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Tony Bellew won the vacant WBC cruiserweight world title at Goodison Park with a third round knockout victory over Ilunga Makabu The die-hard Everton fan was briefly knocked down in the opening round A barrage of punches in the third saw [...]

Gareth Bale’s second Champions League victory with Real Madrid makes him only the second Briton after Steve McManaman to win that competition — or the European Cup — more than once with a foreign club since 1956. Scotland’s [...]

Mario Gomez opened the scoring for Germany from the penalty spot  Marek Hamsik fired an equaliser from outside the box just before half-time Michal Duris added a second with a header from a Vladimir Weiss cross Juraj Kucka slotted a third [...]

England scored five tries in 27-13 victory against Wales at Twickenham  Bath fly-half George Ford missed six of his seven shots at goal   Ford had been earmarked to start the first Test against Australia in June  By Nik Simon for the [...]

This was Twickenham, but not as we know it. Perhaps the fans didn’t bring enough sunscreen and the heat, as well as the beer, went to their heads, but the upshot was a thumping England win tarnished by abuse of a home player. It was surreal [...]

England XI: Pickford, Iorfa, Targett, Chalobah, Chambers, Hause, Watmore, Ward-Prowse (c), Loftus-Cheek, Redmond, Baker France XI: Escales, Fulgini, Diakhaby, Diallo, Niakhate, Confais, Kemen (c), Konate, Peireira de Sa, Bamba, Guirassy England [...]

Lewis Hamilton is a winner again. Seven months after his last victory. And this was among the best of his life. His world championship has caught fire. It was the most pulsating Monaco Grand Prix of recent memory – a wet-dry race, a test [...]

Stuart Broad strikes in first over of day, Jimmy Anderson wraps up innings Sri Lanka trail by 397 after the first innings  Last wicket: Karunaratne c Root b Woakes 26, Sri Lanka 38-1  Moeen Ali guided England to 498-9 with 155 not out on [...]

Daniel Ricciardo threw down gauntlet with stunning pole position lap Red Bull driver starts in front of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton Round six of the Formula One world championship takes place at Monaco Monte Carlo circuit hit with wet [...]

The 23-year-old midfielder sealed a move to the Emirates on Wednesday Granit Xhaka praised the high quality of the pitch at Arsenal’s stadium Xhaka became Arsenal’s first outfield summer signing since 2014 The Switzerland midfielder [...]