Ex-England star Ince charged with drink driving

Former England captain Paul Ince has been charged with drink-driving after crashing into a central reservation, police said. The ex-Manchester United and Liverpool midfielder was arrested after a black Range Rover crashed at 17:00 BST on Saturday on Chester High Road in Neston, Wirral.more

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Miami 4-0 in the 1/8 finals of the Club World Cup held in the United States. The American team's first team included Argentine Lionel Messi, who played for PSG in 2021-23.more

Iga Świątek, who played in the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Bad Homburg on Saturday, moved up from eighth to fourth place in the world ranking of tennis players. The leader is still Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka with a large advantage. In the ATP ranking, Hubert Hurkacz retained 39th position, and the second Pole in the ranking, Kamil Majchrzak, moved up from 108th to 109th.more

American Taylor Fritz defeated his compatriot Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-1 in the final of the ATP 250 grass court tennis tournament in Eastbourne.more

Iga Świątek did not win her first grass court title. Yesterday, in the final of the WTA tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany, she lost to the top-seeded American Jessica Pegula 4:6, 5:7.more

Hubert Hurkacz announced his withdrawal from Wimbledon on Friday afternoon due to irritation of his synovial membrane. One year ago, the Polish star tore his right meniscus during his second-round Wimbledon match against Arthur Fils. Hurkacz will not be able to compete in the grass-court major this year at all.more

Iga Świątek advanced to her first final this season and the first in... 384 days, last year's Grand Slam French Open. In the WTA 500 tournament on grass courts in Bad Homburg, Germany, she defeated the Italian Jasmine Paolini 6:1, 6:3 in the semifinals.more

Cristiano Ronaldo has extended his contract with Al Nassr Riyadh by two years. The 40-year-old Portuguese footballer has been playing for the Saudi club since January 2023. He has played 105 official matches for the club, scoring 93 goals and providing 19 assists.more

Iga Świątek advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA 500 grass tennis tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany. In the quarter-finals, interrupted for over an hour due to rain, she defeated the Russian Ekaterina Aleksandrova 6:4, 7:6 (7-5). Her next opponent will be the Italian Jasmine Paolini.more

Liverpool have completed the signing of Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez in a £40m deal, with the Premier League champions' summer spending set to pass the £200m mark. The 21-year-old defender, who is understood to have signed a five-year deal at Anfield, becomes head coach Arne Slot's latest signing of the window.more

The German Football Association (DFB) has been fined 110,000 euros by a Frankfurt court for tax evasion in connection with the organisation of the 2006 World Cup in the country. The trial lasted 16 months.more

Olympique Lyonnais, which finished sixth in the French top flight in the 2024/25 season, has been relegated to a lower league by the National Directorate for Management and Control (DNCG), the body responsible for financial matters in football.more

Maciej Skorża will not be the coach of the Polish national football team. The coach announced his decision at a press conference before his Urawa Red Diamonds' match with CF Monterrey in the Club World Championships in the USA. He had previously informed the president of the Polish Football Association, Cezary Kulesza.more

Fourth seed Iga Świątek defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4 in the 2nd round of the WTA 500 grass court tennis tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany.more

Former Lech Poznań goalkeeper Filip Bednarek has joined Sparta Rotterdam, the Dutch club, which finished 12th in the top league last season, announced. The 32-year-old has signed a two-year contract.more

Sir Andy Murray will enjoy a permanent legacy at Wimbledon after the All England Club announced they would be unveiling a statue in his honour at the 2027 championships.more

Polish national footballer Nicola Zalewski, loaned from Roma to Inter in January, has become a permanent player of the Milan team, the capital club announced.more

Referees in Italy have been protected by law on an equal footing with police officers and civil servants since Sunday, with the new rules designed to curb the increasingly frequent acts of aggression against referees at various levels of play.more

Iga Świątek is still in eighth place in the latest WTA world ranking of tennis players, and the leader is still Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Meanwhile, Hubert Hurkacz has fallen from 29th to 39th place in the latest ATP ranking. This is his lowest position in almost six years. The leader is still Italian Jannik Sinner.more

Carlos Alcaraz showed he will be the man to beat at Wimbledon again after defeating Jiri Lehecka in the final at Queen's Club on Sunday. The top-seeded Spaniard replicated his debut triumph on the grass courts of west London in 2023 with a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory.more

Barcelona's sporting director Deco confirmed in an interview with the Spanish daily "La Vanguardia" that Wojciech Szczęsny will extend his contract with the club. The Portuguese also revealed that he has no intention of extending the contract of German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.more

Marketa Vondrousova defeated Chinese Xinyu Wang 7:6 (12-10), 4:6, 6:2 in the final of the WTA 500 grass tennis tournament in Berlin. On Saturday, the Czech eliminated the world ranking leader Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus in the semifinals.more

Manchester City defeated Al-Ain from the United Arab Emirates 6-0 in Group G of the Club World Cup, which is being held in the USA. In another match on Sunday night, RB Salzburg - Al-Hilal was 0-0.more

The world ranking leader, Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, lost to Czech Marketa Vondrousova 2:6, 4:6 in the semifinals of the WTA 500 tournament on grass courts in Berlin. The match lasted an hour and 22 minutes. The second finalist was Chinese Wang Xinyu.more

Magda Linette was eliminated in the semi-finals of the WTA 250 tournament on grass courts in Nottingham. The Polish tennis player, seeded sixth, lost to the Ukrainian Dajana Yastremska 4-6, 4-6.more

Florian Wirtz has moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool. The 22-year-old German is regarded as one of the most talented footballers of the younger generation in the world. The total value of the transfer could be as high as €150 million, meaning that “The Reds” have broken a club record.more

World ranking leader Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka won over Jelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 7:6 (8-6), 3:6, 7:6 (8-6) in the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 tournament on grass courts in Berlin after a very tight match. The match lasted two hours and 45 minutes.WTA tournament in Berlin: Sabalenka struggled to beat Rybakina in the quarter-finalsmore

Robert Gumny is leaving Augsburg as his contract will not be renewed. The Polish footballer has played 106 games for the German club since 2020, in which he scored two goals and recorded three assists.more

Manchester City have been fined more than £1m by the Premier League over delayed kick-offs or restarts related to nine matches last season. The league entered into a sanction agreement with the club over the breaches of its rules, which occurred between October and February.more

Lionel Messi's goal secured Inter Miami's victory over FC Porto 2-1 in Group A of the Club World Cup, which is ongoing in the United States. It is also the first defeat of a European team in this tournament against an opponent from another zone.more