England will kick off their four-Test tour of South Africa with a Boxing Day Test match at Centurion, live on Sky Sports. England won the Test series 2-1 the last time they toured South Africa in 2015/16, with the highlight being Ben Stokes’ record-breaking 258 in the second Test at Newlands. Cape Town is once again the venue for the […]

ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI has hailed the prospect of Leroy Sane quitting Manchester City to join him at Bayern Munich. Sane could quit the Etihad Stadium this summer having fallen down the pecking order at the Premier League champions over the past season. Boss Pep Guardiola says he wants the 23-year-old to remain at City, but with regular starts being a problem […]

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN showed why he remains the Premier League King of Darts. The world No1 smashed Rob Cross 11-5 in the Unibet playoff final at the O2 Arena. And the Dutchman, 30, is now the first man since Phil Taylor to win a fourth successive Premier League crown. It is also his fifth title in total. Van Gerwen, who […]

One of the early surprises at the Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp in Saskatoon is seeing veteran receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux back in action. When Arceneaux tore his ACL last August, he wasn’t expected back on the field for close to a year. Related ‘Life moves on’: Roughriders on the field for Day 1 of training camp First-round draft pick Justin McInnis […]

Jalen Rose and Chris Webber haven't been on the closest of terms in recent years. But that might change, now that fellow Fab Five member Juwan Howard is the head coach of Michigan basketball. Rose, now an analyst at ESPN, was asked what Howard's hiring would do to the "complicated" relationship he shares with Webber. “It squashes any drama or […]

In the connective tissue of Yankees injuries, Giancarlo Stanton worsened his leg problems — to some degree — because Aaron Judge is still weeks away from playing while healing from an oblique injury. Aaron Boone recently called Stanton to say: Take your time making sure your legs are in good shape because upon return you will mainly be a right […]

Knicks president Steve Mills said that Kristaps Porzingis gave the team a seven-day deadline to trade him away, threatening to return to Europe if they didn’t comply. “He walked into my office … and said, point-blank said to us, ‘I don’t want to be here. I’m not going to re-sign with the Knicks. And I’m going to give you seven […]

India captain Virat Kohli says Jofra Archer’s pace will make the England fast bowler an “intimidating” prospect to face at this summer’s ICC Cricket World Cup. Kohli kept close tabs on Archer’s progress for Rajasthan Royals in this year’s Indian Premier League and says his inclusion in England’s 15-man squad was made with “good reason”. On Tuesday Archer revealed in […]

DEAN SMITH has hit out at the scheduling of Aston Villa’s crucial play-off final against Derby at Wembley. Smith claims the richest match in world football – worth a mind-blowing £170million to the winners – should be taking centre stage at Wembley on Saturday afternoon. Instead, League Two Tranmere and Newport have been handed the traditional football prime-time slot of […]

JACK CLARKE is the subject of heightened Premier League interest with Tottenham Hotspur joining Manchester City in the race for the Leeds United starlet. The Championship club's Young Player of the Year for 2018/19 may not be sticking around for much longer as top-flight teams look for the stars of tomorrow. At the tender age of 18, Clarke has enjoyed […]