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Former Australian cricketer Michael Slater has been given a partially suspended sentence after admitting to multiple domestic violence charges, including two instances of choking a woman, yet he has been permitted to leave the court without imprisonment.

Earlier this year, Tony Mowbray returned to West Bromwich Albion after previously leading the team to success and winning the Championship in the 2007/08 season, but this stint has not gone as well.

Rochdale have announced in a statement that their former player, Joe Thompson, died peacefully on Thursday morning after bravely battling cancer for a third time

Former Manchester United players from the age before megabucks salaries are ‘struggling’ after a donation was withdrawn from a charity supporting them, a trustee has said.

The allegations span between 1993 to 1996 involving a girl, and 2006 to 2010 involving a boy, both in the Glasgow region.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr are being linked with a summer transfer for Moises Caicedo but Chelsea are not prepared to let the midfielder go for anything less than £100m

Aaron Boupendza, a 28-year-old Gabon international and striker for Chinese side Zhejiang, has died after falling from the 11th floor of a building in China, the Gabonese Football Federation has announced.

Cambridge men’s crew have achieved a decisive victory in the 170th men’s Boat Race, defeating Oxford by a record-breaking margin.

Helped by his wife, Michael Schumacher has signed a crash helmet that will be auctioned off for charity.

Former World Series champion Octavio Dotel has been killed after a roof collapsed in a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, with 43 others dead and hundreds injured.

A Manchester United supporter has been arrested and charged with assault for allegedly slapping Manchester City footballer Jack Grealish in the face.

Southampton have broken an unwanted Premier League record as they became the first team to be relegated with seven games still to play.

Rochdale and Spennymoor Town competed in the FA Trophy, with the team from the North East moving forward through penalties before both groups of fans entered the pitch after the game.

The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, will appear in court on Wednesday to stand trial on charges of defrauding Spain’s tax office of more than €1m (£836,857) in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015.

Tai Woffinden crashed while racing in Poland on Saturday, resulting in the three-time speedway world champion being airlifted to hospital and later put into a coma

An Olympic skier has died along with his dad after a fire broke out at an abandoned ski resort hotel in Turkey on Thursday.

Lewis Hamilton was looking to capitalize on his sprint race victory from earlier in the day, while Lando Norris was eager to get back to the front of the grid and secure his second Grand Prix pole of 2025.