Ireland beat Scotland, Wales see off Georgia, and England narrowly defeat Samoa at the Rugby World Cup.

England sleepwalk into last eight with Samoa escape

England flirt with defeat in their final Pool D game, but survive to keep their winning World Cup run intact.

All Blacks game 'what dreams are made of' for Ireland

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says meeting New Zealand in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup is "what dreams are made of".

Briton Harper held to majority draw by Braekhus

Doncaster fighter Terri Harper's unified light-middleweight fight against Cecilia Braekhus ends in a draw in Sheffield.

'Verstappen as close as it gets to unbeatable'

Max Verstappen entered the rarefied realm of triple Formula 1 world champions with a hard-fought second place in the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix on Saturday.