There's silencing your critics … and then there's being found guilty of stealing your France teammate's credit card (and that of a team staff member) and handed a three-month suspended prison sentence, before bringing the shush after claiming a second Olympic biathlon gold at these Winter Olympics

Norway's Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon, apologising for having an affair and saying: 'Three months ago I made the mistake of my life'

Heat seekers: amazing thermal images from the Winter Olympics

Had Green Streets lost by four goals or more, they would have been relegated on goal difference. Under the rules of the Maldives FA, however, any team that fail turn up for a match forfeit the game 2-0, a score that was enough to stay up

Ilia Malinin’s golden flight 📸 Wang Zhao

Thirty years on from Castel di Sangro’s miracle, @nickames82.bsky.social finds the extraordinary spirit of their community being passed to the next generation

'During its 26-year history, Wada has faced thousands of questions about athletes using illicit substances. Today surely marked the first time it was asked if ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further.' Story: @seaningle.bsky.social

Ian Holloway's rage against the machines. By @davidsquires.bsky.social

Love these pics from Uganda (Jinja district), where groups of women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life. 📸 Luis Tato

Exclusive for @sport.theguardian.com - the Football Association has proposed radical changes to the Women’s FA Cup, including seeding four teams and dispensing with a draw after last 32. More details here. #WomensFACup www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Exclusive: Katie McCabe now increasingly likely to leave Arsenal after talks with the club over her future www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Carlito’s way (to a career slam)

And the winner of best short film goes to …

Murmurs around Melbourne Park had been building. That the men’s Australian Open draw had not met expectations in 2026. Murmur no more

LIV and let die

📸 Patrícia de Melo Moreira

Goalkeeper chaos goal brilliance: Anatoliy Trubin and Benfica edition

Some shot: Aryna Sabalenka in full flow at the Australian Open. 📸 Xinhua/Shutterstock

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

'Removing the United States as co-host of the 2026 World Cup would hurt for pretty much everyone. It would be eminently sad. And it would be entirely justified.' By @anabnos.com

NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A room with a view (apart from during Blackpool matches)

For Greenland, futsal offers a rare route to visual, powerful representation abroad. Spent a couple of days in Croatia with a team whose homeland had been threatened and demeaned all week. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

At home with Jakob Ingebrigtsen. @seaningle.bsky.social gets an exclusive invite and heads to Norway

Re-upping … welcome @mlsist.bsky.social, @ellabrockway.bsky.social and @jeffrueter.bsky.social

GTA: Old Trafford sign-off for Casemiro

First domino to fall with England … Luke Wright, who will leave his role as a selector after next month’s Twenty20 World Cup. Story from @tahahashim.bsky.social

Pour something, sit back and read

European football’s leaders are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s wish to annex Greenland and have held initial discussions about how the sport could respond. Story: @nickames82.bsky.social

One phone call and John Roberts had the full story – there was an air of amazement in the room. Tribute by Matthew Engel

All aboard the Spurs supertanker, with @davidsquires.bsky.social

Absolutely glorious imagery in this gallery of World Sports Photography Awards 2026 winners 📸 Edgar Su, Beatriz Ryder Da Costa, Luis Amaral and @tomjenkinspix.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/galler...

All the chaos. All the ludicrousness. Senegal’s Afcon glory. By @jonawils.bsky.social in Rabat

'It comes to something when the level of discontent at Tottenham had people who have spent all season watching West Ham wondering if it was all a bit much.' By @jacobsteinberg1.bsky.social

There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump

Sussex have been placed in special measures by the ECB due to alleged financial mismanagement and breaches of sustainability regulations

I wrote Joy of Six: love. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

The former manager of Sutton Coldfield Town Women, Ryan Hamilton, has been banned from all football for 12 years after he sent numerous indecent images of himself to players and a member of staff. Some readers may find this article's details distressing. #FAWNL www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Run @barryglendenning.bsky.social run 🙌

'I need to talk about my story.' Igor Thiago, Brentford’s record-breaking Brazilian, has overcome a torrid childhood, racism and injuries – but is dreaming of Brazil’s No 9 shirt at the World Cup. Interview:

Liverpool goalkeeper Rafaela Borggräfe was given a six-game ban by the FA after being found to have made a racist comment. Story: @tomjgarry.bsky.social

The era of the three-week grand slam is very much here. How a game of one-upmanship between the Australian and US Opens has set the standard for spectacular lead-in weeks

Michel Platini interview: 'I was destined to become president of Fifa. Everything happened because they didn’t want that. The ban was a big injustice and overall it was political. A group of people decided to kill me.' By @nickames82.bsky.social

Sport England suspends account on X, saying the platform 'increasingly promotes and monetises an environment that is hostile to women and girls'. Latest from @seaningle.bsky.social

Xabi Alonso out at Real Madrid

An Aberdeen fan, who left his own player Jack MacKenzie with a 'severe injury' after throwing part of a seat at a Scottish Premiership match, has been jailed for 18 months

Lovely piece from @brewin.bsky.social on Macclesfield Town’s journey and what it means www.theguardian.com/football/202...

117 places above Macclesfield, Palace become the first holders to crash out to non-league opposition since 1909

Good old football