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Spain 2 England 3: Sterling’s brace points Three Lions towards victory in Seville

Football

England manager Gareth Southgate during yesterday's media conference at Benito Villamarin Stadium, Seville (Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire).

Spain v England: Southgate surprised by Premier League’s early start

Football

Cameron McGeehan celebrates his goal for Barnsley against former club Luton. (Picture: Scott Merrylees)

Barnsley 3 Luton Town 2: Sunshine football sees Stendel’s Reds maintain best start for four decades

Barnsley FC

Doncaster Rovers' James Coppinger (Picture: Dean Atkins)

Rochdale 2 Doncaster Rovers 3: Vintage Coppinger benefits from new approach

Doncaster Rovers

Super League Grand Final - Dom Manfredi’s brace sends Wigan Warriors coach Shaun Wane out on high note

Rugby league

Bygones: 1968 and all that...how Yorkshire husband and wife drove Coe amid Black Power protests

Olympics

Darren Gough: Painting a picture of life on tour with England

Opinion

Acrrington Stanley 3 Bradford City 1: Hopkin left angered by decisive penalty

Bradford City

England's Eoin Morgan raises his bat after scoring half a century during their second one-day international cricket match with Sri Lanka in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka v England: Morgan lays the foundation for Stone to build on

Cricket

Dave Craven: Wigan have a big decision to make on troubled Hardaker

Football More Football >>

Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson. The Swede has been charged by the FA over his comments made after this month's 1-1 draw with Brentford.

FA charges Leeds United star Pontus Jansson over "robbery" comments

Leeds United

England manager Gareth Southgate applauds the fans after the Nations League victory over Spain at Benito Villamarin Stadium, Seville (Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire).

England’s front three lauded by boss Southgate

Football

Raheem Sterling scores his second goal and England's third against Spain during the Nations League match in Seville on Monday night (Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire).

Spain 2 England 3: Sterling’s brace points Three Lions towards victory in Seville

Football

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa could be set for a double boost ahead of Saturday's trip to Blackburn Rovers

Championship rumour mill: Leeds United linked with Manchester United midfielder, Aston Villa target Jamaican attacker, Millwall striker compared to Manchester United star

Leeds United

Bradford City manager David Hopkin is furious with the club's senior players following Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Accrington Stanley

League One and Two news LIVE: David Hopkin lays into Bradford City's senior players, Sunderland linked with Finland international, Tom Naylor hails Portsmouth win at AFC Wimbledon

Bradford City

Cameron McGeehan celebrates his goal for Barnsley against former club Luton. (Picture: Scott Merrylees)

Barnsley 3 Luton Town 2: Sunshine football sees Stendel’s Reds maintain best start for four decades

Barnsley FC

Doncaster Rovers' James Coppinger (Picture: Dean Atkins)

Rochdale 2 Doncaster Rovers 3: Vintage Coppinger benefits from new approach

Doncaster Rovers

Spain v England: Southgate surprised by Premier League’s early start

Football

Acrrington Stanley 3 Bradford City 1: Hopkin left angered by decisive penalty

Bradford City

Kelvin Langmead rescues point for relieved Harrogate Town

Non-League

Tom Denton returns to frustrate FC Halifax Town

Non-League

Cricket More Cricket >>

Not the ideal room-mate: Former England wicketkeeper turned professional artist Jack Russell.

Darren Gough: Painting a picture of life on tour with England

Opinion

England's Eoin Morgan raises his bat after scoring half a century during their second one-day international cricket match with Sri Lanka in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka v England: Morgan lays the foundation for Stone to build on

Cricket

FOLLOW ME: England's Joe Root during a practice session ahead of their second one-day international cricket match with Sri Lanka in Dambulla. Picture: AP/Eranga Jayawardena.

Joe Root believes he is still the right man to captain England

Cricket

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga: Threat to tourists.

England duo Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow have eyes on World Cup

Cricket

Jack Brooks bows out from Yorkshire with members’ seal of approval

Cricket

Joe Root should quit England captaincy and become world’s best batsman – Shane Warne

Cricket

Morgan left frustrated after heavy rain washes out opening one-day match in Sri Lanka

Cricket

Sri Lanka v England - ‘Everyone needs to buy into team collective,’ says captain Morgan

Cricket

Rugby League More Rugby League >>

Special edition Remembrance Poppy Shirt that England will wear as a thank you to members of the Northern Union who died in the Great War 1914- 1918. The shirt is modelled by Tom and George Burgess (Picture: Simon Wilkinson/SWPix.com)

England to pay special tribute to World War One heroes

Rugby league

Dom Manfredi

Super League Grand Final - Dom Manfredi’s brace sends Wigan Warriors coach Shaun Wane out on high note

Rugby league

Rhiannion Marshall on the attack for Leeds

Late penalty sees Warriors shatter Rhinos’ treble dreams

Leeds Rhinos

Hull KR's Robbie Mulhern, centre, celebrates scoring against former club Leeds Rhinos (SWPix)

Hull KR's Robbie Mulhern admits his England call-up is "crazy"

Hull KR

Leeds Rhinos trio Liam Sutcliffe, Richie Myler and Ash Handley after their England call-ups today.

Six potential new England caps as Wayne Bennett looks to his Knights for France

Leeds Rhinos

Rhiannon Marshall on the attack for Leeds Rhinos against Wigan.

Leeds Rhinos Women 16 Wigan Warriors Women 18

Leeds Rhinos

Wigan coach Shaun Wane celebrates the Grand FInal win with his players (SWPix)

WATCH: Wigan Warriors 12 Warrington Wolves 4: Shaun Wane says he always knew Wigan would get the Grand Final job done

Rugby league

Weekend Interview: Yorkshireman Robert Elstone proud to step out for Red Rose Super League Grand Final

Rugby league

Trophy treble would crown memorable first campaign for Leeds Rhinos women

Leeds Rhinos

Time for Super League to ‘listen to those outside the tent’ says Robert Elstone

Bradford Bulls

Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves: Shaun Wane prepares to ‘bite the bullet’ in Grand Final

Rugby league

Rugby Union More Rugby Union >>

Titans hang on for win as Huddersfield claim victory from topsy-turvy game

Rugby union

Yorkshire Carnegie director of rugby, Chris Stirling. PIC: Tom Banks

London Irish 72 Yorkshire Carnegie 5: Yorkshire Carnegie suffer ‘one of worst days’ in club’s history at London Irish

Rugby union

Tom James: Set up one try for Doncaster but could have created another.

Bedford Blues 29 Doncaster Knights 28: Doncaster fall just short despite rousing second-half comeback

Rugby union

Chris Stirling.

Stirling expects Carnegie to stay bottom until Christmas

Rugby union

Weekend Review – Alex Dolly helps Rotherham Titans win as Huddersfield tame Sheffield Tigers

Rugby union

Doncaster Knights’ performance fails to give lift to recovering Griffiths

Rugby union

Sterling sees bright future despite Yorkshire Carnegie’s present woes

Rugby union

Hills leads the changes for Doncaster Knights as Yorkshire Carnegie seek lift

Rugby union

Horse Racing More Horse Racing >>

Sparkling Brut may get Royal date

Horse Racing

Richard Fahey: Has already claimed the top trainer award.

Danny Tudhope - How I’m aiming to mount late challenge to retain York title

Horse Racing

Oakley Brown's very first winner came when Third Time Lucky, trained by Richard Fahey, won at York in late July.

No place like home course for teenager Brown

Horse Racing

Too Darn Hot and Frankie Dettori bid to win the Group One Dewhurst Stakes today after landing the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster on St Leger day.

Too Darn Hot blazes a trail to the top of the juvenile ranks

Horse Racing

Danny Tudhope winning on Laurens last weekend.

Tudhope gets Pretty Pollyana call

Horse Racing

Golf More Golf >>

Rotherham’s Schmidt proves just perfect for England Under-16s in Limerick

Golf

Yorkshire foursomes champions for 2018, Terry Brushwood, left, and Andy Town of Bingley St Ives (Picture: YUGC).

Bingley St Ives duo Town and Brushwood are 2018 Yorkshire foursomes champions

Golf

British Masters host Justin Rose presents the trophy to Eddie Pepperell after his victory at Walton Heath (Picture: Steven Paston/PA Wire).

Pepperell wins and looks set to head to Augusta

Golf

Matthew Fitzpatrick during day two of the British Masters.

Pepperell hoping to dominate weekend

Golf

Cycling More Cycling >>

Ice Hockey More Ice Hockey >>

Tom Barrasso's 'passion' buoyed by Sheffield Steelers' early response

Ice Hockey

DOUBLE BLOW: Tommy Hughes fires past Jackson Whistle to give Nottingham a 2-0 lead on Saturday night. Picture: Panthers Images

Nottingham Panthers 5 Sheffield Steelers 2 - Positive signs for Tom Barrasso despite opening night loss

Ice Hockey

Sheffield Steelers' head coach Tom Barrasso gives instructions to his players during practice at Sheffield Arena. Picture: Dean Woolley

Video: Big-game mentality nothing new for Sheffield Steelers’ coach Tom Barrasso

Ice Hockey

Tom Barrasso puts the Sheffield Steelers' players through their paces in practice on Thursday. Picture: Dean Woolley.

Watch Tom Barrasso explain how he hopes to turn Sheffield Steelers’ season around

Ice Hockey

Olympics More Olympics >>

Olympic medal winners Sheila Sherwood and her husband John Sherwood on arrival at Heathrow Airport. John Sherwood won the bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles and Sheila Sherwood, the silver in the women's long jump. (Picture: PA/PA Wire)

Bygones: 1968 and all that...how Yorkshire husband and wife drove Coe amid Black Power protests

Olympics

Kim Daybell.

Table tennis star Daybell’s in the form of his life ahead of World Championships

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Aaliyah Powell

Youth Olympics: Powell at head of a Yorkshire quartet in Argentina

Olympics

Leeds diver Matty Lee.

Diver Matty Lee can’t wait for London switch after tricky 2018 campaign

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Boxing More Boxing >>

Aaliyah Powell

Youth Olympics: Powell at head of a Yorkshire quartet in Argentina

Olympics

Leeds's Nicola Adams goes on the attack against Mexico's Isabel Millan in Leicester on Saturday (Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire).

Adams is taken all the way before prevailing

Boxing

Nicola Adams defeated Isabel Millan at Leicester Arena last night.

Nicola Adams in pole position for world title shot after beating Millan

Boxing

Squash More Squash >>

Yorkshire Squash League – Winning starts continue for Queens Club and Hull and East Riding

Squash

Yorkshire Squash League – Dunnington pushed hard but begin title defence with victory

Squash

SIGNING OFF: Nick Matthew plays in his final PSA World Tour game before retiring at the age of 37 - losing 2-0 to Ali Farag. '''Picture courtesy of PSA Squash.

Nick Matthew finally bows out after last hurrah is ended

Squash

Nick Matthew celebrates victory in Dubai on wednesday. Picture: PSA.

Blood, sweat and tears keeps Nick Matthew in the hunt in Dubai

Squash

Tennis More Tennis >>

Novak Djokovic celebrates winning the US Open final (Picture: AP)

US Open: Del Potro backs Novak Djokovic to break Roger Federer’s record

Tennis

COMING THROUGH: Novak Djokovic celebrates defeating Joao Sousa in the fourth round of the US Open. Picture: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US Open: Djokovic just happy to ‘survive’ against battling Sousa

Tennis

Andy Murray, of Great Britain, argues with the chair umpire during his match against Fernando Verdasco, of Spain, in the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

US Open: Murray exits in rage over Verdasco behaviour

Tennis

STRETCHED: Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a shot to Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, who he defeated in four sets. (Picture: Frank Franklin II/AP)

US Open: Longer-term goals for Murray as Konta falls early once more

Tennis

Snooker More Snooker >>

Stephen Hendry who dominated snooker in the Nineties.

Crucible legend Hendry will make playing return in Sheffield as he joins Seniors Tour

Snooker

David Grace.

Interview: Why Leeds’ snooker star is philosophical over his ‘fall from grace’

Snooker

Mark Williams walks to his post match interview without any clothes on after winning the 2018 World Championshipat The Crucible. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA

Darren Gough: Make or break time as snooker needs to attract wider audience

Snooker

NAKED TRUTH: Mark Williams - as promised - attends his post-match press conference (almost) naked. Picture: PA.

Darren Gough: Why snooker needs to reinvent itself and why Huddersfield Town are THE Yorkshire club

More Sport

Athletics More Athletics >>

International athlete is body shamed and assaulted by abusive man at Leeds Station

News

Great Britain's Asha Philip (left), Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams (second right), and Dina Asher-Smith (right) celebrate winning the gold medal in the women's 4x100m relay final. PIC: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

European Championships: Dina-mite sprint star Asher-Smith targets Olympics gold in 2020

Athletics

Yorkshire's Marc Scott. PIC: David Davies/PA Wire

European Championships: Scott makes mark with top-five finish while Benson is buoyed by early return from injury

Athletics

Great Britain's Adam Peaty made a splash at the 2018 European Championships. PIC: Ian Rutherford/PA Wire

Nick Westby: European Championships was a bold try but whole Olympic calendar needs rewriting

Olympics

Motorsport More Motorsport >>

Daniel Lloyd with the TCR UK Championship trophy at Donington. Picture: Paul Horton Motorsport Photography.

Lloyd claims inaugural TCR UK Championship title

Motorsport

Danny Horne pictured at his workshop in West Yorkshire. (Jonathan Gawthorpe).

Meet the man building superbikes in his Yorkshire workshop

Analysis

STAYING GROUNDED: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Picture: AP

Proud Lewis Hamilton not worried about complacency on Formula One title run-in

Motorsport

Lewis Hamilton.

Jet-setting Hamilton stays on track for title after Singapore win

Motorsport

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Olympic medal winners Sheila Sherwood and her husband John Sherwood on arrival at Heathrow Airport. John Sherwood won the bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles and Sheila Sherwood, the silver in the women's long jump. (Picture: PA/PA Wire)

Bygones: 1968 and all that...how Yorkshire husband and wife drove Coe amid Black Power protests

Olympics

Kim Daybell.

Table tennis star Daybell’s in the form of his life ahead of World Championships

More Sport

The Cycle Expo Yorkshire team with cycling star, Lizzie Deignan and XSEM's, Charlotte Scouler (second from right).

Harrogate set to host North of England's first major cycle expo - here's what to expect:

News

Olympian Emily Freeman and Natalie Jackson, who founded Totally Runable.

Yorkshire Olympian Emily Freeman launches campaign after research reveals gender gap in sports photos - and here’s how you can get involved

News