Premier League 2025-26 preview No 19: West Ham United
Some fans fear a relegation battle beckons. The optimistic reading, though, is that this is the real start of the Potter era
Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the opening weekend
Another new era at Tottenham, De Cuyper can shine for Brighton and Aston Villa remind us this is a business
Premier League referees will award more penalties for holding, Webb says
Howard Webb has warned fans they can expect to see more penalties this season after he instructed referees to crack down on holding
Arne Slot insists Florian Wirtz must reach Salah’s level to meet Liverpool expectations
Liverpool head coach believes German must prove fitness in the Premier League like Mohamed Salah did to ensure success
Nottingham Forest working on potential club-record Omari Hutchinson deal
Fee for Ipswich winger could be worth about £37m, while Forest remain confident of securing James McAtee
Premier League’s big show is back, full of thrills but facing new threat to its power
Clubs are spending like there is no tomorrow but the title looks to be between Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea
Wallabies and Springboks swap identities for clash in the Highveld’s thin air
The frenemies meet in this year’s Rugby Championship opener at Ellis Park where they are expected to rip pages out of the other’s playbook
Brentford will keep Newcastle target Yoane Wissa out of season opener
Manager Keith Andrews has said striker is ‘not ready to play’ as club hold out for £40m fee
Wayne Rooney, Tom Brady and a serving of ultra-processed beef
In today’s Football Daily: The STOP BEEF campaign begins, a curious analogy and a goalkeeping thesaurus
Carlton’s new generation shine in AFLW opening round win against Collingwood
It wasn’t the 25,000 crowd of the 2017’s famous first game, but there are signs the competition is recovering from some lost years
LA28 to break longstanding tradition with corporate venue names at Games
In a historic shift from the Olympics’ clean venue policy, LA28 will allow select competition sites to keep corporate names, starting with Comcast and Honda
Tottenham ‘disgusted’ by racial abuse of Mathys Tel after Super Cup defeat
Tottenham have condemned ‘abhorrent’ racial abuse of Mathys Tel on social media after he missed a penalty against PSG
Sky expecting to hold off Netflix for exclusive US Open golf coverage
Sky currently shows all men’s and women’s golf majors but Netflix is looking for events to attract new subscribers
Premier League 2025-26 preview No 18: Tottenham Hotspur
Frank deserves a chance to prove himself but the new manager will need a strong start after last season’s calamitous league campaign
‘I came back stronger’: freestyle skier Kirsty Muir on injury and Olympic medal ambitions
With the Winter Olympics less than six months away, the Scottish medal hopeful talks to Yara El-Shaboury about her hopes of improving on a muted, Covid-hit Games debut in 2021