Crisis club or chance to reinvent - where does McInnes exit leave Hearts?

Derek McInnes has left Heart of Midlothian for Rangers, so how will the Scottish Premiership runners-up react to losing their head coach?

Liverpool beat Newcastle to signing of Spain international Munoz

Liverpool have signed Osasuna winger Victor Munoz for £34.5m.

Spurs complete £52m Van Hecke signing from Brighton

Brighton's Dutch defender Jan Paul van Hecke joins Premier League rivals Tottenham for £52m.

Lionel Messi’s family ask for ‘humanity’ as his father receives medical treatment

Jorge Messi, 68, ‘recovering and progressing favourably’ ‘At times like these, we ask for responsibility,’ says family Lionel Messi’s father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and his family asked the media for “humanity” on Thursday amid rumours about Jorge Messi’s health while his son competes at the World Cup. “Jorge is going through a health situation,” the Messi family said in a statement. The family did not specify the illness that the 68-year-old Jorge Messi is suffering from. “He is currently under medical observation, recovering and progressing favourably withi

Advantage NZ as England wickets tumble after maiden Phillips ton

New Zealand claimed the key wickets of Joe Root and Harry Brook to seize control of the second Test against England after Glenn Phillips' maiden Test century helped the tourists build a commanding first-innings lead at The Oval.

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Sailor signs three-year contract extension with St Helens

St Helens have announced that Tristan Sailor has signed a three-year contract extension with the club.

Clarke backs Scotland to embrace underdog tag

Steve Clarke believes Scotland are often at their best when expectations are against them as they prepare for a World Cup showdown with Morocco.

Clarke warns Scotland: ‘We must be at our best – Morocco are the real deal’

Head coach says 2022 semi-finalists are now even better Scotland could deploy back three against Group C rivals Steve Clarke has warned Scotland the Morocco team they will face on Friday are superior to the one who reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2022. Scotland kicked off their tournament with a 1-0 win over Haiti , which came hours after Morocco impressed during a 1-1 draw with Brazil. Clarke answered with a firm “absolutely” when asked whether Morocco will pose as stern a threat as Brazil to his side in Group C. Continue reading...

Mokoena's late penalty earns South Africa draw against Czech Republic

Teboho Mokoena scores an 83rd-minute penalty to earn South Africa a draw against the Czech Republic at the World Cup.

Late penalty gifts South Africa first point against wasteful Czech Republic

Teboho Mokoena's late penalty gifted South Africa their first point of the World Cup after wasteful Czech Republic failed to make their chances pay in a 1-1 draw in Atlanta.

Mokoena rescues point for South Africa against Czechia and relieves pressure on Broos

They can put the matches away, at least for a little while. Before this game the South Africa head coach, Hugo Broos, had responded to fierce criticism for how his side had started the World Cup by revealing that eight months ago, having qualified for the competition, a friend told him they would erect of a statue of him and that he had said: “Make it out of wood; that way it will burn more easily when I lose.” Defeated 2-0 by Mexico , they were seven minutes away from following that up with a 1-0 loss to Czechia, left with no points, no goals and not much hope either. But then, almost from n