Newcastle manager Eddie Howe excused Alexander Isak from travelling to their friendly with Celtic to shield him from transfer speculation but is confident the striker will remain at St James’ Park.

World number one Scottie Scheffler’s continued consistency opened up a two-shot lead midway through his third round of The Open but looming over his shoulder was spectre of Rory McIlroy.

A boat carrying tourists has capsized during a thunderstorm in Vietnam, killing 34 people. The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members — all of them Vietnamese — during the ...

Georgia Hunter Bell will consult with Kelly Holmes before deciding whether to attempt to double up in the 800 and 1500 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.

Steven Pressley suffered a second defeat as Dundee manager as Alloa left their visitors’ hopes of Premier Sports Cup progression in ruins. Dundee were on the end of another 1-0 defeat at the Indodrill ...

The Premier League sides played their first fixture ahead of the new campaign in front of a 45,345 crowd at the Strawberry Arena.

Joseph O’Brien’s Al Riffa stamped his class on the Michael John Kennedy Curragh Cup.

Rod Millman continued his love affair with the Weatherbys Super Sprint, as Anthelia regained the winning thread to deny Royal Ascot winner Havana Hurricane in a thrilling finish to the Newbury feature ...

A hole-in-one for England’s John Parry catapulted him onto the leaderboard on day three of The Open at Royal Portrush. The 38-year-old’s tee shot at the 199-yard 13th took three bounces before ...

A hunch from Owen Burrows to explore options at 10 furlongs paid dividends, as new recruit Royal Dubai thrived over the extra yardage in the BetVictor Steventon Stakes at Newbury.

Having filled the runner-up spot on her first two starts, True Love (1-2 favourite) was an impressive winner of the Queen Mary Stakes and followed up in fine style, travelling strongly under Ryan ...

Andy Farrell braced his British and Irish Lions for the backlash coming from Australia following a 27-19 triumph that has placed them on the brink of a series victory.