Jordan Jarrett-Bryan , Sports reporter

The England coach Gareth Southgate has admitted the country has “been through some difficult moments recently in terms of unity”, but he assured fans that the entire World Cup squad was fit and well ahead of tomorrow’s crucial semi-final against Croatia.

For England, expectations for their head-to-head with Panama are pretty high – they’re playing a country ranked 43 places below them. But for the people of Panama and their national team, simply qualifying for the world cup is an historic achievement. Directed by Dan Faber.

England fans heading to Russia for the World Cup have been warned they face the risk of “racist or homophobic intimidation, hooligan violence and anti-British hostility’”. The Commons foreign affairs committee says it’s especially concerned about the welfare of ethnic minorty and LGBT fans. We have been finding out if fans are worried too.

The former Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson remains in intensive care tonight after he underwent emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. Best wishes have poured in from across the footballing world for the man known simply as ‘the boss.’ Fans have also posted get well messages, one tweeting that he was ‘like an extended…

He was one of the greatest, he leaves an untouchable legacy – Sir Alex Ferguson and Thierry Henry leading the tributes to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who’s retiring from the club at the end of the season after 22 years. The club’s chief executive said Wenger had changed the game; he’d made art out of…

Research show that if you’re a black adult male you’re 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder. But why? And is there enough support available to those with mental health issues before they reach the point of crisis. Because too often it’s only when the breakdown happens that contact is made…

The awesome power of a small piece of sand paper to rub a whole country up the wrong way. Yes, it’s the latest twist in the cricket cheating scandal where personal shame meets national outrage. Now head coach Darren Lehmann is to step down after the final Test match against South Africa. His decision came…

If you thought elite athletics was a young person’s game, then meet the athletes who’ve made the grade at this weekend’s British Masters indoor games in London. Some are in their eighties and nineties – shattering myths and smashing the age barrier.

The 20-strong winter Paralympics GB team gathered in Manchester today as they count down to their chance to shine at PyeongChang 2018. For the first time the team will compete in five sports. Jordan Jarret-Bryan went along to meet some of the medal hopefuls.

The last accounts from US gymnasts who were abused by their team doctor have been given to a court in Michigan. Dr Larry Nassar is due to be sentenced shortly, accused of abusing more than 140 women, many of them very well known figures in the world of gymnastics. He has already been sentenced to…

If you think of pre-match boxing hype, you think of bragging and bad mouthing opponents. And if you think of champs of old, they will have had mean-sounding nicknames – like Hit Man Hearns and Iron Mike Tyson. But while Watford world champ Anthony Joshua might be built like them and punch like them he…

Four amateur British rowers have smashed an endurance race record by rowing across the Atlantic in just over 29 days – five days quicker than the previous record. The London-based team was among 25 teams racing the three thousand miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean. The four friends were expecting to…

As Kim Jong-un prepares to send a team to the South Korea Winter Olympics, Team GB are also looking to next month’s Games. Back in the summer of 2016, Britain’s Paralympians were triumphant in Rio. The team smashed their own targets, winning 147 medals. Today they set out their stall for the Winter Olympics, with…

Britain might have built a worldwide reputation for its athletics success – but the coaches behind the athletes are far less well known. A film and photography exhibition is honouring some of the black and Asian coaches who’ve helped to train the country’s most successful sports stars. But as our sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan reports,…

Attitudes towards disability haven’t improved since the 2012 Paralympics, according to new research, which says more than one in four disabled people say the Games failed to leave a positive legacy. The charity Scope said its findings were “incredibly disappointing”, five years after the Paralympics pulled off such a huge success.