Tour de France director rejects accusations of bias towards French riders
Christian Prudhomme also defended the night-time drug tests, adding that International Testing Agency (ITA) practices did not favour any riders
Police call on English football clubs to ease security burden on taxpayers
The Home Office says the increase is largely down to incidents of sexism and violence against women being included for the first time in the 2025-26 season
Aston Villa seal loan signing of Alejandro Garnacho from Chelsea
The Argentinian winger was surplus to requirements at Chelsea and the loan follows the deal taking Morgan Rogers to Stamford Bridge
Sam Docherty on football after cancer and life after football: ‘I was a frontman for something bigger’
The former Carlton co-captain on the hardships that took him to ‘rock bottom’ and the ‘obsession’ that helped him carve out a 13-year AFL career
Back to the playground of the disgustingly rich: it’s club football!
In today’s Football Daily: Fresh takeover business at Anfield
Middlesex CCC chief executive dismissed after complaint by staff member
The Middlesex chief executive, Andrew Cornish, has been dismissed after misconduct charges against him were were upheld by by an independent disciplinary panel
Transfer roundup: Barcelona sign Adeyemi, Monaco’s Bamba set for Newcastle
Karim Adeyemi has signed for Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund in a £19m deal while Newcastle are close to a £34m deal for Monaco’s Aladji Bamba
Manchester United consider Camavinga and Berge as midfield overhaul continues
Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga and Fulham’s Sander Berge are on United’s radar despite the club havig already signed two midfielders this summer
Final hurrah? Glasgow’s cut-price Commonwealth Games fight for survival
Having stepped in when Victoria deemed the event ‘a waste of taxpayer money’, organisers are bullish about the Games’ future
‘Everyone is hooked on football’: Indian league seeks to ride World Cup wave
Club chiefs hope that a revitalised setup can help huge interest in this summer’s tournament translate into growth of the Indian domestic game
‘Don’t become the protagonist’: Andoni Iraola on the secret of Spain’s success and his role at Liverpool
Liverpool’s new head coach is settling into the pre-season tour in Chicago as he begins to reshape the Reds’ identity
‘Like pulling a tractor trailer’: what it’s like to play on an awful MLB team
Failure is woven into baseball. Over six months, the challenge is not just avoiding defeat but maintaining standards, accountability and belief when losses pile up
Cooper Lutkenhaus: US track phenom on family ties, LA 2028 and balancing stardom with high school
The 17-year-old dreamed of playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Now he is America’s next big track star, with another chance for gold at this week’s US championships
How LNZ Cherkasy become a wartime success story with few modern parallels
Ukrainian club were in fourth tier in 2021 but, despite war with Russia, will contest European qualifiers for first time