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Erin King says being named Ireland captain before the Women’s Six Nations is the “ultimate honour” after fearing her Test career was over during an injury lay-off.

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair, Dan Bardell and Sid Lowe as Xabi Alonso leaves Real Madrid and the Carabao Cup semi-finals begin. On the podcast today: Arsenal win at Stamford Bridge in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, but it was still a decent showing for Liam Rosenior in his first

Canada are cleared of manipulating Winter Olympics qualification but “reminded” they should “act within the spirit” of the sport’s code of ethics.

Former Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o is handed a four-match ban and fined $20,000 after being found guilty of misconduct by the Confederation of African Football.

The results are in! After millions of votes were cast in a global poll of gamers, EA Sports has announced its men’s and women’s Teams of the Year.

England’s front-row stocks take a hit as prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour is ruled out of the Six Nations with a shoulder injury.

Birmingham Phoenix sign opening batter Mitch Owen and seamer Lucy Hamilton for the 2026 Hundred season.

Rory McIlroy says embracing “challenging things” will fuel his desire for further golfing success in 2026.

The VAR was correct to intervene and give Florian Wirtz’s goal at Fulham despite the Liverpool player appearing to be offside, a panel says.

US athlete said she was deliberately deprived of points Investigation says Canada acted within rules Canada’s skeleton team have been cleared of allegations they rigged a qualifying event for the Winter Olympics and denied rival athletes from qualifying for next month’s Games. USA’s Katie Uhlaender, a five-time Winter Olympian in skeleton, accused the Canadian team