PIERS FRANCIS is sweating on his World Cup future after he was cited for a high hit on America's Will Hooley. The England centre, 29, wiped out the USA full-back just seven seconds into their 45-7 win – with it now looking unlikely Francis will play any more part during the pool stages. As the Northampton Saints back made contact […]

Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. The Nets’ superstar Kevin Durant will soon grow by two to three inches, while Kemba Walker of the Boston Celtics, J.J. Barea of the Dallas Mavericks and others are likely to shrink by a similar amount. The listed heights of N.B.A. players have long been […]

ELLIOTT Whitehead hopes to have Tom and George Burgess hitting bum notes in the NRL’s ‘Battle of Britain.’ And he knows just how big an obstacle they can pose as he used the pick the giants up and take them to training when they were at Bradford. Today’s NRL preliminary final between Canberra and South Sydney, which sees the winners […]

The whispers have begun even before the Cubs’ season is officially complete. The competitive portion ended Wednesday night with a Brewers win that clinched the final NL wild-card spot. The Cubs seem destined for significant changes this offseason and manager Joe Maddon’s future is very much in doubt. There will be no shortage of interested in suitors if he is […]

For decades, the message to women in track and field was crystal clear: get pregnant, lose sponsorship money. A rebellion led by some of the sport’s top runners, Allyson Felix, Kara Goucher and Alysia Montano, is helping to change that. Two months after the U.S. women’s soccer players stated their case for equal pay, women in track and field come […]

INJURIES are part and parcel of rugby at any level. With the amount of physical contact involved in the game, bosses are keen to keep players as safe as possible – and the high-tackle law has undergone some changes. What is the new rugby high tackle law? OVER recent years, concussions have become a worrying trend in all contact sports […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Charlie Morton and the Tampa Bay Rays’ bullpen combined on a one-hitter, and the Rays held their lead in the American League wild-card race, beating the Yankees, 4-0, Wednesday. The Rays began the night in the second wild-card spot, a half-game ahead of the Cleveland Indians and a half-game behind the Oakland Athletics. The Rays swept […]

TOTTENHAM will slap a whopping £250million price-tag on star man Harry Kane after growing concerned that he will look for the exit door, according to reports. Mauricio Pochettino's side are in the midst of a crisis following their embarrassing Carabao Cup loss to League Two Colchester. It means their only realistic chances of ending their 11-year wait for silverware remain […]

On the night when the Mets’ playoff hopes officially expired, Jacob deGrom all but secured his second straight NL Cy Young Award and Pete Alonso inched closer to Aaron Judge’s rookie home-run record, Mickey Callaway made his pitch to keep his job. The Mets were eliminated from wild-card contention when the Brewers knocked off the Reds on Wednesday night, so […]

COLCHESTER UNITED recorded a famous League Cup win over Tottenham on Tuesday night but there was a hilarious blip on the Essex side's copybook. The League Two outfit won 4-3 on penalties after playing out a 0-0 draw in normal time and Jevani Brown's missed spot-kick for the home side had fans in stitches. The 24-year-old sauntered towards the ball […]