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Merseyside Police arrested an Everton fan during his side’s match against Manchester City for alleged racist abuse towards Antoine Semenyo. The supporter was apprehended at the Premier League fixture between the sides at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday, which finished 3-3. Police said a 71-year-old man from Nottinghamshire was arrested “on suspicion of a…

Jon Rahm will be eligible for next year’s Ryder Cup in Ireland after striking a deal to continue playing on the DP World Tour. The Spaniard had been embroiled in a long-running dispute with the European tour and had refused to pay fines for playing LIV events without official permission since he made his debut…

Warwickshire Bears have signed Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq for the upcoming T20 Blast campaign. The 30-year-old has risen to prominence in the last few years following successful campaigns in the Pakistan Super League and Caribbean Premier League in 2025. He made his international T20 debut in November that year against South Africa and took a…

England’s final World Cup squad must be submitted by Saturday, 30 May. However, the Three Lions have no friendlies lined up before then, so Gibbs-White has the remainder of the season at club level to prove his worth to Tuchel. Forest have Premier League games against Newcastle, Manchester United and Bournemouth remaining, and at least…

O’Neill gave “great credit” to Hearts for “going strongly at it and being able to stay there” and said Sunday’s clash between Celtic and Rangers can no longer be viewed as a title showdown. Rangers are seven points adrift of the league leaders and four points behind defending champions Celtic, with second place still earning…

Davey Todd has told BBC Sport NI that he is “gutted” to have been ruled out of this year’s North West 200 international road race. The race meeting’s chief medical officer’s assessment was that he was not satisfied that the Yorkshire rider had recovered sufficiently enough from injuries sustained in a crash at the Daytona…

Fabio Wardley tells BBC Sport how he went from playing football for Ipswich Town’s academy to stepping into the ring in white collar boxing. The Ipswich-born fighter, now WBO world champion, will defend his title for the first time when he faces Daniel Dubois in Manchester on Saturday. READ MORE: Wardley v Dubois – all…

Poland’s Swiatek said she would prefer continued discussions and negotiations with the majors instead of a boycott. “I think the most important thing is to have proper communication and discussions with the governing bodies so we have some space to talk and maybe negotiate,” the Wimbledon champion said. “Hopefully before Roland Garros there’s going to…

England have brought Emma Sing in at full-back and shifted Ellie Kildunne out to the wing as coach John Mitchell rejigs his back three for the fourth Women’s Six Nations game in row. Sing’s Gloucester-Hartpury team-mate Mia Venner wins her third cap on the wing to complete a new-look combination to face Italy in Parma…

England have moved to the final stage of appointing a new national selector, with interviews taking place this week. The appointment is the most significant change to England’s backroom staff following the dismal 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia last winter. However, the departure of previous selector Luke Wright is not connected to the Ashes humiliation…