Charlton promoted and Barcelona reclaim European crown: Women’s Football Weekly – podcast

Faye Carruthers is joined by Sophie Downey , Emma Sanders and Ayisha Gulati to reflect on Bunny Shaw staying at Manchester City and Barcelona’s dominant Champions League final. Plus, Lucia Lobato joins to discuss Charlton’s dramatic promotion to the WSL On today’s pod: Charlton Athletic are heading to the WSL after a dramatic playoff final victory over Leicester City . The panel discuss the game at the Valley, the heroics of Sophie Whitehouse and what this means for the relegated Foxes. Faye and Sophie also sit down with Charlton midfielder Lucia Lobato to discuss the emotions of prom

Kang’s spending fuels resentment but Barcelona are far from a model club

Billionaire investor uses her wealth to pursue glory but the Women’s Champions League winners cannot take the moral high ground It has been a bad week for Michele Kang, the billionaire women’s football investor. On Wednesday the Uefa director of women’s football, Nadine Kessler, was firm on the enforcement of rules prohibiting clubs with the same owner from playing each other in European competitions, dealing a blow to Kang, who has ambitions of taking London City Lionesses into Europe’s premier competition, but also owns the tournament’s most decorated side, OL Lyonnes. Then, across the wee

Why reluctant 'guru' says Dutch will win World Cup

Economist Joachim Klement developed a forecast model which has kept a 100% record of predicting World Cup winners since 2014 - who does he think will win in 2026?

From fury to a European final: Crystal Palace’s topsy-turvy road to Leipzig

Palace were cruelly denied a place in the Europa League but they are now one win away from their first European trophy By The Football Mine If following a football club can be a rollercoaster, this season has been the equivalent of the Oblivion ride at Alton Towers for Crystal Palace supporters. The ride offers “physical trauma, psychological breakdown and chaos”. Palace fans have been through all that and more over the last 12 months. It all started when the club won the FA Cup for the first time , beating Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley last May. The mixture of elation, euphoria, disbelief

Hull City roar back to Premier League. EFL playoffs special: Football Weekly – podcast

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , George Elek and Ali Maxwell after a weekend of EFL playoffs that saw Oli McBurnie take Hull City back to the Premier League for the first time in a decade Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email . On today’s podcast: it’s a Football League special after a bank holiday of the hottest football matches since John Aldridge at USA ‘94. A lot of cramp and sweat and in the end it’s Hull City, Bolton Wanderers and Notts County who are promoted. Continue reading...

Koepka, Clark withdraw from PGA Tour event at Colonial

Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from this week's Charles Schwab Challenge, meaning he won't be able to qualify for next week's Signature Event at the Memorial Tournament.

Is 3v3 the future of football? Why FA thinks ‘playground feel’ is the way ahead

New format is coming in for under-sevens next season, giving children more chance to express themselves There are six different colours of bib strewn across the indoor pitches of St George’s Park. There’s an equally vibrant kaleidoscope of disc cones marking out small pitches, and there are collapsible goals at each end. Amid it all are a load of youngsters, largely unattended, trying skills, dribbling past opponents, shifting from pitch to pitch and forming new teams. It’s 3v3 football: a bit messy, a little unstructured and, the Football Association hopes, a key development in ensuring the f

Roberts and Davies return from injury for Wales

Ben Davies returns from a serious ankle injury while Connor Roberts could play his first game in a year for Wales against Ghana and Romania.

Premier League Darts Finals Night: Build-up to action at O2 Arena on Thursday

Challenge Cup Finals: Build-up to action at Wembley Stadium on Saturday

Pundit predictions for Finals Night as Littler, Humphries, Clayton, Price go for glory

Ahead of Premier League Darts Finals Night 2026, the Sky Sports Darts pundits predict who will be crowned champion, who will come through in the big moments, and which player has the most confidence heading to London's O2 Arena...

Norrie retires during French Open opener as Medvedev stunned by wildcard

Britain's Cam Norrie is out of the French Open after retiring injured when a set and a break down in his round one contest against the unseeded Adolfo Daniel Vallejo.