Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca insists players “are not machines” and suggested physical and mental health could be put at risk by FIFA’s Club World Cup.

Bath stayed on course for a possible trophy treble after beating Lyon 37-12 to lift the EPCR Challenge Cup in Cardiff. It was Bath’s first major silverware since they won the same competition in 2008 ...

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised Sir Keir Starmer for using the phrase “island of strangers” in a major immigration announcement. The former Labour leader, now an independent MP after he lost the party ...

US president Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariff on all EU imports would cause extreme disruption to the global economy, Ireland’s premier has warned. Taoiseach Micheal Martin said the move by Mr ...

Manchester United missed out on the title to Bayern Munich at the inaugural World Sevens tournament in Portugal. Marc Skinner’s side defeated Manchester City 2-0 in the semi-finals and took the lead ...

Arsenal completed an impressive comeback over Lyon in the semi-finals after losing the first leg 2-1 at home, then beating eight-time Champions League winners – and last season’s runners-up – 4-1 in ...

The items sold included a suit worn by actor Cillian Murphy as protagonist Tommy Shelby in the show’s final scenes.

Thrice was awarded victory in the Group Three Heider Family Stables Gallinule Stakes after a lengthy stewards’ inquiry at the Curragh. The Johnny Murtagh-trained Reyenzi was first past the post in ...

Thrust into the action early and often by Ben Stokes he prised out Craig Ervine, Sean Williams and Tafadzwa Tsiga to claim three for 62. In the process the 21-year-old usurped Steven Finn as the ...

A Paris court has found the ringleader and seven other people guilty over the robbery of Kim Kardashian nearly a decade ago. The court acquitted two of the 10 defendants. The sentences being read out ...

Manchester United defeated Manchester City 2-0 to reach the final of the inaugural World Sevens tournament in Portugal. Both teams advanced from their groups in the lucrative seven-a-side event in ...

An attacker stabbed people at the central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday, injuring 12 — six of them critically, authorities said. A suspect in the attack was arrested, police ...