
Bow Echo edges Royal Ascot win to remain unbeaten
Bow Echo remains unbeaten after holding off Gstaad to win a grandstand finish in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.
WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE 2026, 01:16

Bow Echo remains unbeaten after holding off Gstaad to win a grandstand finish in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

The Nations Championship trophy, the prize that the 12 strongest teams in international rugby will compete to win, has been revealed for the first time.

Rory McIlroy says tournament organisers must make sure conditions at this week’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills do not “get out of control”.

Has the identity of the next Kaizer Chiefs head coach effectively been confirmed?

Six-time major champion Rory McIlroy says the USGA will have to be wary of course conditions at this week’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills.

England fans have had a longer wait than most for their 2026 World Cup campaign to get under way. But now supporters are starting to arrive in Dallas.

McLaren lodge an appeal against the decision to overturn Alpine driver Pierre Gasly’s pit-lane speeding penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix.

BBC Scotland charts a rapid rise that has taken the Motherwell attacking midfielder from second-division football to the game’s grandest stage.

England coach Brian McDermott picks 10 uncapped players in an expanded 38-man squad before this year’s World Cup – and recalls Man of Steel Jake Connor.

Vincent Tan converts £42m of Cardiff City’s debt to him into equity, nearly halving the amount the club owes to its majority shareholder.

Six-time major champion Rory McIlroy will get his latest quest to win a second US Open title under way at 12:52 BST on Thursday.

As Inter Milan step up their interest in Curtis Jones, a look at the decision facing Liverpool and Jones, whose contract expires next summer

Seven of the 10 European teams to have played at the World Cup so far have failed to win – is heat the issue?

The head of fan group Football Supporters Europe says a lack of fan segregation at the 2026 World Cup shows Fifa has “lost control of their ticketing”.

Four uncapped players headline the Springbok match-day squad to face the Barbarians and behind each one’s inclusion is a story worth telling.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Gary O’Neil are among the leading contenders for the Ipswich managerial role.

Ireland’s new cricket stadium will be be ready to stage games at the 2030 men’s T20 World Cup, says Cricket Ireland chief executive Sarah Keane.

Women’s World Cup-winning England lock Rosie Galligan will leave Saracens to rejoin Harlequins at the end of the season.

Rassie Erasmus and his coaching staff have made some bold decisions at flyhalf for the Springboks’ season-opener and SA ‘A’ game.

Orlando Pirates have already unveiled four new signings, but with key departures, uncertainty over Abdeslam Ouaddou’s future.
Rassie Erasmus has made some interesting selections for the Springboks’ season-opener against the Barbarians this Saturday.