Kyren Wilson fell victim to the ‘Crucible Curse’ as he crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in a dramatic 10-9 defeat to China’s world number 39 Lei Peifan.

It began with a poor kick out by Verbruggen from which the ball came straight back and to the feet of Wissa in the right-hand channel. He reversed it Mbeumo, who opened his body up and curled a ...

The long-serving 29-year-old started both legs of the quarter-final clash with the French champions on the bench.

Full-back Anthony Ralston, who scored last week for the Scottish champions as they savaged Kilmarnock 5-1 at Celtic Park to virtually guarantee four-in-a-row, is backing his manager to do what no ...

On the battlefield, Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces pushed Ukrainian troops from the village of Oleshnya, one of their last remaining footholds in Russia’s Kursk region, ...

That’s right, the national broadcasters have not secured the rights to the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup semi-final encounter between St Johnstone and Celtic and instead will be showing the interminable ...

Special pouches used to lock students’ phones during the day were introduced at Birchwood Community High School in September.

Six men have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman hit at a golf club by a van being chased by police. Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, Walsall, died in hospital after she was struck ...

Norris’ error in Q3 left him out of a three-way fight for pole between his team-mate Oscar Piastri, Verstappen and George Russell.

Brentford manager Thomas Frank hailed an “incredible achievement” after Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa made it 31 Premier League goals between them in a 4-2 win over Brighton at the Gtech Stadium.

The vehicle hit a 47-year-old man on Stonyhurst Road, Woolton, at about 11:45pm on Friday, Merseyside Police said.

The West Ham boss was disappointed his team failed to control the game at home to already-relegated Southampton ...