Sport

Every sport has its blue riband event, the one in which its very finest proponents take part and where the best of the best can show their class.

Combat sports like MMA have one rule: survival of the fittest. Who do fans wants to see clash in the cage in 2020? Here are five of the biggest potential bouts this year.

Greg Mairs and Tom Wolfenden finally banished their second-place heartache by getting their hands on a men’s doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships.

“50 years from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county (cricket) grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers, and – as George Orwell said – old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist,” said former British Prime Minister John major in 1993. Interestingly, this was his vision of Britain in Europe. However, does his view of English county grounds reflecting the British character still resonate nearly 30 years on?

This January transfer window, a future star by the name of Ivica Strok has signed for Celtic for just £5million from NK Zagreb with a little twist in the tale… he isn’t a real person.

Super League returns for its 25th season, with the competition bringing in one of the biggest names in sport and crossing uncharted waters – the Atlantic – for the first time

Five homes Bruno Fernandes could move into if he signs for Manchester United.

Jacob Bentley York and Luke Madeira have the latest football news from across Greater Manchester… and beyond

Mason Greenwood is part of Manchester United’s match day squad for their FA Cup third round replay against Wolves tonight and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes an international call-up will eventually happen.

The BDO World Championships, aired on the BBC for over 30 years, was led by the greats from Eric Bristow and Phil Taylor to current talents such as Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson. However, the original ‘world championships’ has had quite the fall from grace with sparse crowds and lack of sponsors hanging over the competition this year.

When Pep Guardiola swapped Munich for Manchester in the summer of 2016, it practically confirmed that Manchester City had a highly successful period on the horizon given that the Catalan boss guarantees silverware everywhere he goes.