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After Macclesfield’s FA Cup giantkilling, the quiet Cheshire town remains suitably unassuming in the spotlight after years of heartbreak Along the passenger bridge at Macclesfield railway station, a frieze celebrates the town’s history. Towards the far platform it reads “1874, Macclesfield Town established”. The next entry is “1979, Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures released”. Local humour […]

The second weekend of the Six Nations brings redemption for Scotland, an end to England’s unbeaten run, another blistering display from France and Ireland facing a serious threat.

Australian produces some fine tennis to win Rotterdam Open First indoor title comes after 6-3, 6-2 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime Alex de Minaur sealed a landmark week by delivering a masterful performance to defeat the red-hot Felix Auger-Aliassime and finally land one of the biggest titles of his career at the Rotterdam Open. The Australian

England wing Henry Arundell will face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday after his red card in the 31-20 Six Nations defeat by Scotland.

Australian player Destanee Aiava says tennis has a “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and hostile” culture as she announces her retirement from the sport at 25.

Team GB’s Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby produce a season’s best score of 66.07 in the pairs skating short programme event to qualify for the free dance at the 2026 Winter’s Olympics.

Wilson and Pierre Crinon ejected after brawl Fighting is rare at Winter Games Canada’s Tom Wilson shunned tradition on Sunday, deciding to fight during his team’s victory over France in their Olympic ice hockey game. While fighting is a regular – and tacitly accepted – part of professional ice hockey, it rarely occurs on the

Keeper did not think Guardiola would sign Italian ‘It’s football, you’ve got to keep grafting every day’ James Trafford has admitted he did not expect Manchester City to sign Gianluigi Donnarumma after his transfer from Burnley last summer, with the deputy goalkeeper potentially leaving this summer. Trafford returned to City after two years at Turf

Murillo has suitors in London and on Merseyside, his Nottingham Forest team-mate Morgan Gibbs-White could be heading to Manchester, and Everton remain keen on Fulham’s Harry Wilson.

GB’s men’s curlers suffer their second defeat of the Winter Olympics but remain on course for a semi-final place, after following a win over Germany with a nerve-shredding extra-end loss to Switzerland on Sunday.