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The RFU (Rugby Football Union) has announced a 10-year high revenue of £228m in its latest financial accounts but returned a small overall loss of nearly £2million.

Chelsea and England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has been voted ‘BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2025’ following a stand-out 12 months for club and country.

A child chess prodigy has swept the board at a national competition, earning her a place among the top 50 women in the world for the blitz category of speed chess.

Sandwell Leisure Trust (SLT) has become ‘Kore Sandwell’ for a more contemporary, forward-thinking brand that reflects the organisation’s growth and renewed focus on community health and wellbeing.

Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini led Italy to Davis Cup glory as the hosts beat Spain to capture a historic third successive title in front of an ecstatic home crowd.

An exciting day of racing unfolded at Sefton Park for the UKA Cross Challenge, sponsored by SportsShoes.com, as Britain’s leading endurance athletes battled for selection for next month’s European Cross Country Championships in Portugal.

Statistics from the latest Supercomputer-predicted Premier League table have backed up Emile Heskey’s claims that the title is “Arsenal’s to throw away”.

Former England striker Ian Wright has said that he doesn’t think that some people are ready for a Black superstar, following the media treatment of England international, Jude Bellingham.

The tiny Caribbean island of Curaçao has become the smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup after drawing with Steve McClaren's Jamaica.

Great Britain's women got their EuroBasket 2027 qualification campaign back on track with a comfortable 91-48 victory against Norway in Bergen.

A cohort of 41 athletes have been offered membership to the Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2025/26.

Rugby’s new-look Nations Championship was launched with northern and southern hemisphere countries pitted against each other in two separate windows in July and November next year before a weekend of finals matches in London.

Conor Benn assured the boxing world that things would be different this time; after saying he could keep a handle on his emotions as he prepared for the rematch with Chris Eubank Jr - the latest instalment of a family feud that began with their fathers 35 years ago.

Conor Benn put on a dominant performance to earn revenge over bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr and seal a unanimous decision victory in their rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr step in the ring together again at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, almost seven months after their first encounter, when Eubank beat his bitter rival in a 12-round battle – with this return set to continue the current clean sweep the Eubank family has over the Benn’s.

Football stadiums have been historically designed with only men in mind and need to be better equipped for female players and supporters, says the company which runs professional women's football in England.