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Players on next year’s United States Ryder Cup team will be paid to compete after a package was agreed by the PGA of America. It will be the first time in the 97-year history of the matches that either side has been paid to play. The 12 players will each receive $500,000 (£400,000), with $300,000 (£240,000) donated to a charity …

Intended to add more importance to the earlier part of the season, the NBA Cup is a shorter format compared to its regular 82-game league season. “There was an opportunity to grow the league through additional competitions,” Evan Wasch, the NBA’s executive vice-president of basketball strategy and analytics told BBC Sport. “If you look around the world, there’s so many …

Richard Hoskin – BBC Radio Bristol sports editor In the end it was a question of when, and not if, Rovers would part company with Matt Taylor. A manager who’s been a pleasure to deal with since his appointment last year has struggled to win over the fan base. Rovers made 16 summer signings – but many have failed to …

There was no beating the traffic out of St Conleth’s Park or finding a hostelry to drown your sorrows… at least not yet. The people of Slaughtneil were there on the pitch attempting to offer words of comfort to sons, brothers, fathers, husbands, boyfriends, uncles, cousins, neighbours and friends. Or in some cases to partially misappropriate a Heaney phrase, “saying …

Watch highlights as Arsenal grab a narrow 1-0 win at Liverpool with a goal by Alessio Russo in the Women’s Super League.

Match of the Day 2’s Danny Murphy, Shay Given and Mark Chapman give their immediate reaction to Southampton’s decision to sack manager Russell Martin after their 5-0 loss to Tottenham. READ MORE: Southampton sack manager Martin after Spurs thrashing. Watch the full episode of Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer.

Southampton have sacked manager Russell Martin after a 5-0 thrashing by Tottenham on Sunday left them nine points off Premier League safety. Martin, 38, guided the Saints to promotion last year in his first season in charge, beating Leeds United in the play-off final at Wembley. But the loss against Spurs was Southampton’s 13th in the league this campaign from …

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim says he never gave up believing his side could fight back from falling a goal behind against Manchester City.

Benetton: Smith; Lynagh, Menoncello, Fekitoa, Ratave; Albornoz, Uren; Spagnolo, Maile, Ferrari, Cannone, Ruzza (capt), Negri, Zuliani, Halafihi. Replacements: Bernasconi, Gallo, Pasquali, Favretto, Izekor, Garbisi, Umaga, Brex Bath: De Glanville; Grace, Ojomoh, Redpath, McConnochie; Bailey, Schreuder; Van Wyk, Annett, Sela, Richards, Molony, Bayliss, Staddon, Reid (capt). Replacements: Tuipulotu, Cordwell, Du Toit, Roux, Hill, Carr-Smith, Hennessey, Coetzee Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

O’Neil was well liked and had the loyalty of the players, but the decision-makers saw no alternative. This season’s run of 11 defeats in their opening 16 games continued a worrying trend from the end of the previous campaign. And O’Neil had already been to the brink once. Sources told BBC Sport there was an acceptance from O’Neil’s team that …