England captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson have been ruled out of the second Test against New Zealand at the Oval, with the ECB investigating an alleged breach of team protocols. Joe Root takes over as interim captain.
The summer 2026 transfer window is officially open for business, with Anthony Gordon's £69m move to Barcelona among the headline early deals as English clubs reshape their squads before the 1 September deadline.
Thomas Tuchel's England head into their World Cup opener against Croatia full of confidence after beating New Zealand and Costa Rica in their Florida warm-up matches, with Declan Rice and a deep, settled squad fuelling genuine optimism.
Golf's toughest test heads to the windswept Long Island links of Shinnecock Hills, with defending champion J.J. Spaun back to relive his miracle finish and Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy carrying very different burdens of expectation.
The expanded 48-team World Cup is under way across three nations, with Mexico christening the tournament at the Azteca, the USA thrashing Paraguay and a string of early results setting the tone for a sprawling festival of football.
Croatia's Donna Vekic blitzed the opening set and survived a second-set fightback to deny home favourite Emma Raducanu on the lawns of west London, with the men's event now under way at a depleted Queen's.
France's Ciryl Gane produced a stunning second-round stoppage of Alex Pereira to capture the interim UFC heavyweight title at a landmark event staged on the White House lawn — and immediately called for a rematch with champion Tom Aspinall.
Lewis Hamilton took a maiden victory in red at the Spanish Grand Prix, heading George Russell and Lando Norris in the first all-British podium in Formula One since 1968 after championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired late on.
Emma Raducanu produced a commanding straight-sets win over Iva Jovic to reach the Queen's Club final without dropping a set, becoming the first British woman to make the showpiece since Winnie Shaw 56 years ago.
John McGinn's deflected first-half strike gave Steve Clarke's side a 1-0 win over Haiti in Boston — Scotland's first victory at a World Cup finals since 1990 and a result that briefly put the Tartan Army top of Group C.
At 41, Lewis Hamilton became the oldest Formula 1 race winner in more than half a century, controlling the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix as championship leader Kimi Antonelli suffered a brutal engine failure.
Mexico's Isaac del Toro tore the race apart in the high mountains to snatch overall victory at the renamed Critérium du Dauphiné, sending an ominous warning to his rivals just weeks before the Tour de France.
Ethan Burger's 68th-minute try completed a remarkable Exeter Chiefs recovery from 16 points down as they edged Bath 27-26 at The Rec to set up a Twickenham final against Northampton Saints.
Trailing at the Guadalajara Stadium, South Korea responded through a moment of individual brilliance and a late winner to begin their campaign with three points.
Goals from Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez settled the tournament's opening match, but it was the three red cards in front of a fervent Mexico City crowd that grabbed the headlines.
Teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus held off Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi by a hundredth of a second to win the Bislett Games 800m in a world-leading 1:42.08 on a fast night in Oslo.
Gus Atkinson's second-innings five-for sealed a 115-run victory on a treacherous Lord's pitch, giving England the perfect start to their red-ball rebuild after a chastening Ashes winter.
Pole vault great Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis was beaten for the first time in nearly three years on home soil in Stockholm, as Australia's Kurtis Marschall produced the upset of the athletics season at the Diamond League.
Gus Atkinson's five-wicket haul finished off the tourists as England won the first Test by 115 runs on a surface that produced the fastest fall of wickets seen in England for more than a century.
Former world champion Chris Billam-Smith weathered an early storm before halting Canada's Ryan Rozicki in the seventh round of a brutal cruiserweight contest in front of his home crowd in Bournemouth.
Kimi Antonelli extended his championship lead to 43 points in Montreal, as teammate George Russell retired and Lewis Hamilton claimed second for Ferrari.