Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak was exhausted last summer as he trained for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Before taking on Leuven in a two-legged Champions League tie – in Belgium then at Meadow Park – Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers and her Spanish centre back (and occasional midfielder) Laia Codina spo...

Netherlands striker Lineth Beerensteyn faces her former club Juventus when her current club Wolfsburg host them in the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) this Thursday 12th February. Beerensteyn spo...

* Heraskevych held up ‘No War in Ukraine’ sign in Beijing * IOC have contacted Ukrainian officials over his protest Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained on Monday at the Winter Olympics in a helmet with images of compatriots killed during the war in Ukraine, delivering on a promise to use the event to keep attention on the conflict. “Some of them were my friends,” Heraskevych, who is his country’s flag bearer, said after his training session at the Cortina sliding centre. Continue reading...

The narrowest of margins – 1-0 (as they say) to the Arsenal. Optimistic half-and-half scarf sellers outside the ground. 39,155 fans on tenterhooks, right to the end. This was the very definition of a ...

It was a bold move to place a brand-new international club competition in the middle of one club’s hectic season and in pre-season for a couple of others. Not to mention hosting it in one team’s home ...

Gus Kenworthy, whose Instagram account boasts 1.2million followers, will not face disciplinary action for message about US immigration officials

When Charlie Josephine’s play Bitch Boxer debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013, it felt like a resonant rallying cry, as just one-year earlier women had been allowed to box in the Olympics for the ...

The lowdown on the top Team GB female athletes to look out for at the Winter Olympics - from our expert curling team to figure and speed skaters, not to mention a circus-trained skeleton ace - by Dako...