Grand Slam Track is ‘what the sport needed’, says co-founder Michael Johnson ahead of opener in Kingston

• Orlando Pride’s Barbra Banda among removals
• Immigration crackdowns led to decision

The Zambia women’s national team have decided to remove their four US-based players from their squad for upcoming games due to concerns about the Trump administration’s immigration policy, the country’s football federation announced on Wednesday.

The policies have created significant uncertainty for foreigners looking to leave or re-enter the United States after time abroad. In March, a French scientist was detained and his phone was searched upon arriving in Houston for a conference.

• Grizzlies star has been suspended twice for handling guns
• Morant and Warriors’ Hield both given technical fouls

The NBA is investigating a gesture made by Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant that could be construed as mimicking shooting a gun, ESPN reported on Wednesday.

Morant extended his left arm and was seen using the finger gun gesture to taunt members of the Golden State Warriors during Tuesday’s game.

• Pitcher returned to action after injury and illness
• Dodgers off to best start for champion since 1933

The Los Angeles Dodgers moved to 7-0 on Tuesday night, equalling the 1933 New York Yankees for the best start to a season by a defending champion, behind a strong start from Dustin May, who was making history of his own.

The pitcher spent all of last season rehabbing from a torn flexor tendon in his right arm and a life-threatening esophageal tear after eating a salad at dinner with his wife in Arizona. A piece of lettuce became caught in his throat and May sipped some water trying to clear it. He felt a painful sensation in his throat and stomach, and later learned the lettuce had perforated his esophageal tube.

As the 2026 World Cup approaches, the USMNT lack the charisma, underdog charm and striking victories of their predecessors

Imagine the 1980 Miracle on Ice, but with the USA on the other side.

In this scenario, the US men’s hockey team aren’t a scrappy band of outmatched amateurs playing for the country perceived as the good guys in the cold war. The opponents aren’t an aloof, brutally effective Soviet Union team expected to steamroll their way to a gold medal just as their military were attempting to steamroll their way through Afghanistan.

An eye-watering sum is required to get up close and personal on both nights of WWE’s showpiece event

A third of the league is tanking with a third of the season remaining, creating a lose-lose situation for the NBA, its fans and TV partners. What’s the fix?

The Toronto Raptors aren’t new to losing. But they are new to whatever this is.

After taking over as the Raptors’ president of basketball operations in 2013, Masai Ujiri refused to embrace the blatant, in-your-face tanking that Sam Hinkie and the “process” Philadelphia 76ers were busy popularizing during that same era, instead opting to build from the middle. “I’m not sure the karma is great when you do stuff like that,” Ujiri said about tanking. “We’re not doing that here,” he later added.

• Briton falls to ground during final set in Bogotá
• Watson defeated in opening round of Charleston Open

Britain’s Francesca Jones has been forced to withdraw from the Colsanitas Cup in Bogotá after collapsing on court. The 24-year-old appeared to stagger after failing to return a serve from Argentina’s Julia Riera in the third set of their round-of-32 match and was unable to return to play. She fell to the ground and was removed from the court in a wheelchair.

“Due to a physical issue, Francesca Jones has withdrawn from her match against Julia Riera at 6-2, 5-7, 5-3 in favour of the Argentinian,” the tournament posted on X. “We wish the British tennis player a speedy recovery.”

The 1,500m world champion tells Jack Rathborn how he is embracing ‘a new era’ for athletics when he kicks off his Grand Slam Track campaign on Saturday and why he has no regrets after beating rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen but failing to win gold at last summer’s Olympics