Grand National 2025: updates from Aintree – live
Join our writers for live updates and commentary as last year’s winner I Am Maximus heads the field at Aintree
County Championship cricket day two: Essex v Surrey and more – live
Join Tanya Aldred for the latest updates from all the season openers in the County Championship Division One and Two
Everton v Arsenal: Premier League – live
Minute-by-minute report: Can David Moyes’s side bounce back against the injury-hit Gunners? Join Simon Burnton
Maresca’s Chelsea stay on front foot with no slowing of revolving doors
Talented players are heading to club but there is uncertainty over their home and an awkward fixture list may deny them a top-five place
Ceferin gives little away over Uefa future while Infantino has wind in his sails
Uefa’s president could yet do a volte-face and run for office in 2026 as he enjoys success of the new-look Champions League
Southampton, the worst team in history? Paul Jewell knows the feeling
Southampton are on the brink of relegation and an all-time points nadir – an experience that still haunts the former Derby manager
‘Special one’: Max Verstappen pips Lando Norris to F1 Japanese GP pole
Max Verstappen claimed pole for the Japanese Grand Prix with an immense lap for Red Bull at Suzuka, beating the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri into second and third
Max Verstappen on pole after blistering final lap in F1 Japanese GP qualifying – as it happened
Max Verstappen pipped Lando Norris to pole position at Suzuka in a dramatic finish to qualifying in Japan
Glazed Carlos Alcaraz perfect for the online world but still jarringly human
One clip of the Spaniard has been watched 25m times but a Netflix documentary shows him in his childhood bedroom with the Wimbledon trophy
Gary Hoffman, former Premier League chair: ‘What happened in football will play out in cricket’
Northamptonshire CCC chair tells Matt Hughes about his troubled time in football and the push and pull of money in domestic cricket
Manchester United’s post-Ferguson strikers: 12 years, 19 players, few triumphs
Amid club’s scoring struggles we run through the centre-forwards, from Rooney to Zirkzee, since Alex Ferguson’s exit
Lucy Bronze rolls back the years in reminder of Lionesses’ golden summer
England’s ageless right-back proved she has no intention of slowing down soon with a performance which bodes well for the Euros
Arteta adamant bigger squads are only way to cope with players’ workloads
With Gabriel Magalhães out for the season with a hamstring injury, Mikel Arteta wants bigger squads and said: ‘There are certain limits the players can do’
Michael Owen wrong to claim winning the league not enough, says Arne Slot
Arne Slot has hit back at Michael Owen’s claim that only winning the Premier League would not be enough for Liverpool this season