FORMER Premier League star Alan Rogers says his new passion – which just so happens to be netting him a small fortune – is 'much better than football'. Rogers, 45, played in the top flight for Nottingham Forest and Leicester and made three appearances for England Under-21s as a defender. But he says nothing has […]

Offbeat news from the world of sport We have more newsletters Fallon Sherrock believes signing up for a new innovative darts competition will help take her game to new levels ahead of the upcoming Grand Slam. The best-known player in women’s darts is part of an impressive field for the MODUS Super Series, which got […]

FORMER Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed the club’s most important transfers in history. But icon Robert Lewandowski is only FOURTH on the supremo’s list. Rummenigge, 66, spent ten years playing for Bayern before taking a management role in 1991. After being made CEO in 2002, he oversaw a golden period at the club […]

GARETH SOUTHGATE's World Cup England team would look completely different if the tournament started TOMORROW and was based on this season's best performers. Just four players who have featured under Southgate in the last two major tournaments make the starting XI. Mainstay names Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Declan Rice, Jordan Pickford, Kalvin Phillips, Luke Shaw, […]

ENGLAND'S home and away kits for the World Cup in Qatar have been leaked online. The alleged Nike efforts look set to be worn when Gareth Southgate takes his side to the Middle East in November. Both shirts evoke memories of Three Lions kits of yesteryear. Manufacturers Nike appear to have decided to give the […]

UFC star Khamzat Chimaev was suffering with issues of vomiting and fainting as he tried to lose weight for his fight against Nate Diaz. Chimaev, 28, missed the welterweight limit by seven-and-a-half pounds. He needed to be 171lbs with Diaz successfully weighing in at the correct amount but the Swedish fighter came in at 178.5lbs. […]

ANTHONY JOSHUA confirmed he has AGREED to a 60-40 purse split with Tyson Fury ahead of a potential December 3 fight. All terms presented were accepted last Friday, but all communication was halted due to the passing of The Queen. WBC champ Fury will take home 60 per cent of what is expected to be […]

ECUADOR reportedly face being kicked out of the World Cup just months before it starts. That’s amid claims of player Byron Castillo using a fake Ecuadorian passport after allegedly being born in Colombia. The Mail says it has unearthed new evidence of a cover-up by Ecuador’s FA (FEF) amid a FIFA enquiry into Castillo’s nationality. […]

ARSENAL have been given a huge boost ahead of Sunday’s clash at Brentford. That’s because Thomas Partey has returned to full training following a thigh injury. The midfielder, 29, had missed Arsenal’s last three games against Fulham, Aston Villa and Manchester United. But CBS Sports claim Partey could be back in Arsenal’s XI when they […]

Dimitri Van den Bergh has revealed he was blanked by friend Peter Wright following the world champion’s recent return to darts action. The pair’s close relationship appeared to turn frosty during their meeting at the World Matchplay in Blackpool in July. Following their quarter-final, which Van den Bergh won, Wright barely acknowledged the Belgian after […]