Sports and Casinos

Steve Thompson speaks to former England team-mate Ben Youngs about his early onset dementia.

Two weeks before a licensing deadline, Boston World Cup organizers told Foxborough town officials they would pay for about $8 million in security costs, but the two sides remained at odds at a town meeting Tuesday evening.

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hopes her England team can create their own “Euros moment” at the home T20 World Cup this summer.

Hansi Flick was “disappointed but proud” after Barcelona came desperately close to pulling off an incredible comeback against Atlético Madrid on Tuesday only to ultimately miss out on a place in the Copa del Rey final.

Are the Panthers and Storm past it? How with Payne Haas’s move impact the Broncos? Can NRL players behave for a few months? The 2026 season is one of the most open in years. Defending minor premiers Canberra, ultra-consistent Cronulla, the fast-improving Dolphins and the sleeping giant in Canterbury are all tipped for a run

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot began the week by saying he found most Premier League games no longer a joy to watch – and had little to enjoy as he described defeat at Wolves as the “same old story”.

Liverpool’s Slot bemoaned “same old story,” but loss to last-place Wolves raises specter of how much worse it can get.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says the late 2-1 defeat by Wolves followed a pattern he has seen “many times this season” with his team dominating possession and conceding from “not even a chance”.

Captain Caroline Weir hits a hat-trick in a comfortable win for Scotland against a limited Luxembourg side in World Cup qualifying.

By reaching 40 points with victory at Leeds on Tuesday, Sunderland have pretty much ensured Premier League survival by early March.