Joe Hart’s latest BBC Sport appearance puts a familiar tournament debate back in the spotlight: whether the World Cup ball is giving goalkeepers more to think about than usual. The former England numb...
The expanded 48-team World Cup is already producing one of the tournament’s most interesting early themes: lower-ranked nations are proving harder to beat than many expected. Rather than being overwhe...
Laura Muir’s decision to target the 5,000m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games gives Scotland’s home crowd a headline act and underlines how carefully the middle- and long-distance star is mapping the n...
The United States could be in line to explore a bid for the men’s 2038 World Cup, according to the executive director of the White House’s World Cup task force. The BBC report does not present a forma...
Serena Williams’ return to Wimbledon immediately gives the tournament one of its biggest talking points, with the American superstar drawn against Australian world number 53 Maya Joint in the first ro...
Celtic have moved to keep continuity in place around Martin O’Neill by confirming that Shaun Maloney, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus will remain in his backroom team next season. It is a ...
Friday’s World Cup meeting between France and Norway is being framed around a simple question: which of the two headline forwards is more important to his national team, Kylian Mbappe or Erling Haalan...
Hearts have entered a decisive new phase after a summer that has already altered the look of the club. Following a narrow miss in the Scottish Premiership title race, the Edinburgh side have moved qui...
Ellie-Rose Griffiths’ story is a sharp reminder that the pathway to elite sport can come at a heavy cost, especially when children are pushed into full-time training before they are ready for the dema...
England’s World Cup story is usually told through tactics, selection calls and the pressure of tournament football, but BBC Sport’s report on the camp’s downtime offers a useful reminder that elite sq...