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Kevin Sinfield has been knighted in the King's Birthday Honours in recognition of his glittering rugby league career and subsequent fundraising exploits to aid research and support families affected by Motor Neurone Disease. The 45-year-old, who has raised over £11m since being inspired by his friend and Leeds Rhinos team-mate Rob Burrow's battle against the

Serena Williams offered condolences to her doubles partner Victoria Mboko after an injury forced the 19-year-old to withdraw from the Queen's Club doubles tournament. It looked unlikely Williams, 44, and Canadian Mboko would play Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund on Thursday evening as scheduled when Mboko retired from her singles match against Karolina Pliskova on

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has signed the NFL's first guaranteed $500m contract. Mahomes, a three-time Super Bowl winner, will extend his contract by two years through to 2033 in a deal worth $504.75m. The entire sum will be guaranteed through contract clauses and 30-year-old Mahomes can earn up to $522.25m through incentives -

Not many players get a big move after being relegated twice in their first two Premier League seasons. But Mateus Fernandes is still sought after. Despite being part of one of the worst Premier League teams in Southampton two seasons ago, Fernandes still managed to secure a £38m move to West Ham. And even though

Defending champion Tatjana Maria was surprised not to receive a wildcard for this year's HSBC Championships but has been overwhelmed by the positive response from members at Queen's Club. Women's tennis returned to Queen's for the first time since 1973 and saw mother-of-two Maria produce a sensational run to win the WTA 500 event and

Swiss runner beats Olympic champion as she runs the third-fastest women's 800m in history; in another shock Armand Duplantis fails to win the pole vault for the first time in 40 events Last Updated: 07/06/26 10:18pm Keely Hodgkinson was stunned at the Diamond League event in Stockholm Keely Hodgkinson ran her fastest-ever 800m time on

Wales ended their season on a low note as Romania won their Bucharest friendly 2-1. Romania led through Florian Coman's tidy finish before substitute David Brooks - who had only been on the pitch for two minutes - equalised with a sweet left-foot volley after being picked out at the far post by Daniel James.

Thomas Tuchel gave his first World Cup press conference since touching down with the England team in the United States - and there was a lot to cover. The Three Lions are fewer than two weeks away from their World Cup opener against Croatia on June 17 - and a few more questions could be

Super League: Leeds Rhinos fight back to beat St Helens 24-16 and move top of table via Jake Connor's boot Maika Sivo, Harry Newman, Chris Hankinson score tries, Jake Connor adds three penalties in Leeds Rhinos' comeback Super League win over St Helens; watch Catalans Dragons take on Wigan Warriors live from Paris from 5.30pm

Formula 1 lives on its history, Monaco more than most circuits. It isn’t quite the track driven back in 1929, but there’s enough retained that the original field wouldn’t feel out of place on the modern circuit – and in many instances, the backdrops to pictures of Audis and Alpines hasn’t changed since it was