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Even the original architect of Euro 2020, former UEFA president Michel Platini, accepted it was “perhaps a bit of a zany idea”. Staging arguably the third-biggest sporting event on the planet ...

Barbora Krejcikova saved a match point in one of the French Open’s most dramatic semi-finals to beat Maria Sakkari and set up a final clash with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Czech ...

Celtic have finally appointed a successor to Neil Lennon after confirming Ange Postecoglou as the Parkhead club’s new manager with “immediate effect”. After 107 days with out a permanent boss, ...

Former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca has emerged as a strong candidate to take over at Tottenham. The Portuguese is understood to be the first choice of incoming director of football ...

Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination will be one means of gaining entry to a sporting event for the first time this weekend in England’s opening Euro 2020 match against Croatia ...

Debbie Hewitt is set to become the Football Association’s first chairwoman after receiving a unanimous nomination from the FA Board. A seven-member selection panel led by independent non-executive FA ...

England’s final Euro 2020 warm-up friendly ended in a narrow 1-0 win against Romania on Sunday. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at five of the talking points ...

Charles Leclerc saw off Lewis Hamilton to put his Ferrari on pole position for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Following a frenetic qualifying, which saw four red-flag periods, Leclerc edged ...

Gareth Southgate has confirmed his 26-man squad for England’s tilt at winning the rescheduled European Championship this summer and the Three Lions began preparations with a 1-0 win over ...

Barty out of French Open with hip problem By Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent World number one Ashleigh Barty is out of the French Open after retiring through injury during ...

Tottenham have had contact with former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte about becoming the club’s new manager. The 51-year-old is out of a job after leaving Inter Milan last month, ...

Harry Kane’s possible departure from Tottenham promises to be one of the biggest transfer sagas of the summer. Clubs across Europe will be eager to bolster their ranks in ...

Naomi Osaka has announced that she will be withdrawing from the French Open because of the furore caused by her boycott of media duties. The world number two won her ...

Roger Federer marked his return to the Grand Slam arena in dazzling fashion with a 6-2 6-4 6-3 first-round defeat of qualifier Denis Istomin at the French Open on Monday. ...

Sergio Aguero has signed a two-year contract with Barcelona. The Catalan club announced the Argentinian forward would join them on July 1 when his current deal with Manchester City expires. Barca ...

Marcus Rashford has spoken with President Barack Obama to discuss the power young people can have to make change in society. Rashford, the Manchester United and England striker, met virtually ...

Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs will face trial next year accused of deliberately headbutting his ex-girlfriend and controlling her throughout their relationship. In a 15-minute hearing at Manchester Crown ...

Manchester City and Chelsea will meet in the Champions League final on Saturday. Here, the PA news agency looks at the ‘tale of the tape’ between the two clubs. Manchester ...

Chelsea and Manchester City supporters have joined together to condemn what they describe as UEFA’s “greed” over the staging of the Champions League final in Porto. The BBC has ...

By Keiran Southern Friends co-stars David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston revealed they almost had a real-life romance to rival that of their characters Ross and Rachel. The revelation came in ...

Marcus Rashford says he was racially abused on his social media accounts following Manchester United’s defeat in the Europa League final in Gdansk. The 23-year-old said he had received “...

A cigar butt discarded by Sir Winston Churchill and picked up by a policeman has sold for more than £4,200. The item – cast aside by the wartime leader in the 1940s – ...

With Euro 2020 now a matter of weeks away, national coaches are starting to finalise their selections for the cross-continental competition and not every top-flight star can be included. Here, the ...

A year ago Manchester City were facing up to a ban from the Champions League while Chelsea were in a battle to qualify for it. Yet on Saturday the clubs ...