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Three red cards shown in opening game of World Cup

  • Sports
  • Jun 11, 2026

Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio shows red cards to South Africa's Yaya Sithole and Themba Zwane as well as Mexico's Cesar Montes during the opening match of the 2026 World Cup at the Mexico City Stadiu...

The cost of perfection - Croft on the sacrifices of tennis players

  • Sports
  • Jun 11, 2026

BBC Sport's Annabel Croft says it is "impossible for tennis players to have a normal social life" because viewing peers as rivals restricts friendships and affects general happiness. Croft explains ho...

Fury v Hall exhibition is boxing's latest surreal bout

  • Sports
  • Jun 11, 2026

Saturday's fight between Tommy Fury v Eddie Hall in Manchester will be an exhibition contest in what is boxing's latest surreal bout, blurring the lines between professional sport, entertainment and s...

Lutkenhaus, 17, upsets Olympic champion Wanyonyi in Oslo

  • Sports
  • Jun 10, 2026

American Cooper Lutkenhaus produces a stunning performance to beat Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men's 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, but fellow teenager Gout Gout struggles i...

Kildunne will be a big miss for Quins - Wafer

  • Sports
  • Jun 10, 2026

Ireland's two-time Women's Six Nations player of the year Aoife Wafer says Ellie Kildunne will be a "big miss" for Harlequins next season but is confident the England star will "make a huge impact whe...

ARCHIVE: When Blue Peter highlighted 'rising star' Charlotte Edwards

  • Sports
  • Jun 10, 2026

Ahead of leading England into the T20 World Cup as head coach, BBC Sport looks back at when Charlotte Edwards appeared on Blue Peter as a 17-year-old, heading into her first World Cup in India in 1997...

Pain in Grenoble but hope for Irish as play-offs loom

  • Sports
  • Jun 9, 2026

Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward reacts with pride to their World Cup qualifying campaign as her side fall just short of automatic qualification with defeat against France but does secure a play...

'You can do anything at any age'-Williams on Queen's comeback

  • Sports
  • Jun 9, 2026

Serena Williams makes a triumphant return to professional tennis at the Queen's club, securing a first-round doubles victory alongside Canada's Victoria Mboko. Playing on the Andy Murray Arena, the 44...

Williams makes winning return at Queen's

  • Sports
  • Jun 9, 2026

Serena Williams and Victoria Mboko defeat third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe to reach the second round at Queen's. The unseeded pair came through a tie-break in the opening set be...

Watch: Weir scores four as Scotland beat Israel to win group

  • Sports
  • Jun 9, 2026

Watch the highlights as Scotland beat Israel 5-1, with Caroline Weir scoring four goals in Hungary to top their Women's World Cup qualifying group ahead of Belgium and win promotion to League A for th...

England need to take accountability after Stokes & Atkinson incident - Agnew

  • Sports
  • Jun 9, 2026

BBC Sport chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew says Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson's drinking incident in a London nightclub is "not on" and the team has to be accountability over England's drinking...

Lions coach Yapp wants elite for NZ tour - but that doesn't mean all England

  • Sports
  • Jun 9, 2026

British and Irish Lions women's head coach Jo Yapp says she will pick the best possible side for the team's inaugural tour of New Zealand next summer. It could mean the team being heavily weighted tow...