FIFA president Gianni Infantino is facing fresh questions over a World Cup disciplinary issue, this time related to DR Congo’s goalkeeper. The New York Times and Le Monde have reported that lawyers for world football’s global governing body became aware in March that Lionel Mpasi was allegedly…
NOVAK DJOKOVIC capped a remarkable week with his first title for nearly a year at the China Open in Beijing today. The 39-year-old profited from the retirement of final opponent Alex De Minaur after only one game of the second set to win a seventh title in the Chinese capital and maintain his…
PLANS to increase road building in Wales were unveiled by the Welsh government today, but were met with environmental concerns. A third Menai crossing in north Wales and a roads-based solution for the M4 around Newport in south Wales were announced by Deputy Transport Minister Mark Hooper in the…
JANNIK SINNER will not play again this season because of the knee injury that has sidelined him since Wimbledon. The world number one recently announced he would not be able to return in China as planned and he has now decided to call an early end to his campaign. In a video on social media, Sinner…
FORMER England seamer Kate Cross has found “closure” after retiring from professional cricket and is pondering a future in coaching — in the men’s or women’s game. Cross bowed out on her own terms with Lancashire last month, a year on from the abrupt, and enforced, end of her international career.…
CAMPAIGNERS from Stop Rosebank, Fossil Free London, Christian Climate Action and Greenpeace demonstrated outside the Department for Energy and Net Zero today to protest against the Rosebank oil field. Protesters depicted “heaven” and “hell” futures, demanding Prime Minister Andy Burnham reject new…
COCO GAUFF has said she has been racially abused on social media following an incident in her win over Sun Xinran at the China Open on Monday. The world number four won 7-5 6-1 against the 16-year-old from China to progress to the last 16 in Beijing. Gauff was serving to stay in the first set at…
UEFA has opened an investigation into the confrontation at half-time in Sunday’s behind-closed-doors Nations League draw between the Republic of Ireland and Israel in Serbia. During the altercation at the TSC Arena in Backa Topola, it was reported that a member of the Republic’s backroom staff…
TRAMS stopped in the centre of Nottingham today as firefighters tackled a blaze at a residential property. Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service urged people to avoid the area after a fire broke out at a building on Market Street late on Monday night. Roads are closed on Upper Parliament Street…