Chantelle Cameron v Jessica McCaskill: Briton says fight could ‘change my life’
Britain’s Chantelle Cameron says her fight against Jessica McCaskill for the undisputed light-welterweight title in Abu Dhabi on Saturday is a “life-changing” opportunity. Cameron, 31, will attempt to add the vacant WBA, IBO and WBO titles to her WBC and IBF belts. American undisputed welterweight champion McCaskill, 38, is looking to unify two divisions. “This […]
Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor and other key films
Getty Images Italian film director and screenwriter Bernardo Bertolucci, who has died at the age of 77, was one of the most celebrated – and controversial – European film-makers of the last 50 years. Here are five of his key films: The Conformist (1970) Mars/Marianne/Maran/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Jean-Louis Trintignant and Dominique Sanda in The Conformist Bertolucci had […]
Liverpool aim to show club back where it belongs in WSL
Liverpool are in advanced plans to build a new training facility for the women’s team and this summer showed their ambition in the transfer market. The Netherlands’ Euro 2017 winner Shanice van de Sanden joined from Wolfsburg, while Finland international Emma Koivisto switched from WSL club Brighton. They also kept hold of key players, with […]
The Hundred: Managing director Sanjay Patel to leave the ECB
Sanjay Patel will step down as managing director of The Hundred after this year’s tournament, and leave the England and Wales Cricket Board. Having joined the ECB in 2015, Patel has led the creation and development of the 100-ball competition since 2018. The Hundred began in 2021, with the third edition of the tournament due […]
Dunn expects GB success at IPC World Athletics Championships
“I thought Sophie Kamlish ran superbly in winning the T43-46 100m, as did another of our new athletes Laura Sugar, who ran a great PB in the same race. She has only been in the sport for six months and Lyon will be her first major championships. “To see the British public excited and enthused […]
IPC World Swimming: GB boss Chris Furber wants risk-taking
“I’ve been really pleased with how the squad integrates with some experienced people like Sascha Kindred, Matt Walker and Claire Cashmore and the younger ones making their debuts like Tully Kearney, Stephanie Slater and Jack Thomas.” Kindred will be competing in his seventh major World Championships, having made his debut in Malta in 1994 while […]
European Wheelchair Basketball: GB women through to semi-finals
Twelve points scored with just three conceded in the second quarter saw Britain move into a comfortable lead. Britain face the hosts, defending European champions Germany, in their last-four clash in Frankfurt on Friday. Freeman is Britain’s leading scorer, external in their three matches at the championships so far, averaging 12.8 points per game, as […]
Finland prime minister who loves to party
Reuters Sanna Marin speaking to journalists after taking a drugs test In more than two years as Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin has frequently been a target of criticism for her apparent love of partying. But things came to a head when a video of her at a party singing, dancing and drinking circulated on […]
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Beth Mead crowned winner
England and Arsenal forward Beth Mead has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022. Mead was the player of the tournament and top scorer at Euro 2022, where the Lionesses defeated Germany in the final at Wembley to win England’s first major women’s football trophy. The 27-year-old becomes the first women’s footballer to […]
Will England play this summer? And what next for women’s cricket?
England were due to host India from 25 June to 9 July, with South Africa arriving in September. The series against India – consisting of four one-day internationals and two Twenty20s – has been postponed, but the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with the Board of Control for Cricket in India […]