The race for the Sam Maguire Cup will be a straight knockout tournament once again in 2021, with time constraints dictating there will be no back door. Mirroring the 2020 format, it will be do-or-die for teams right from the…

The government has announced a further £50m in emergency funding for sport in the latest tranche of its ‘Winter Survival Package’ to cope with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Horse racing, rugby league, speedway and drag racing will…

Luke Humphries has consistently been touted as a future major winner, and he came extremely close to fulfilling that prophecy following a breakthrough tournament at last weekend’s UK Open. Humphries produced a string of sublime performances in Milton Keynes to…

Team Bath Netball showed their title credentials on Friday night with a clinical 60-35 victory against the 2019 Vitality Netball Superleague champions Manchester Thunder. Anna Stembridge’s outfit laid the platform for their comprehensive victory with a 16-8 second quarter. From…

Fresh from his latest major title, James Wade joins Colin Lloyd, Mark Webster and Michael Bridge on The Darts Show podcast. It’s been a whirlwind start to the darting year and as well as our experts breaking down the UK…

England’s attack faces a tough battle to earn the tourists first-innings parity with India after “another bad day at the office” for the batsmen, says Nasser Hussain. Joe Root’s side succumbed to 205 all out on day one of the…

Callan Rydz overcame Jonny Clayton 8-7 in the final to clinch his first PDC ProTour title at Friday’s Players Championship event in Bolton. The 22-year-old punished Clayton’s miss on bullseye for the match by delivering a 127 checkout to force…

Astralis’ new signing Hampus ‘promisq’ Abrahamsson says he expects plenty of banter from his former team G2 Esports in their LEC clash this weekend. The 26-year-old spent eight months at G2 as their substitute back in 2019, winning both spring…

Kerry GAA have announced that Rathmore man Paul Murphy will captain their senior footballers in 2021. In keeping with tradition, the Munster outfit opt to go with a captain who is nominated by the champions of the previous year’s county…

Jess Thirlby says England’s Vitality Roses are in a great place but the head coach is imploring her side to finish the job and gain a clean sweep of victories over the Vitality Netball Superleague All Stars. After a 67-44…

Grab another chance to watch Englan’d Vitality Roses in action against the Vitality Netball Superleague All Stars in the second of three matches. https://youtube.com/watch?v=qskBOrZczCQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed England are building up to the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and head coach Jess Thirlby is…

Gary Anderson was at his awe-inspiring best as he steamrollered Dirk van Duijvenbode to reach the PDC World Darts Championship semi-finals for the sixth time. The relentless Scot demolished Dutchman Van Duijvenbode with a sweet 101.07 average, hitting six maximums…

Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations given by the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld by Switzerland’s highest court. Sun was handed the suspension in February after the Court of Arbitration for Sport…

Dessie Farrell played down Dublin’s achievement of six consecutive All-Ireland titles, and instead wanted the focus on how his “new team” won the Sam Maguire Cup this year. “I’m delighted for the players,” he told Sky Sports after his team’s…