The draw for the 2016 World T20 tournament has been made, and England have found themselves placed in a potentially tricky group. They have been drawn to play the defending champions Sri Lanka, plus they’ll also have the West Indies and South Africa in their group. The group will be completed by a qualifier, which …
Tyson Fury has been stripped of the IBF heavyweight title, just over 2 weeks after winning it in his victory against Wladimir Klitschko. This means that Fury is now the WBA and WBO champions, and that the IBF belt will become vacant until a title fight is organised, which will almost certainly involve Vyacheslav Glazkov, …
Fans of Manchester’s two teams will have had extremely different feelings this morning, with one set revelling in securing top place in their group, and the other lamenting their side’s poor performance and elimination from Europe’s top club competition. Unfortunately for Manchester United fans, they are the ones looking at Europa League football now this …
Despite the big names playing for teams such as New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy, it was the little fancied Portland Timbers who eventually won the MLS Cup this year, beating Columbus Crew in the final. This is the first time Portland have ever won the title, and caps an incredibly impressive year for …
If there’s one story that’s been dominating this season’s Premier League, it’s the absolutely awful start made by Chelsea, the defending champions. At first many people thought it was simply a wobble, and that they’d soon be back to winning ways, however now it seems that the problem might be bigger than most Chelsea fans …
When Sebastian Giovinco, aged just 27 years old, made the move from Juventus to Toronto before the start of last season, many people questioned his desire to play at the highest level, believing that he’d dropped down a level simply to pocket a big paycheque. But now he has been name the MLS’s Most Valuable …
Yesterday we started out look at the 12 different sports men and women nominated for the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, featuring names such as Andy Murray, Lewis Hamilton and Mo Farah. Today we’re going to go through the six other names on the list – but could any of them win the …
Every year, the BBC crowns awards its Sports Personality of the Year trophy, and for British athletes it’s seen as an annual high point. To win means that they’ve been recognised by the public as the greatest sports person of the year, and last year that honour was given to Lewis Hamilton. But who has …
Kobe Bryant, the five time NBA champion, has announced that he will be calling time on his career once the current season ends. This will be a massive loss for the NBA, as Bryant is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. At 37-years-old though, he clearly feels that his body can …