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BBC Sport NI has agreed a new three-year broadcast deal with the Irish FA and Northern Ireland Football League to ensure the continuation of extensive free-to-air coverage of international and domestic football across BBC iPlayer, online, radio and TV.The new deal means BBC Sport NI will show 30 live Boyle Sports Premiership streams per season – starting with Friday night’s north Belfast derby between Cliftonville and Crusaders – as well as 10 senior Women’s Northern Ireland international matches and action from domestic cup competitions.Finals of the Clearer Water Irish Cup and BetMcLean Cup will be shown live on BBC television…

Maghnes Akliouche felt honoured to “join a club as prestigious as Paris Saint-Germain” after completing his move from Monaco on Thursday. PSG signed Akliouche for a reported €50m from their Ligue 1 rivals, while the winger put pen to paper on a five-year deal at the Parc des Princes. The 24-year-old made 139 appearances for Monaco after rising through the youth ranks, scoring 23 goals and providing 27 assists. Across the last three seasons, Akliouche has directly contributed to more goals (48) than any other Monaco player, while only Folarin Balogun (31) has scored more often than the France international…

Tony Incenzo looks ahead to the 2026/27 EFL Championship relegation fight, assessing the clubs that may be involved in the battle to avoid dropping down to the third tier. OUR totally absorbing EFL Championship is football’s greatest division in my opinion. It provides a promotion route to the Premier League golden riches. And competition is so fierce that football betting enthusiasts often fail to predict Championship results. Furthermore, there is intense pressure to remain in the second tier rather than dropping down into League One. So which teams will be looking over their shoulders in the upcoming 2026/27 campaign? Here…

Mark Wilson believes the aim of returning Partick Thistle to the Scottish Premiership was a huge factor in midfielder Ben Stanway signing a surprise one-year deal to stay at the club.The 21-year-old had been widely expected to leave Firhill in the summer after a standout campaign of 12 goals last term.Thistle narrowly missed out on promotion, losing out to St Mirren in the play-off final.”He wants to be part of something special here at Thistle,” said manager Wilson.”He’s been here since he was 11, so 10 years at the club.”In his tenth year, if he can get promotion, it would…

“Boxing is boxing. There’s so much bigger things in life than boxing. Boxing is just a moment,” Romero said to YSM Sports Media. “It’s a moment where he’s going to feed his family. I’m going to feed my family, where I’m gonna be able to achieve my legacy, and he’ll be able to achieve whatever his legacy he wants to achieve.” Rolly does not believe friendship requires either fighter to manufacture hostility before they exchange punches. “There’s obviously no enemies, no nothing here. I mean, clearly you could tell. You could clearly see this is a boxing fight for our…

Vipotnik, 24, has been linked with clubs across Europe in the wake of his spectacular 2025-26 campaign, but Swansea have indicated there have been no bids yet for the Slovenia international.Republic of Ireland player Idah, 25, will be aiming to make a bigger impression in his second year at Swansea having played second fiddle to Vipotnik – and suffered a serious hamstring injury – last term.The arrival of 30-year-old Stewart, who was a free agent after failing to agree a new deal at Southampton, means there will be fierce competition for a place in Swansea’s attack.But Matos is adamant the…

Praised as one of the most intelligent fighters, Shakur Stevenson is fast-becoming a candidate for the position as pound-for-pound number one. Although, when it came to naming his top five fighters of all time, one of the best minds in boxing omitted Muhammad Ali from his list. Stevenson became the third-youngest four-division world champion when he dominated Teofimo Lopez at the beginning of the year to get his hands on the WBO super-lightweight world title, rising up the pound-for-pound ratings as a result. However, despite his skills, Stevenson seems to have a different outlook on boxing, going against the grain…

IND vs SL XI Live Score: Catch the live scores, updates and highlights from the Tour match between India and Sri Lanka Cricket XI starting at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, on Friday. Updated : Aug 07, 2026 12:07 IST India will play a 2-match Test series in Sri Lanka starting August 15. | Photo Credit: RITURAJ KONWAR India will play a 2-match Test series in Sri Lanka starting August 15. | Photo Credit: RITURAJ KONWAR elcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of Day 1 of the Tour match between India and Sri Lanka Cricket XI at the Nondescripts Cricket…

London previously hosted the World Championship in 2017, while Birmingham will host the European Championships this August.Great Run Company CEO Paul Foster hailed London as “the world’s number one sporting city” while UK Athletics CEO Jack Buckner emphasised the importance of the event in the UK’s “Olympic legacy”.Buckner said: “Bidding to hold the World Athletics Championships in the London Stadium, the showpiece of London 2012, was always at the centre of the UK’s Olympic legacy plans.”We are very grateful to the government, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Mayor of London, and UK sport for their fantastic support…

Ben Whiteman issues a message to Preston and speaks on making the decision to join fellow Championship outfit Wrexham. The 30 year old signs on a three year deal with an option for a further year, for an undisclosed fee, although reports say £3million was agreed. It’s a transfer that got plenty of talk over the last week, and in his interview, made clear he and Wrexham matched in showing ambition and wanting to get into the Premier League. Ben said in his first interview: “It’s an amazing feeling. I think it’s it’s obviously been sort of well publicised now…