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New Zealand’s leading try-scorer Portia Woodman-Wickliffe announces her retirement from international rugby for a second time.

Britain’s Katie Boulter reaches the quarter-finals of the Merida Open in Mexico as Camila Osorio retires with injury.

Ulster centre Jude Postlethwaite says his involvement with the Ireland squad in recent weeks has given him added motivation for playing time with Andy Farrell’s team.

Costs will increase at extended 2026 tournament Around 10 federations want Fifa to tackle problems A number of European football federations fear they will lose money sending their national teams to the World Cup this summer, with an unusual hike in costs and inconsistencies around tax exemptions among the problems Fifa is being urged to

How did a small Nordic country dominate the Games? By making sport fun and not something for kids to suffer Norway’s Olympians stormed the mountains of Milano Cortina and left the rest of the world wondering how a nation of 5.6 million people regularly tops the Winter Olympics medal table, this year winning 18 gold

The Palace hero must wonder how things have gone so wrong so quickly, but still hopes ‘to shift the narrative’ Dean Henderson became a cult hero in south London after saving a penalty in Crystal Palace’s victory against Manchester City in last season’s FA Cup final. The England goalkeeper then boosted his popularity when he

Thibaut Flament’s unique journey to the top of rugby continued this year when he went public on his reason for missing France’s Six Nations opener.

As Italy faced the embarrassment of having no clubs in the Champions League last 16, Atalanta became the saviours of national reputation – and pride.

Manchester United midfielder Jess Park has been in brilliant form since her move in the summer – but can she take that into England’s upcoming matches?

Have F1’s new rules damaged its status as the ultimate challenge? Andrew Benson assesses what the drivers are having to do differently and whether skill still matters.