
How Aluko sparked women’s football punditry debate
How former England foward Eni Aluko sparked a women’s football punditry debate.
WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2026, 08:55

How former England foward Eni Aluko sparked a women’s football punditry debate.

Aamilah Aswat says she is ‘buzzing’ after becoming the first female black British jockey to win a UK horse race.The 20-year-old earned her first win at Kempton Park after completing only four races.

With 31 points from his 14 games in charge, Kim Hellberg has overseen a 12-point swing for Middlesbrough over previous Championship leaders Coventry City.

The knee injury which scuppered Jean-Philippe Mateta’s move to AC Milan last month is “not as bad as feared” and he will not need surgery, says Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner.

Manager Martin O’Neill hopes Celtic will receive the full ticket allocation available to them for the Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox.

On Wednesday, the Proteas face an Afghanistan side that were semi-finalists two years ago and are desperate for blood after a loss to New Zealand

Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffer Winter Olympic heartbreak in the mixed doubles curling for the second time in four years after losing out on bronze to hosts Italy.

David Humphreys, Irish rugby’s high performance director, says the humbling Six Nations defeat in Paris “has to be fuel” for the rest of the tournament.

Captain Maro Itoje returns to the England starting XV for Saturday’s Six Nations match against Scotland in Edinburgh.

Wales appoint Paul James to replace scrum coach Duncan Jones who suffered a ‘freak injury’ in training.

Italy take gold in the mixed speed skating relay with Canada taking silver, Belgium taking bronze and defending champions China missing out the podium altogether.

The club are still working to find Jimmy Thelin’s successor, a month after the Swede’s exit.

Rangers head coach Danny Rohl believes his side are far better equipped for big matches after seeing a winning mentality develop among his players in recent weeks.

Watch New Zealand’s opening partnership of Finn Allen and Tim Seifert score 175, the most for any wicket at a T20 World Cup, to beat the United Arab Emirates by 10 wickets in their second match of the tournament.

Kaizer Chiefs legend Doctor Khumalo says Zitha Kwinika deserve a new contract having shown his quality in defence this season.

The IOC bans Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing a helmet featuring images of people killed in the Russian invasion.

Campbell Hatton will fight on the undercard of what would have been an event headlined by his late father, Ricky.

Jutta Leerdam wins Netherlands’ first medal of the Games, watched by YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

Every key bit of Premier League team news and the most important Fantasy Premier League statistics – all in one place.

Milan-Cortina 2026 organisers have “identified” a reason for the spate of broken medals at the Winter Olympics and say any athletes affected will have theirs fixed.

Caroline Weir is named Scotland captain on an official basis before the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg.