Draper faces tough Paris Masters tilt but breakthrough is already made

British No 1, fresh from success at the Vienna Open, faces Jiri Lehecka on Tuesday knowing he can challenge the world’s best

Erik ten Hag sacked by Manchester United: news and reaction – as it happened

Reaction after the Dutchman was dismissed just three months after signing a new contract

Tired of excuses: how Manchester United’s patience with Ten Hag finally snapped

Defeat at West Ham was the final straw for the club hierarchy, who relieved the Dutchman of his duties

Max Verstappen’s ruthless streak on show in battle with Norris

World champion is not only quick but he is clever and his aggression is on show once more

Pakistan v England: four takeaways for McCullum’s side after Test series defeat

Ollie Pope continues to baffle and team’s failure against spin are just some of the many weaknesses for England

Don’t let Arsenal v Liverpool fool you. Elite teams are evolving away from all-out attack

After its harum-scarum years, the game is now about denying the opposition and keeping possession in dangerous areas

FA launches four-year plan to ‘transform the landscape’ of grassroots football

The Football Association has launched a new four-year strategy aiming to get a further 220,000 people playing across England by forming an additional 15,000 teams

Juventus’ Kenan Yildiz seizes stage in a glorious eight-goal Derby d’Italia

An all-time classic clash between Inter and Juventus was rounded off by the Turkish teenager’s two-goal cameo

Georgia Stanway says Lionesses’ plateau is ‘inevitable’ after major success

Georgia Stanway said it is ‘inevitable’ that England will plateau after their huge success and that they need to reinvent themselves to avoid becoming predictable

Rugby league’s 2025 Ashes series makes late switch to England’s shores

Australia are set to tour England for the first time in more 20 years after talks were held about switching the location of next year’s Ashes

Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid gathers pace – but at what cost to human life?

After the horrors in Qatar we are somehow heading for an even bigger scale of tragedy for migrant workers in the run-up to Saudi Arabia 2034

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

West Ham’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka shines against former club, Alex Iwobi has gone up a level and Brentford find new hero

‘I didn’t really plan it’: what Ali told me when we rewatched The Rumble in the Jungle

Fifty years on from the famous fight in Zaire no athletic contest in history has inspired as much global joy as Muhammad Ali’s win over George Foreman

Spoiler alert: the Jets’ painful Aaron Rodgers era isn’t going to get better

The four-time MVP quarterback arrived with ambitions of transforming a moribund franchise. But they’re no better off than under his shaky predecessor