Sport Alerts

Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper will team up to represent Great Britain at 2026 United Cup, the mixed-teams event that kicks off the tennis season in Australia in January.

Arne Slot defended his team selection after Liverpool's Carabao Cup defeat to Crystal Palace but accepted his side's current run of form does not match the club's "standards".

Luke Humphries lost in the first round of the penultimate Players Championship event in Wigan to leave his qualification for November's finals still unconfirmed heading into Thursday's final day, as Chris Dobey claimed his third title of the year.

Racing driver Laura Villars has taken legal action to challenge the rules that prevented her from standing against FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in an election for his role at the helm of motorsport's world governing body.