Sports

Topp rescue act not enough to save Horst Steffen at ailing Werder Bremen

Manager dismissed despite sublime late equaliser against Gladbach and the next appointment will be telling

Pakistan boycott shows growing divide between cricket’s commercial needs and political reality

Latest row to hit T20 World Cup raises difficult questions for the sport’s governing body, with lucrative TV deal to protect

Football transfer rumours: Chelsea in for Tylel Tati after missing out on Jacquet?

Supporters of acute accents rejoice! Rennes’ Jérémy Jacquet is on his way to Liverpool after the Premier League champions won the tug of war with just about every other side in England for the 20-year-old centre-back. After missing out on Marc Guéhi for just £20m, Liverpool will pay £55m up front (plus £5m in add-ons) and became the preferred bidders with the France Under-21 international not joining until the summer.

Team GB slider Matt Weston: ‘I don’t ever stand at the top aiming for anything less than gold’

The 28-year-old has rebuilt from crushing disappointment in the skeleton four years ago to become Britain’s best hope for Winter Olympic gold at Milano Cortina

Top players reject offer to have greater say in running of major tennis championships

The tennis pay row has escalated further with the world’s top 10 male and female players rejecting an offer from the grand slams to set up a player council that would give them a greater say in the running of the major championships.

‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts education