Connor reaffirmed her belief in the group of players – but accepted they are still playing catch-up with Australia’s superior domestic set-up. This is despite major investment in the women’s game in recent years, such as spending £19m a year on the domestic game and raising international match fees to equal their male counterparts. In…

Manchester United have signed Denmark defender Patrick Dorgu from Lecce on a five-and-a-half-year deal. The deal for the 20-year-old is worth £25m (30m euros), with a potential £4.1m (5m euros) in add-ons. Dorgu has made 57 appearances for Lecce since his senior debut at the start of last season, having joined the club at youth…

Brighton striker Evan Ferguson is set to join West Ham on loan until the end of the season and will have a medical at the Hammers on Sunday. The 20-year-old will link up with his former Brighton manager Graham Potter in east London and the Hammers will pay a loan fee, Ferguson’s wages and any…

54 years ago today, The Ramsar Convention on the Sustainable Use of Wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Iran. When stopping to think about it, it pre-dates many of the landmark international agreements of the original Environmentalism Movement by some margin, such as the Convention on Biodiversity (1994), the Convention on Migratory Species (1979), the Convention…

A Mercedes ‘streamliner’ raced by Formula 1 legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has sold for a record £42.75m (€51.155m) at auction. The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen was driven by Argentina’s five-time F1 champion Fangio as he won the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix. Britain’s Moss piloted the car at the Italian Grand Prix…

Most of the problems facing England are likely to be solved by drawing inspiration from Australia’s team culture and how they enforce high standards both on and off the field. England have managed to create an image problem, regarding how they are perceived by their own fans in the UK and elsewhere. Here in Australia,…

Samantha Granville, Emma Vardy & Christal Hayes BBC News Reporting fromLos Angeles, California Getty Images The week leading up to the Grammy Awards is typically a star-studded seven days. It is filled with exclusive parties that draw some of music’s top talents from across the globe – producers, singers, agents and musicians – all to…

Getty Images Barclays customers are entering a third day of issues with payments and transactions as the bank struggles to fix ongoing technical issues. On Friday when the outage began, customers told the BBC they were having trouble with mobile and online banking and making essential payments. It is not believed to be a cyber…

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America’s three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada. Trump said the US would impose tariffs beginning on Tuesday of 25% on Canada and Mexico, and 10% on China. Canadian energy faces a lower 10% tariff. He had threatened to impose…

At his pre-match news conference, Guardiola defended Haaland for his “stay humble” comment. The words have been used against the Norwegian in the months since as rival fans, revelling in City’s troubled campaign, have turned the focus back on him. Having seen what Haaland has to put up with on a weekly basis in the…