Lester Piggott dies aged 86: Willie Carson, Mick Kinane and Aidan O'Brien lead tributes to former champion jockey

Former England batter Gary Ballance scored a century on his Zimbabwe Test debut as he became the second player, after Kepler Wessels, to score Test tons for two different countries. Ballance, 33, hit an unbeaten 137 on day four of the first Test against West Indies in Bulawayo. Wessels scored...

Oisin Murphy has a ride to relish upon his return to the saddle as he is due to partner Missed The Cut in the Neom Turf Cup on February 25. The jockey is approaching the end of a 14-month suspension imposed by the British Horseracing Authority after he admitted to breaking Covid rules, misleading the regulator and prejudicial conduct, plus two alcohol breaches.

Willie Mullins believes the full introduction of new whip rules should be delayed until the end of the current British jumps season. New regulations are set to come into force on February 13, with the British Horseracing Authority continuing to allow the use of the whip in the forehand position, having reversed a previous decision to ban it after objections from jockeys, although permitted use of the whip has been reduced while also toughening up the penalty structure.

Connections of Honeysuckle have announced the popular nine-year-old will have one final run in the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival next month. Having lost her long unbeaten record first time out this season in the Hatton's Grace at Fairyhouse behind Teahupoo and Klassical Dream, hopes were high she would return to winning ways at Leopardstown last weekend.

Barry Geraghty thinks the Honeysuckle team are making the right call in sending the dual Champion Hurdle heroine to the Mares’ Hurdle instead of defending her title at the Cheltenham Festival. The defending Champion Hurdler lost her unbeaten record when beaten on seasonal reappearance in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle...

The new campaign starts on Saturday February 11 at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham with all 10 teams involved, starting with Team Bath against Loughborough Lightning from 10.30am. That match is followed by Surrey Storm vs Strathclyde Sirens (12.45pm), Saracens Mavericks vs Severn Stars (2.30pm), Leeds Rhinos vs London Pulse...

Englishman Gavins began the 18th with a two-shot lead over Alexander Bjork but then twice found the water before sinking a superb putt for a double-bogey to end on 17 under par. With Bjork having bogeyed the last to finish on 16 under, Gavins' only remaining challenger was 54-hole leader...

​​​​Tagenarine Chanderpaul - son of West Indies legend Shivnarine - scored a Test double century against Zimbabwe as he and captain Kraigg Brathwaite shared a national-record opening stand. Chanderpaul made 207 not out from 467 deliveries in West Indies' total of 447-6 declared in Bulawayo, scoring a...

Sanchez Ruiz, who was forced to come from behind against Mario He to reach the final, took a 6-4 lead in the race to 13 but a miss on the four in rack 11 brought Soufi in to cut the deficit back to one. Just when it seemed the Syrian...

Dobey - making his full-time debut in the Premier League - defeated Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall and favourite Michael van Gerwen to make the perfect start to this year's roadshow at the SSE Arena. The Bedlington thrower enjoyed a whirlwind week, celebrating his first televised title at last weekend's Masters,...

Katie Taylor's rematch with Amanda Serrano has been set for May 20 in Dublin. The fight was announced as Taylor joined Serrano in the ring moments after the Puerto Rican had defeated Erika Cruz by unanimous decision in New York on Saturday night to become undisputed featherweight champion. Taylor won...

Sophie Ecclestone, Danni Wyatt, and Nat and Katherine Sciver-Brunt will enter the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) auction at the highest reserve price. The England internationals are among 24 players listed in the top bracket of £50,000. Australian duo Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry, India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur and...

Gordon Elliott has added his voice to the list of trainers who have concerns over the introduction of the new whip rules, insisting the consequences ahead of jump racing's two major festivals could be "frightening". New regulations are set to come into force on February 13 which include reducing how...

The decision of new head coach Steve Borthwick to keep deploying captain Owen Farrell at inside centre with Marcus Smith at fly-half has come under scrutiny following the 29-23 defeat to Scotland in Saturday's Six Nations opener at Twickenham. The former England centre would prefer to see a specialist at...

Borthwick became England head coach in December, replacing Eddie Jones after the Australian was sacked having presided over the team's worst year of results since 2008. Borthwick's era began with a 29-23 defeat at Twickenham on Saturday as Scotland won the Calcutta Cup for the third time in a row, with England looking to bounce back at home to Italy on Sunday.

Sarah Glenn says England are in a better place to win their first World Cup title since 2017 thanks to an "intimidating" style of play under new head coach Jon Lewis. England recorded eight straight victories on their tour of West Indies in December - three in one-day internationals and five in T20 internationals - and thumped 246-7 during a 17-run win over South Africa in their first official T20 World Cup warm-up.

It cannot have escaped your attention that there is a lot of cricket going on. "The schedule is difficult for people to keep tabs on and understand what is important and what is not," said Sky Sports Cricket expert Michael Atherton during England's three-match one-day international series in South Africa.