Sports

  • England's Alastair Cook says teams have 'duty' to play Ashes in right spirit

    Alastair Cook has accepted his responsibility for ensuring there is no repeat of the 'ugly' scenes that marred England's first Test defeat in Brisbane, after a meeting with the match referee Jeff Crowe

  • Second Ashes Test: Clarke gets ball rolling, naming team he'd like to beat

    The Australian captain holds forth on the England team he expects, while Alastair Cook keeps cards close to his chest

  • Manchester United's David Moyes expects Everton fans to respect feats

    Manchester United's David Moyes trusts the fans who make the journey from Merseyside to Old Trafford on Wednesday to respect what he achieved at Everton

  • José Mourinho says pressure is on Manchester City to win title

    José Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, has claimed Manchester City's "unique" squad has placed greater pressure on them to secure the Premier League title

  • Ashes: Swing or spin, Joe Root or Ian Bell; England are left in a quandary

    Mike Selvey in Adelaide

    Mike Selvey: With even the groundsman scratching his head over the Adelaide drop-in pitch, the second Test against Australia is riddled with uncertainty

NFL

  • Seattle Seahawks fans cause 'earthquake' Monday night

    Seattle football fans erupted in cheers so raucous that their jumping up and down registered as a minor earthquake

  • Seahawks destroy Saints to become first NFL playoffs qualifiers

    Paolo Bandini: Seattle crush New Orleans despite key doping offence suspensions; Kansas City Chiefs let down Alex Smith; Washington's trouble with the chains; Knowshon Moreno's tears

  • Police probe death outside Kansas City Chiefs' stadium during Broncos game

    Police say man died after altercation with car owner and add: 'We are going to investigate this as a homicide'

  • Manning and Decker seize control of AFC as Broncos complete Chiefs sweep

    NFL: Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes to Eric Decker as Denver held off KC rally; Washington eliminated from playoff race by New York Giants

  • NFL Clockwatch week 13 - as it happened

    NFL Clockwatch: Peyton Manning connects with Eric Decker for four touchdowns against the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots survive a near-upset by the Houston Texans

MLB

  • Prince Fielder traded from Detroit Tigers to Texas Rangers

    MLB: Slugger Prince Fielder and $30m traded to Texas Rangers for Ian Kinsler

  • Our favourite things this week: the best sports journalism from around the web

    Bullying in the NFL, the couple who organised baseball fixtures, the basketball coach who exploded, the Irishman with the best job in the world and the fan who played for West Ham

  • The Red Sox take back Boston

    Hunter Felt: Months after the Boston Marathon bombings, the Red Sox reclaim the city

  • Red Sox's brilliant beards disprove link between razors and sharpness

    Tim Lewis

    Tim Lewis: The Boston Red Sox's World Series success surely burst the bubble surrounding sporting stubble and could lead to a bristly bonus

  • Boston Red Sox take World Series trophy on amphibious tour of city

    Victory procession aboard 'duck boats' pauses at Boston Marathon finish line for players to honour bombing victims

NBA

  • Portland Trail Blazers end Indiana Pacers seven-game winning streak

    NBA round-up: Portland beat Indiana 106-102; New Orleans Pelicans defeat Chicago Bulls 131-128 in triple overtime

  • Dante Exum should skip college for NBA Draft, says Andrew Bogut

    Andrew Bogut expects Australian teenager Dante Exum to make the 'smart' choice and skip the college system to enter next year's NBA draft

  • West and George too fast for Clippers as Pacers charge on to 16-1

    NBA round-up: Indiana take seventh straight win 105-100; Bosh caps late rally as Heat beat Bobcats; Durant triple-double keeps Thunder unbeaten at home

  • The gifs that keep on giving: absurd diving, hybrid sports and fan fails

    Fan fails, trickshots and fouls

  • Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd fined $50,000 for spilling drink on court

    NBA rules that Brooklyn coach deliberately instigated incident to interrupt play during 99-94 defeat to LA Lakers

NHL

  • 26,000 teddy bears tossed onto Calgary Hitmen after Padakin's goal – video

    For second straight year Calgary's Pavel Padakin scored the opening goal in the Petro-Canada Teddy Bear Toss Game between the Hitmen and the Medicine Hat Tigers

  • The NHL faces a concussion lawsuit: what next?

    Colin Horgan: With the launch of legal action about hockey's behaviour over head traumas, the NHL now faces an omnipresent debate about concussions

  • NHL players launch concussions lawsuit against the league

    NHL: Just months after NFL's $765m legal settlement over head traumas, ten former hockey players allege its league failed to protect them over concussions

  • Concussions lawsuit and other NHL stories this season

    Colin Horgan: Ex-players launch head trauma lawsuit against the league; Are the Blackhawks good enough to win the Stanley Cup again. Are the Ducks better? Ten things we have learned so far

  • Jaromir Jagr helps Devils end Ducks' eight-game home winning streak

    NHL round-up: Zajac credited with OT goal in 4-3 New Jersey win; Crosby bests Ovechkin as Penguins win in Washington; Wild rule Senators