Account closures and restrictions are angering racing punters but there is an answer

The minimum bet rule model is there in Australia for all to see and the Gambling Commission should act now

Ross Byrne says escort defender crackdown could see locks converted to wings

The Gloucester fly-half Ross Byrne believes international head coaches could convert second-rows into wings for the next Rugby World Cup to capitalise on the crackdown on escort defenders

Salah and a scorched earth soliloquy that rocked hacks as much as Liverpool

In today’s Football Daily: are Liverpool and Mohamed Salah set to split?

It’s Mohamed Salah v Liverpool, and nobody is coming out of it well

Handing the Egyptian a contract extension while also bringing about a new identity has backfired terribly

Mohamed Salah left out of Liverpool’s Champions League trip to Inter

Mohamed Salah has been left out of Liverpool’s Champions League trip to Milan to play Inter on Tuesday following his criticism of the club and Arne Slot

Superb Celta find Real Madrid and Bernabéu begrudgingly welcoming walk-ins

Hosts were shown five cards in 38 seconds before Williot Swedberg delivered the coup de grace that left them bereft

Rock star: Sasha DiGiulian on making history with a ‘crazy, audacious’ climb of El Capitán

The 33-year-old hit rain, lightning, snow and ice in Yosemite – and still became the first woman to ascend the Platinum route

McCullum’s ‘overprepared’ Ashes remark may prove England’s Bazball epitaph

Australia’s superior basics have shattered expectations and pushed the broader philosophy into the spotlight

Gabba dramas show why pink-ball Tests are here to stay – and could save the format

Fluctuating conditions and nuances are helping to shakeup five-day cricket with on-field excitement and more eyeballs

Hamburg bloody Werder Bremen’s nose with winner in breathless Nordderby

HSV are back in the Bundesliga and remain a huge club even if they have adjusted expectations this season

Spalletti splits Napoli and Højlund downs Juve: welcome to Serie A Bizarro World

Club legends in opposing dugouts, Turin giants as underdogs against the juggernaut Partenopei … it was a weird night at the Maradona

Joey Barton gets suspended prison sentence for offensive social media posts

Ex-footballer targeted pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine, in ‘sustained campaign of online abuse’

Infantino’s lickspittle World Cup draw promises a tournament autocrats will love

Friday’s ceremony in Washington DC was cringe-inducing and craven enough to make football fans nostalgic for the reign of Sepp Blatter

WSL talking points: Chelsea’s historic run ended to give City breathing space

Manchester City show their resilience, Spurs eye the Champions League and Liverpool look to splash the cash

McCullum insists England do not have a ‘glass jaw’ and can fight back in Ashes

Brendon McCullum has insisted that England have the quality and character to pick themselves off the canvas and fight their way back into the Ashes contest