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Manchester United boss Michael Carrick says he is telling the truth about the club moving on from Lisandro Martinez's explosive post-match interview. Carrick's close friend and team-mate Wayne Rooney led the condemnation of Martinez, saying the Argentine defender could "rip the dressing room apart" with his attack on United's hierarchy after the 2-0 Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid. Former United skippers Roy Keane and Gary Neville have also had.

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South African side had preparing for Champions Cup debut Player understood to have suffered a cardiac arrest A member of the Lions squad has been found dead in the team’s hotel ahead of the South African side’s Champions Cup game against La Rochelle. The player is understood to have been found unconscious in the shower having reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. The so far unnamed player could not be revived.

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Flat racing’s youngest champion jockey in more than a century on his relentless – and rapid – road to the top Billy Loughnane’s mum wanted him to be a vet. “You’d have to ask her why,” he says with a smile that is rarely more than a second or two away. “I’d say money and an easier lifestyle, but I always wanted to be a jockey and made it very.

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Bath’s co-owner and ‘wily old fox’ on the need for Champions Cup change and the future of the Prem It doesn’t feel like 16 years since Bruce Craig first shared his vision for Bath Rugby with the Guardian. Back then there were plenty wondering if his extravagant ambitions would be realised and even he describes it as “a long haul” at times. “It has been a lot more difficult than.

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The elevation of teenager Thomas Rew to Lions captain is a further sign of the high regard he is held in by the England hierarchy and follows him being given his first senior call-up and central contract. It is thought the 18-year-old will become the youngest captain in Lions history when he leads the side in three T20s against West Indies A in St Kitts and Nevis in November. Rew.

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Fulham head coach Alvaro Arbeloa says the focus should not be on him as his side searches for a first Premier League win this season against Hull City this weekend. The club are bottom of the table on two points after four defeats and two draws in their opening six league games of the campaign. And as a result, the 43-year-old Spaniard is under increasing pressure as Fulham prepare to.