Ireland's home straight to World Cup starts with Pumas

⚽ All the latest heading into a busy weekend of football ⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail David If England’s Champions League sides delivered a mixed bag earlier in the week, Thursday’s Europa League action was no different. Bournemouth’s winning streak continued, 10-man Crystal Palace scraped a last-gasp draw while there were boos at Sunderland after a home loss to Dinamo Zagreb. Elsewhere, there was a rousing comeback win for Celtic and Brighton still don’t know what it’s lik

Coventry City could move 11th in the Premier League with victory at Everton on Friday as Frank Lampard returns to the Toffees with his side growing in confidence.

Australia recruit Michael Hussey as a long-term batting consultant to help them prepare for the 2027 Ashes and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

The Norwegian, 35, has set up a training camp in Spain to prepare for the Budapest Total Chess pilot This will be an important month for global chess, with the Total World Championship pilot, combining fast classical, rapid and blitz segments due in Budapest from 10-20 November. This will be followed by the Gukesh Dommaraju v Javokhir Sindarov Salesforce Fide World Championship match in Geneva between 24 November and 12 December, featuring 14 games of classical chess followed, if needed, by rapi