CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Walking into Mack Brown’s office at North Carolina is a museum-like experience. On the center table is a display box full of rings that chart the course of Brown’s career from his first stint in Chapel Hill to his championship legacy at Texas. On the walls are pictures of Brown with celebrities, former players and three […]

Championship challengers emerged in both the men’s and women’s division and Kevin Owens was dishing out Stunners galore on this week’s SmackDown. Ember Moon is next in line to face SmackDown women’s champion Bayley while Randy Orton may, intriguingly, be the next contender for Kofi Kingston’s WWE title. There was also time for a rare defence of the SmackDown women’s […]

PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG has mocked Mesut Ozil's blonde hair as he compared him to USA star Megan Rapinoe. And the German has revealed he made a drastic change to his look because of a lost crossbar challenge bet to Alexandre Lacazette. Ozil, 30, came off the bench in the 3-0 victory over Colorado Rapids with his usual brown mop on Monday […]

FORMER world judo champion Craig Fallon has been found dead on a hillside two days after he went missing. The 36-year-old was discovered at The Wrekin – a Shropshire beauty spot – yesterday morning after his worried family contacted cops. There is no cause of death at this stage, but West Mercia Police have said there are no suspicious circumstances. […]

The WNBA has suspended the Los Angeles Sparks’ Riquna Williams for 10 games as a result of a domestic violence incident involving her ex-girlfriend in December. In April, Williams was arrested on felony charges of burglary with assault or battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill stemming from the December incident. Police records show she […]

ANTOINE GRIEZMANN has sent fans into hysterics with an amazing comparison of himself and Samuel Umtiti with Stranger Things' Dustin and Lucas. The new Barcelona star was the butt of the joke online after he was nutmegged by the rest of the squad during his first training session at the Catalan club. However, the 28-year-old was quick to poke fun […]

CRVENA ZVEZDA take on Suduva in the second leg of their Champions League first qualifying round tie. The Belgrade outfit were 5-0 aggregate winners over the Lithuanians in last year's second qualifying round, but had a more difficult time of it last week, drawing the away leg 0-0. Zvezda will be desperate to return to the group stage after doing […]

Former world judo champion Craig Fallon has died at the age of 36. Fallon was the last British judoka to win a world title, doing so in the -60 kilograms class in Cairo in 2005, and is one of only two British men, alongside Neil Adams, to be world and European champion at the same time. Fallon, who died on […]

While the demands by the highly successful US women’s soccer team to be paid the same as their male counterparts made headlines around the world, the sentiment and the conversation is far from new. And it’s part of a broader conversation about general inequities, beyond pay, that our female athletes have faced for decades. Australia’s Ellyse Perry (middle) celebrates taking […]

JUVENTUS will not feature in FIFA 20 after the club signed an exclusive deal with rivals Pro Evolution Soccer. That means the club's official kits, team name and stadium will have to be changed in FIFA's latest offering. It's not known if Cristiano Ronaldo and Co will even keep their real names. Juve have signed a deal with Konami and […]