BBC Sport looks at five reasons why you should care about Wednesday's Uefa Super Cup, as Liverpool take on Chelsea at the Besiktas Park in Istanbul. is a big opportunity for one of these two sides to win

Kyle Edmund beats Nick Kyrgios in straight sets at the Rogers Cup in Montreal while Andy Murray wins his doubles opener. Elsewhere, Dan Evans will play Rafael Nadal in the second round. Source of shared

England bowler James Anderson to miss next week's match at Lord's due to the calf injury that curtailed his involvement in the Ashes opener. The 37-year-old was passed fit for the Edgbaston Test despite

A 3.8km swim in icy fjords, a 180km bike ride, and a full marathon up to the top of Norway's Mount Gaustatoppen - is the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon for you? 5am start. Jumping off the back of a car ferry

Argentina captain Lionel Messi is banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was "corrupt". Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina's 2-1

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton heads Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in a tight first practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.165 seconds ahead of the Dutchman. Vettel,

England players are shedding weight in extreme humidity during a World Cup training camp in north-east Italy. Treviso was picked to host a 12-day camp as the conditions are similar to what players can

England all-rounder Ben Stokes believes "not trying to please everyone" has helped him mature and regain the Test vice-captaincy. Stokes was stripped of the role in 2017 but has been reappointed

Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad breaks the 400m hurdles world record at the US National Championships in Iowa. The 29-year-old took more than a tenth of a second off a record that had stood for 16 years,

Former Leicester Tigers second row Steve Mafi is to join London Irish for their Premiership return. The Tonga international, who played at the 2015 World Cup, will join early in the new season, having

The weaknesses at Ferrari are evident after a disastrous qualifying, but Lewis Hamilton has a battle of his own before Sunday's German Grand Prix. His Mercedes team had prepared the car for the possibility

Featherweight champion Max "Blessed" Holloway retains his grip on the 145-pound title with a dominant display against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 in Edmonton. Hawaii's

BBC Sport has had a look at what the continent's best teams have been up to - and how they could line up on the opening day. can be impossible to keep on top of everyone's signings so BBC Sport has had

Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling says he was happy to see his former club Liverpool win the Champions League. However, the 24-year-old said that for City the Premier League was the more important

Zinedine Zidane is "worried and bothered" about Real Madrid's growing injury list ahead of the new season. New left-back Ferland Mendy (calf) is the latest player to pick up an injury on a pre-season

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has faced personal tragedy on his way to F1. Is he a future world champion? He speaks to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson. The car he dreamed about most was Michael Schumacher's Ferrari.

Antoine Griezmann's transfer from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona could be cancelled in a dispute over the fee, says La Liga's boss. The clause dropped from 200m to 120m euros on 1 July, but Atleti claim

Britain's Duncan Scott wins bronze in the 200m freestyle at the World Championships and refuses to share the podium with China's gold medallist Sun Yang. Scott, 22, finished joint fourth with Russia's

Goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley give Chelsea an impressive 2-1 win against Barcelona in a pre-season friendly in Japan. Abraham opened the scoring with a neat first-half finish after rounding

Great Britain's women miss out on a medal at EuroBasket as they suffer an 81-55 defeat by hosts Serbia in the bronze medal play-off in Belgrade. Centre Temi Fagbenle returned to her best, scoring 23 points