ARSENAL'S American star Folarin Balogun is on the verge of exiting the club – and his transfer situation will be cleared up THIS week according to reports. Meanwhile, the Gunners are continuing talks with Brentford over goalkeeper David Raya after their opening bid was rejected. Elsewhere, Arsenal have been handed a boost in their hunt for Manchester City's Aymeric Laporte […]

LAUREN JAMES has apologised to Michelle Alozie after being red carded for stamping on the Nigeria star. The England forward has also pledged to learn from her experience after the Lionesses squeezed through to the Women's World Cup quarter-finals. James, 21, has been in red-hot form for Sarina Wiegman's side – scoring the winner against Denmark and two in the […]

ANTHONY JOSHUA’S last-minute opponent Robert Helenius fought in a CASTLE just four days ago. The Sweden-born Finn has agreed to step in and accept the Brit’s challenge to replace Dillain Whyte and fight the London 2012 Olympic legend on Saturday. That was after a second doping disaster wrecked another show for Eddie Hearn. Amazingly, Helenius was last in action at […]

SIMON JORDAN has opened up on his secret battle with cancer. The former Crystal Palace owner spoke publicly for the first time about his ordeal as he admitted to having "significant surgery" less than a month ago. Jordan, 55, made the revelation on his health scare during an appearance on talkSPORT with Jim White. He said: "I'm recovering from cancer, […]

00:42 Oliver Browning | 1691480842 England boss Sarina Wiegman admitted “sweetest person” Lauren James “lost her emotions” as she received a red card that could see the 21-year-old miss the remainder of the World Cup. The Lionesses advanced to the quarter-finals after surviving James’ dismissal late in the second half to beat Nigeria on penalties, with Euro 2022 hero Chloe […]

It was the summer of devastation for the Pac-12, the summer the conference collapsed in ash and ruin. It was the summer of 1959. A pay-for-play scandal at four schools (UCLA, USC, Cal and Washington) led to the breakup of what was then known as the Pacific Coast Conference. From that carnage, the modern Pac-12 was born. What will the […]

The past and the future blended seamlessly on Saturday at Camden Yards, alternate visions of glory trimmed in orange and black. Between innings, the scoreboard showed clips from the Orioles’ last championship clincher, 40 years ago this fall. When the game resumed, the current players did a sharp imitation. Flawless defense, stingy pitching, clutch hitting, heady baserunning. A sold-out crowd. […]

England is through to the quarterfinals of the World Cup and that will be all that matters for now. Four of its penalty kicks went in and two of Nigeria’s did not, and on a night when not much went according to plan, that was enough. The other questions — important questions — can wait for a day. After a […]

England boss Sarina Wiegman admits Lauren James has a ‘huge lesson to learn’ after red card against Nigeria… as she says she has ‘aged 10 years’ following the tense World Cup win James was sent off stamping on Nigeria’s Michelle Alozie after 87 minutes England reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup after a penalty shootout win Wiegman admitted that […]

Two weeks ago, at the Pac-12’s preseason media extravaganza in Las Vegas, commissioner George Kliavkoff offered a succinct, confident view of the college sports landscape. “We’ll get our media rights deal done, we’ll announce the deal,” he said. “I think the realignment that’s going on in college athletics will come to an end for this cycle.” He only missed by […]