Maro Itoje is expected to be named the first English captain of the British and Irish Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001 when the squad for this summer’s tour to Australia is announced on Thursday.

A student at a martial arts academy in Barrow earned the title of European Champion at a competition in Spain. Mike Backhouse, a student of LOBO BJJ Academy, won the Blue Belt Europeans to become ...

Nakheel is on target to make her return to action at York’s Dante meeting but whether that is in the Yorkshire Cup or the Middleton Stakes has still to be determined. Last seen winning the Park Hill ...

Two former friends accused of cutting down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree committed the “arboreal equivalent of mindless thuggery,” ...