England assistant manager Steve Holland says France star Kylian Mbappe is among a handful of players on the planet who need "special attention".Mbappe missed France's open training session on Tuesday - just four days out from Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against England. The PSG forward, who is the top scorer at the tournament with five

It was a feat that had them scrambling for the record books. The first man to score a hat-trick on his first World Cup start since Miroslav Klose two decades ago. The youngest man to score a World Cup hat-trick since Florian Albert for Hungary in 1962.None of that does justice to what Goncalo Ramos

Cristiano Ronaldo's role for the remainder of the World Cup is something that has to be "defined", Portugal boss Fernando Santos said after dropping his captain for their emphatic last-16 win over Switzerland. The 37-year-old watched from the bench as his replacement Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick in the 6-1 win to set up a

Amy Jones struck 70 not out before Lauren Bell took four wickets as England Women picked up a second thumping 142-run ODI win on their tour of the West Indies to clinch the three-match series.Jones hit eight fours en route to England posting 260 all out at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, with

All the top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday's newspapers...DAILY MAIL Barcelona are watching Gabriel Martinelli's World Cup progress closely.Newcastle's record signing Alexander Isak will miss the club's mid-season friendlies and faces a race against time to be fit for the return of the Premier League.The England camp are keeping their body clocks on UK

Defending Super Bowl champions Los Angeles Rams claim quarterback Baker Mayfield off waivers, one day after his release by the Carolina Panthers; Mayfield had only been with the Panthers for five months before his exit Last Updated: 06/12/22 10:28pm Quarterback Baker Mayfield has been given another NFL chance, this time by the LA Rams Former

Last Updated: 06/12/22 5:55pm Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the NFL's top-ranked defense in the San Francisco 49ers this Sunday, live on Sky Sports Tom Brady takes his Tampa Bay Buccaneers to San Francisco this Sunday to face the NFL's number one-ranked defense in the 49ers, while there is also a

Portugal flourish without Ronaldo Image: Goncalo Ramos is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring for Portugal A free-kick was won and the ball dutifully tossed to Cristiano Ronaldo. The crowd had chanted for his introduction and cheered wildly when it came. Here he was over the ball, that theatrical stance. The shot hit the wall.

More than 1,000 passes and only one shot on target.On a dismal, deflating night for Spain, a night which saw the 2010 winners fail to reach the quarter-finals of a third consecutive World Cup, that was the statistic that best summed it all up. Spain promised plenty but, ultimately, and not for the first time

The future of British boxing is looking bright. Last year the GB Boxing team secured its best medal haul at an Olympic Games in 100 years. This year Britain's amateur boxers have excelled at Youth level.Light-heavyweight Amber Moss-Birch and super-heavyweight Enriko Itauma both won gold medals at the World Youth championships in Spain two weeks