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Amorim rewarded for keeping faith with his eternal optimist

This was a thrilling, bruising game, and even a very funny one at times.

Amorim's winter warmer

United manager hails side's mentality in thrilling draw

Referee 'not at Premier League level', says Silva

A frustrated Marco Silva, the Fulham manager, described the performance of Darren Bond, the referee, as \"not at Premier League level\" after he opted not to dismiss the Ipswich defender Leif Davis during the sides' 2-2 draw.

Diallo grabs vital point as United step up at Anfield

An evening of some redemption for Manchester United was not without its customary slice of Anfield agony. Thirty seconds remained of a gripping battle when Joshua Zirkzee spurned the chance of hero status among fans who jeered him six days earlier to present Harry Maguire with a clear sight of Alisson's goal.

Fulham toil against strugglers again as Jiménez rescues point

Imagine where Fulham would be if they could see off the strugglers. They averted a rare defeat when Raúl Jiménez converted his second penalty of the afternoon at the start of added time but never did enough to overcome a well-drilled Ipswich.

Isidor proves worth to keep nervy Black Cats in the leading pack

Before kick-off Portsmouth's manager, John Mousinho, suggested all the pressure would be on Sunderland, leaving his players free to relax, improvise and unlock their inner creativity.

Australia make hay in Bumrah's absence to clinch series win

Boland skittles India to set up World Test Championship final against South Africa

Gauff turns tables on Swiatek before Fritz seals trophy for US

Americans defeat Poland to secure United Cup glory as Sabalenka wins Brisbane title

Rybakina speaks out in defence of suspended coach Vukov

Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, has insisted that her former coach Stefano Vukov did not mistreat her during their coaching partnership after it was revealed that Vukov is under investigation by the Women's Tennis Association.

Rangers drop points on road again despite Igamane treble

Hamza Igamane's hat-trick was not enough to secure victory for Rangers as Rocky Bushiri's late header earned a dramatic 3-3 draw for in-form Hibernian at Easter Road.

Let's champion our mentors as well as our trophy-winners in 2025

For the greater good

Rain and snow halts racing at Chepstow and Plumpton

Racing at Chepstow was abandoned after two races yesterday and Plumpton's Sussex National meeting was called off despite passing a morning inspection as snow and rain took its toll across Britain.

Gloucester spoil party but Maher means business

Premiership Women's Rugby has never seen a debut like Ilona Maher's for Bristol Bears. The club more than doubled their record attendance with the 9,240 supporters also breaking the record for a standalone PWR regular-season match.

Smith shows England class to sink Bath late and save playoff hopes

The referee's whistle blew and Northampton's director of rugby, Phil Dowson, flashed up on the big screen, allowing himself a smile.

Look to the future Robot leagues, chips in brains and players in their 50s - a vision of sport in 2050

Back in 1997, artificial intelligence and robotics experts in Japan came up with an intriguing challenge. Could anyone, they asked, build a humanoid football team capable of beating the World Cup winners by the middle of the 21st century? It sounded more than a little out there. In truth, it still does.

Grand Conversions: Developers Eye Up Unused Offices for Residential Refits

On a busy high street in Balham, south London, stands a boxy, beige-fronted building. Built in the 1940s, for decades the four-storey office block was home to hundreds of civil servants until the Department for Work and Pensions officials left in 2020.

From Trump tariffs to AI: Big economic questions faced by the world this year

January is always a time for new beginnings and fresh thinking.

Regional divide in skills will stifle UK growth, says report

Economic growth in the UK risks being held back by a \"skills chasm\" between regions, as London and south-east England suck in highly qualified workers, according to the Learning and Work Institute (LWI).

Uniqlo among retailers to stop recruiting UK workers via gig economy apps

Lush, Uniqlo and Gymshark have stopped hiring freelance retail workers through apps such as YoungOnes and Temper, after unions criticised the gig economy companies.

People paid to test Barclays banks 'told they could pretend to be blind'

Barclays is facing criticism over adverts for paid \"mystery shoppers\", which suggested that people could pretend to be blind or deaf to test the services at the British bank's high street branches.

Out of the ashes The Rastafarians digging in to grow Caribbean's legal cannabis market

On Golba Hill on the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), just below a cluster of colourfully decorated homes, are rows and rows of premium marijuana plants.

Election Result To Be Certified, Four Years On From Capitol Riot

The US Congress will certify Donald Trump's presidential election victory today in an event heavy with symbolism four years to the day since he incited a violent mob to disrupt a similar ceremony in an attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

Trump offers Meloni praise during visit to Florida

Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, made a flying visit to Donald Trump's Florida golf club on Saturday, during which the US president-elect praised the far-right leader for \"really taking Europe by storm\".

This is basically civil war' Palestinian Authority raid has West Bank living in fear

AMid the echo of gunfire and explosions, 23-year-old Mariam picked her way through puddles on the unpaved streets of the refugee camp adjacent to the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, determined to get to a university class.

Gaza UN official warns of further collapse of social order if Israel ends cooperation

Social order in Gaza is likely to collapse further if Israel goes ahead with its threat to end all cooperation with the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, Louise Wateridge, its senior emergency officer, has warned.

Greece mourns 'noble politician' after former PM's death aged 88

Tributes have been paid to Greece's former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, who guided Greece into the eurozone and took the steps to ensure it was ready to host the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Austria's president 'to discuss coalition with leader of far right'

Austria's president has said he will meet the leader of the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ), amid speculation that the pro-Kremlin, anti-Islam party will be tasked with trying to form a government after centrist parties failed to find agreement.

Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged corruption pact with Libya's former dictator

The French former president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial today over the biggest political financing scandal in modern French history, in which he is alleged to have received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Taking root Volunteers help plant new forest in Somerset

On a chilly day recently under stubborn grey skies, a band of green-fingered volunteers can be found in Somerset's Chew valley with spades in their hands and dirt under their fingernails.

Bill suggests paid leave for victims of domestic abuse

Domestic abuse victims would have access to paid time off work to help them stay safe under a proposed law to be tabled in parliament.