Lionesses need setbacks like Spain loss - Wiegman

Sarina Wiegman says her "hurt" England side need setbacks like their humbling defeat by Spain in order to improve.

Ex-England midfielder Dyer named new Southend boss

Southend United appoint ex-Ipswich, Newcastle and England midfielder Kieron Dyer as their new head coach on an initial two-year contract.

How can athletes play with ICDs, and what happens when it goes off?

BBC Sport explores how athletes with cardiac health issues are able to continue playing, the risks, and what happens when an ICD goes off.

Scotland latest: Clarke urges his squad to soak up atmosphere

How Emslie went from giving birth to World Cup qualifiers inside six months

Scotland's Claire Emslie was back playing competitive football just five months after giving birth and is now targeting next year's World Cup finals in Brazil.

Lauren Hemp confident Lionesses will bounce back from Spain hammering

European champions beaten 4-0 in Mallorca on Friday Hemp: ‘As a group, we’ve come together and stuck together’ Lauren Hemp says the England squad are sticking together after their heavy defeat against Spain on Friday and they have vowed to bounce back from that hugely disappointing result, as they prepare to conclude their Women’s World Cup qualifying group with Tuesday’s visit of Ukraine to Hill Dickinson Stadium. The European champions were outplayed in a 4-0 loss in Mallorca that saw them miss the chance to secure automatic qualification for next summer’s tournament in Brazil, with Spain

Leclerc criticism 'premature' says Ferrari brake supplier

Ferrari's brake suppliers Brembo have expressed "surprise" at Charles Leclerc's criticism of their parts after he described his car as "borderline dangerous" following his Monaco Grand Prix crash on Sunday.

Bayern’s best ever? Kane in Ballon d’Or conversation but World Cup is pivotal

The England captain has finally assumed his place at the pinnacle of the game – it has been a long road to this point The Bayern Munich president, Uli Hoeness, has a propensity for hyperbole, so when he labelled Harry Kane as the best transfer the club has ever made in the wake of the DFB-Pokal cup final, which Bayern won 3-0 thanks to a Kane hat-trick , you wondered whether he was simply dialling up the rhetoric. A month on, emotion subsided, it appears not. “He absolutely is the best we’ve had,” another Bayern insider confirms. It’s impossible to overstate the unfussy way Kane has won over

India record biggest Test win vs Afghanistan as debutant takes seven wickets

Manav Suthar took seven wickets on debut to spur India to their largest Test victory, defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in three days in New Chandigarh.

McIlroy finds 'good stuff' ahead of US Open but identifies 'limited' area

Rory McIlroy insists there is plenty of "good stuff" he can take from the Memorial Tournament into the US Open, although the world No 2 is fully aware of his driver issue heading into the next major.

McCullum 'hopeful' of Archer return as he hails Gay's 'super-impressive' debut

England head coach Brendon McCullum is "hopeful" Jofra Archer will be available for the second Test against New Zealand as he reflected on Emilio Gay's "super-impressive" display in the first Test after feeling the Durham batter was "spinning" ahead of his debut.

Britain's Joyce to fight unbeaten heavyweight Suslenkov in July

Britain's Joe Joyce will face unbeaten Russian heavyweight Artem Suslenkov on the undercard of Murat Gassiev vs Tony Yoka on Saturday July 11 in Moscow, Sky Sports understands.