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Ronan O’Gara has declared his interest in taking a top international coaching role in the foreseeable future but will not be a contender for the Wales job should it fall vacant. The ambitious coach is contracted to La Rochelle until 2027 but says he would be open to talking about …

The increasingly frenzied cycle of claim and counter-claim over the impact of “affordability checks” on punters on the sport’s revenue stream from betting moved through several gears at once last week, with “out of control”, “unaccountable” and “thorough misunderstanding” among the accusations being thrown in one direction or the other.

Brian Lockwood, a member of the last Great Britain team to win the Rugby League World Cup and a four-time Challenge Cup winner, has died aged 78. Once described as “tough as teak and polished as mahogany”, he combined the resilience of a stereotypical rugby league forward with the mercurial …

Olympic discus champion Roje Stona is the latest high-profile athlete to switch sports and attempt to establish a career in the NFL.

The 25-year-old, who won gold for Jamaica at Paris 2024, will attempt to make the NFL as part of the league’s International Player Pathway program, which aims to …

Toto Wolff has bid Lewis Hamilton a heartfelt final farewell with what the Mercedes team principal called the most important message he has ever sent, as Hamilton

prepares to join Ferrari next season

Hamilton delivered

a superb comeback drive

Make-your-mind-up-time approaches for Boohoo’s shareholders in the great showdown with Mike Ashley. The Sports Direct maestro wants a seat on the Boohoo board for him and a mate, to go with the 27% shareholding his Frasers Group holds in the struggling online retailer. The vote is on 20 December and, …

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the latest in a string of foreign policy reversals for Iran including the weakening of its allies in Lebanon and Gaza, has coincided with growing domestic frustration over rising executions, planned increases in the price of petrol and a proposed law that imposes …

China’s Ding Liren struck back against Gukesh Dommaraju on Monday in the 12th game of their $2.5m world championship match in Singapore, one day after the feisty Indian teenager appeared to have taken command of a deadlocked best-of-14-games showdown

with a dramatic Game 11 win

The decisive …

Fast fashion retailer Boohoo has won the support of an influential shareholder adviser in its battle to prevent Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley wresting control of the company.

Boohoo on Monday published the recommendation of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) that investors vote against Ashley and another associate joining its board …

Tens of thousands of homes are without power and train lines have been disrupted after Storm Darragh caused widespread damage across the UK.

Two men died at the weekend when

trees fell on their vehicles

Hundreds …