Rio Ferdinand puts UFC champion Leon Edwards in chokehold

New footage has shown UFC champion Leon Edwards talking Rio Ferdinand through a rear naked choke – and even allowing the ex-footballer to apply the hold on him. Ferdinand, who represented Manchester... Read more »

Soccer-U.S. private equity group Arctos acquires minority stake in PSG

(Reuters) – U.S. private equity group Arctos Partners have acquired a minority common equity stake in French champions Paris Saint-Germain, the Ligue 1 club announced on Thursday. PSG said Arctos’s investment will... Read more »

Russell Hargreaves death: Tributes paid across sport to 45-year-old journalist and ‘brilliant broadcaster’

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Tributes have... Read more »

Rubiales accused of ‘forcefully’ kissing Bronze after Women’s World Cup final

Photograph: RFEF/AP Luis Rubiales kissed Lucy Bronze “seemingly forcefully” and “cupped the face” of her England teammate Laura Coombs after the Women’s World Cup final in August, the Football Association chair has... Read more »

state has let down victims’ families once again

Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The city of Liverpool hosted some landmark days of vindication for the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at Hillsborough as their long, agonising legal fight finally turned... Read more »

Chelsea’s youth plan is paying dividends while United’s passengers linger

Photograph: Daniel Hambury/EPA It remains to be seen whether Chelsea’s decision to prioritise potential over proven talent in the transfer market is a recipe for success, but one element of their recruitment... Read more »

Wiegman praises England despite Olympic blow

Photograph: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock Sarina Wiegman said she “didn’t know what to say” to England’s heartbroken stars as they stood in a huddle on hearing the news that the Netherlands had scored a... Read more »

Remember John Rudge, the unsung hero of Port Vale

Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Max Rushden’s article (Mark Bonner’s Cambridge exit reminds us of the strange existence for managers, 30 November) is a heartfelt remembrance of the tenure of a manager who... Read more »

No chance Scotland will let England win to aid GB Olympic hopes

England boss Sarina Wiegman has stressed there is “no way” Scotland are going to “give away” the game when the sides meet at Hampden Park on Tuesday in their final Nations League... Read more »

Scotland’s Corsie says ‘outrageous’ to question integrity in England clash

England boss Sarina Wiegman (JUSTIN TALLIS) Scotland captain Rachel Corsie said any questioning of her team’s integrity when England visit Hampden Park on Tuesday in the Women’s Nations League is “outrageous”. Pedro... Read more »