Record losses but 80% pay rises for the bigwigs, terrible results, fan protests and whingeing players locked into long deals. This is how BlueCo’s ‘revolutionary’ Chelsea project fell apart, writes IAN HERBERT

This week's financial results at Chelsea, on the back of Saturday's thumping by Manchester City, point…

How a 16-year-old Brazilian who has never played a senior game became the hottest prospect in world football with a £43m price tag – as Man City and Newcastle battle Barcelona and PSG to sign him

JOSUE SEIXAS: How can a player who has never appeared in a senior match be worth…

ELLIS GENGE: Scrapping PREM relegation was wrong – I’ve been in those battles… it was f***ing class! When we stayed up it was like we’d won the league

The PREM has officially scrapped relegation as part of its franchising model. New investment is coming…

PREM Rugby transfers:

The sorry decline of Moana Pasifika has put European clubs on red alert, after the New…

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Ben Stokes insists he can get England back on track alongside Brendon McCullum – but here’s why England fans should be sceptical

It was obvious to anyone who reported on that trip that English cricket's two central figures…

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Ben Stokes insists he can get England back on track alongside Brendon McCullum – but here’s why England fans should be sceptical

It was obvious to anyone who reported on that trip that English cricket's two central figures…

How do you stop a 21st powerhouse prop? Northampton’s plans to take down Bath battering ram Thomas du Toit – using iso-drills, dominoes and two Springbok scrum geniuses of their own

How do you stop a scrummaging force like Thomas du Toit? That is the question Northampton…

JEFF POWELL MBE: These are the 10 greatest heavyweight fights of all time – who comes out as the undisputed No1? Does Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora’s ‘Fight of the 21st Century’ crack the list? And which star name misses out entirely?

Wide is the divide riven by my contention that the unremitting slugfest between Derek Chisora against…

These are my winners and losers from round one of the County Championship – from the England star who’s more vulnerable than ever, to the pair who put Ashes woe behind them and Test exile who made case for shock comeback, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH

With England's first Test against New Zealand less than two months away, Daily Mail Sport looks…

‘I asked Scottie if he was trying to kill us all’: The secrets of the Masters champions dinner – ‘brutal’ menu choices, schoolyard pacts and risque jokes, all spilled by the chosen few who got sport’s most exclusive invite to RIATH AL-SAMARRAI

That table. It might just be the most sanctified in all of sport. If you win…

Southampton’s FA Cup heroes on the ‘Spirit of 76’, sand dunes, Brett Ormerod’s ‘shepherd’ suit and making Thierry Henry run scared

MATT BARLOW: The spirit of 1976 is alive by the Solent as Tonda Eckert's team seek…

Seven-phase limit, set-piece punishment and harnessing the grumpy crowds: The blueprint for Bristol and Leicester to pull off rugby’s Mission Impossible – winning in France

ALEX BYWATER: You have to go back to the first Covid lockdown to break the French…

The downfall of Arsenal Fan TV: How ‘corrupted’ kingmaker Robbie Lyle is fighting to keep control of his £6.8m empire run alongside a ‘Mad Dwarf’ amid toxic fallouts, why viewing figures aren’t spiking anymore and the truth about star names’ exits

As Arsenal's Quadruple chances were slipping away in the dying minutes of the Carabao Cup final,…

The top 10 overseas stars in this season’s County Championship – who takes No 1 spot for 2026?

Unlike the Sheffield Shield or the Ranji Trophy, England's county system welcomes all and sundry from…

‘It took me five years to enjoy rugby again… this has been like a second coming’: Wales hero RHYS CARRE on THAT try, partying with Prince William, T-shirts with his face on and why he’s desperate to repay Saracens’ faith

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: Rhys Carre, Wales' 21st redhead prop, became an overnight cult hero…

DEONTAY WILDER: A gang killed my brother. I’ve never spoken about him before – until now. This is the full story of my childhood tragedy, why I carry a gun with me and how my family ‘stabbed me in the back’

INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE DALY: A single act of violence ended the life of Deontay Wilder's brother.…

JAMES MILNER INTERVIEW: I had the chance to sign for Man United but I turned them down… my dad would never have spoken to me again

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY OLIVER HOLT: Work never stops. If there is a phrase to sum Milner…

Sunderland legend KEVIN PHILLIPS: ‘You can’t escape the Tyne-Wear derby… I’ve been chased out of a Chinese restaurant, called a “Mackem t**t” in the streets, abused by old ladies – but they can’t take away my goal in the rain’

JAMES SHARPE: This week, more than most, Kevin Phillips is unable to escape it. Whether he's…

Revealed – English cricket is running out of BALLS: Inside the ‘major crisis’ that has left England and counties with HALF the number they need and the frantic plan to find a fix as Middle East war causes havoc – ‘it’s a wake-up call for everybody’

'If only I'd known this was going to happen, I'd have had a word with Donald…

It’s time to show Mikel Arteta the respect he is due. The Arsenal manager’s gamble to throw on 16-year-old Max Dowman paid off handsomely and shows he is not a leader hamstrung by caution, writes OLIVER HOLT

I've not always been a fan of Mikel Arteta, the manager. In earlier years his touchline…

Steve Borthwick is fighting for his job and England need a contingency plan: These are the four leading contenders if RFU need to act ahead of World Cup, the surprise left-field names and why there’s a shortage of top-class English coaches

Steve Borthwick is fighting to save his job. Insiders at the RFU insist there will be…

‘He never stops… I love it’: How ‘control freak’ Tonda Eckert ‘breathed life’ back into Southampton – neuroscience, the World Cup winners that shaped win at all costs mentality and the ‘one per cents’ that dragged Saints back into promotion race

One of the first things Tonda Eckert wanted after arriving at Southampton was for every member…