This was not the return to Brazil that Anderson Silva wanted. Silva, the former longtime UFC middleweight champion, was hesitant during the first round of his UFC 237 fight with Jared Cannonier on Saturday night. The round mostly belonged to “The Killa Gorilla” until the fight ended in an unfortunate fashion. In the closing seconds, Cannonier (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) threw an inside leg […]

UFC 237 promises to be something special. Coming at you from Rio, the main event sees Rose Namajunas put her Strawweight title on the line against local favourite Jessica Andrade But before that, middleweight stars Anderson Silva and Jared Cannonier are set to collide in a potential UFC classic. Cannonier, known as The Killa Gorilla, put on a stunning performance […]

TOTTENHAM have "agreed a £26million deal with Barcelona for Andre Gomes" with the midfielder set to snub a permanent transfer to Everton, according to reports. The Portuguese playmaker has impressed since arriving at Goodison Park on loan this season and is also a target for North London rivals Arsenal and Inter Milan. The 25-year-old, who first emerged as a target […]

VALTTERI BOTTAS took his third pole in a row to start in P1 for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised, for the last time a non-Mercedes car was on pole position in Barcelona, London was preparing to host the Olympic Games. In fact, it was Williams' Pastor Maldonado in 2012, who went on to win the […]

ARSENAL have been told they must meet Manchester United's £30million asking price to seal a transfer for Eric Bailly this summer, according to reports. The 25-year-old will not play again for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side this season after damaging medial knee ligaments in the 1-1 stalemate with Chelsea last month. SunSport exclusively revealed that Unai Emery was planning a cut-price […]

TIRED Chelsea will look to secure third place in the Premier League tomorrow with a win at Leicester after their gruelling Europa League shootout win. But they must do so without N'Golo Kante and potentially Eden Hazard. The midfielder – who of course was instrumental in the Leicester side that won the league in 2016 – will not be fit […]

Melbourne Victory head to Sydney for Sunday's A-League Big Blue semi-final without James Troisi, but buoyed by the chance to reach a fourth grand final in five years. The reigning champions confront Sydney FC at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium for a place in the decider – just as they did last year – after a disjointed week. Ten senior players stayed […]

JURGEN KLOPP launched a double whammy at Uefa as he claimed they are “killing” the game. The Liverpool boss has long been a strident critic of staging the Nations League this summer, originally insisting it was senseless. He said: “Everybody looked at me when I said it was not such a good idea. "And whoops, two English teams are in […]

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets, 118-113, on Friday night to clinch a contentious Western Conference semifinal series many saw as the de facto N.B.A. finals. The Warriors, who played without its injured star Kevin Durant, persevered on the road to close out a tightly contested series, four games to two. In doing so, Golden State kept alive […]

IT’S ABOUT TIME the boys from monopolies and mergers had a gander at Aidan O’Brien. The Ballydoyle giant pinched both Newmarket Classics and cast a fair old shadow over Chester this week where Sir Dragonet (9-1 to 13-2) won by the length of Southport Pier. He’s nipped in the side door to be Derby jolly, but they went a stride […]