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Lucia Scott returns to the Scotland women squad for this month's WXV Global Series fixtures with Australia in Sydney and Canberra.Injury meant Scott did not feature in the recent home defeats by Canada, New Zealand and Australia in Edinburgh, with the Tests down under on 17 and 23 October completing this year's series.Fellow back Rachel Phillips is available again after sitting out the last meeting with Australia because of concussion protocols.However, experienced duo Alex Stewart...

Daniil Medvedev once said you would need to knock on his hotel door at 6am for seven days in a row to make him angry - but his China Open disqualification was no surprise.On court, though, he is a far more combustible character who finally ran out of chances when he was disqualified from Monday's China Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic.Djokovic was serving for a place in the final when the ball ricocheted off the back of the court. Medvedev swiped it into the stands, where it hit a...

With more than half of the 2026-27 Nations League group stage completed, BBC Sport looks at what will happen next in the competition.England are closing in on reaching the knockout rounds of the 2026-27 Uefa Nations LeagueEngland will close in on qualification for the 2026-27 Nations League quarter-finals if they beat Czech Republic at Wembley on Tuesday night.Thomas Tuchel's side sit second after three matches in Group A3, with a win all but confirming their place in next March's...

Isaac Makokha of Kenya Railway Golf Club won the 2026 Teafields Trophy at Kericho Golf Club with a score of 228, finishing two shots ahead of Daniel Mwangi and Ken Serem.Source: The Standard Sports

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct 6 – Lionel Messi is about to play his last match for Argentina. On what will be his 208th appearance, the country’s most-capped player and record goal scorer will bid an emotional farewell in a friendly against Benin at the Monumental in Buenos Aires. Arguably Argentina’s greatest ever player – only Diego Maradona comes close – announced his retirement from the national team on 31 August, six weeks after the World Cup final defeat by...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6 – Kenya’s long-distance runners Sabastian Sawe and Agnes Ngetich have been shortlisted for the 2026 men’s and women’s World Athlete of the Year, respectively. World Athletics on Tuesday announced the 20 nominees ahead of the World Athletics Awards taking place in Monaco November 27. Sawe, who wrote history as the first man to run a marathon under 2 hours in a competitive race, set a new World Record of 1:59:30 at the London Marathon. Sawe will...

Harmanpreet Kaur led India to first-ever global womens cricket title on home soil in 2025 as they beat South Africa in the 50-over World Cup final; batter, 37, says she has given everything to India while captaining in five Tests, 51 one-day internationals and 155 T20 internationalsIndia's World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down from the role across all three formats.The batter, 37, led India to their first-ever global women's title at the 2025 50-over World Cup...

BC Partners Credit hopes to put LIV Golf on sound financial footing and take renewed momentum into next year; LIV CEO says: This marks meaningful progress toward a player-owned, team-focused, truly global league; Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau among players owed millions of poundsLIV Golf has secured a potential $300m windfall from BC Partners Credit as it looks to continue into 2027.The league lost its multi-billion-dollar funding from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF)...

World No 1 ‌Jannik Sinner will miss the rest of the 2026 season due to the knee injury that has kept him on the sidelines since winning Wimbledon.Sinner's team said in a statement: "On the advice ​of his ⁠medical team, Jannik ⁠Sinner will follow a course ‌of treatment for inflammation in his knee."The decision has been made to have the treatment ⁠now to give ​Jannik the necessary ​time to recover ​before beginning preparations for ⁠2027. As a result, Jannik will be...

Dorking Wanderers owner and manager Marc White tells Sky Sports what new investment from Frank Villares, Debra Tucker and James Sixsmith changes, the clubs huge social media audience and why he believes reaching the EFL would be one of the worlds greatest sporting successesFootball needs charismatic characters - and Marc White is certainly one of those.It is more than likely you will have seen one of his rants go viral on social media. In that respect, he is one of a kind.But he also has no...

Scott Coker says he has "something else to give" after some "unfinished business" following the launch of his new mixed martial arts promotion, Ki MMA.Scott Coker is the former president of promotions Bellator and StrikeforceKi MMA, which is set to host its first event in 2027, is Coker's first business venture since he was president of Bellator, which was acquired by the PFL in 2023.Since then the PFL has phased out the Bellator brand, before merging with Jake...

LIV Golf secures a possible $300m in financing from BC Partners Credit in order to emerge from restructuring before the 2027 season.LIV Golf was founded in 2021, with its first season taking place the following yearThe league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States in September after Saudi Arabia withdrew its multibillion-dollar funding, starting a court-supervised "restructuring process" that they hope to complete in early 2027.It is unclear how much of the...