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BBC Sport's Sara Orchard explains why Premiership Women's Rugby remains without a title sponsor.

China significantly intensified its South China Sea patrols in 2025, maintaining an “unprecedented” nearly year-round presence at contested sites like Scarborough Shoal to assert maritime claims, according to a new US-based think tank report. An analysis published on Thursday by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) – a research programme affiliated with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies – showed a substantial increase in China’s patrol presence as well as a...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains how the Champions League knockout phase play-offs work and when the draw is taking place.

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains how the Champions League knockout phase play-offs work and when the draw is taking place.

Malaysia’s football leadership resigned en masse this week in what it called a governance move to protect the sport, but critics say any “reset” will count only if the association explains how allegedly forged eligibility documents were submitted and who will be held responsible. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) late on Thursday said it had formally informed Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that all members of its executive committee for the 2025–2029 term had...

Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney is expecting Galway to visit the Athletic Grounds looking to "lay down a marker" in Saturday's Division One clash between the 2024 All-Ireland finalists.

South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labour has apologised to the family of a Cambodian migrant worker who died after living in a makeshift “greenhouse dormitory” and vowed to reinforce protections for foreign workers, following a Supreme Court ruling that found the government liable. In a statement issued on Thursday after the decision, the ministry said it respects the ruling of the Supreme Court and promised to help swiftly proceed with compensation procedures for the bereaved family of...

Maternity services at Lancaster Royal Infirmary are rated "good", but improvements must be made in A&E.

Maternity services at Lancaster Royal Infirmary are rated "good", but improvements must be made in A&E.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world’s second-largest economy, just hours after President Donald Trump signaled a possible opposition to any deal between Beijing and London

Hong Kong authorities have arrested two men and two women in an undercover operation for allegedly working in the city illegally as cleaners and renovation workers, after mainland Chinese firms advertised the services online ahead of Lunar New Year. Immigration Department Task Force Deputy Commander Chan Yan-kit said on Friday that the operation was conducted between January 22 and 29, with officers posing as customers to lure suspects into the city before arresting them. They were located after...

The USAF WC-135R Constant Phoenix has been seen on British soil as tensions between Iran and the West continue