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Just one week after putting up 59 points, the Chicago Bears’ offense struggled to find any rhythm against the Minnesota Vikings. The Bears lost 9-3 at Soldier Field, scoring just three points after one of the season’s most impressive offensive performances against Carolina.

Pompey supporters to share their views on whether the rules around drinking alcohol in football stands should be reconsidered.

Joel Rene Cardenas Carrillo, a 46-year-old US citizen from Visalia, traveled to the Mexican state of Colima in July to visit his father.

The Dallas Cowboys are battling significant secondary injuries of their own, and Christian Parker faces a critical decision about how to deploy Caleb Downs against Baltimore’s rushing attack.

The IRFU has once again poured cold water on the idea of Ireland playing a home Six Nations game in the USA. The comments come after World Rugby CE...

JJ Gabriel's Manchester United future has been plunged into major doubt after he requested to leave the club, with several European clubs now monitoring his situation

The Nations League Group 2 fixture in League A was highly anticipated, marking Jurgen Klopp's first match in charge of Germany and Xavi Hernandez's debut as the Netherlands manager.

If Noah Cates does wind up centering a line with Tyson Foerster and Travis Konecny for the season opener against Pittsburgh, it promises to be an exciting one to watch.

Here are 4 things Ryan Smith told Front Office Sports this week

There is something oddly familiar about Manchester United’s relationship with interim managers. A coach arrives when the club is in trouble. The atmosphere changes. Players who looked short of confidence suddenly appear liberated. Results improve, the football becomes more convincing and, before long, the temporary solution begins to look like the answer to a much bigger problem. Then comes the announcement: the caretaker gets the permanent job. That is often when the story changes. Michael Carrick is the latest Manchester United manager to find himself caught in this peculiar cycle. And, perhaps more intriguingly, he is now experiencing both sides of it within the same year. When Ruben Amorim left United in January 2026, the club was sixth in the Premier League and had already been eliminated from both domestic cups. Carrick was initially appointed until the end of the season. What followed was considerably better than anyone at Old Trafford could reasonably have expected. He won 11 and drew three of his first 16 matches, beating Manchester City and Arsenal in successive games and securing victories against Aston Villa and Liverpool. United climbed back into the Champions League places and finished third. Carrick had done enough to turn a caretaker appointment into a permanent one. In May, United handed him a contract until 2028. The logic was straightforward. The players appeared to respond to him, the results were strong and, crucially, there was a sense that he had restored something inside the dressing room. Jason Wilcox, United’s director of football, said Carrick had built a strong bond with the players and helped create a winning culture. But then the permanent job began. Five Premier League matches into the 2026-27 season, United had five points. They had lost at newly promoted Hull, beaten…

Aakash Chopra lashed out at the critics of the Indian cricket team and claimed that the fair call was made to overturn the controversial wide decision in the India vs Japan clash.

The Golden State Warriors are probably feeling like they can't afford to lose Brandin Podziemski. After all, they missed on the James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga