That Sporting Week. A look back at some of the last week's top sports stories. A Week Where sporting news didn’t just go off the rails — it leapt from the carriage, stole a passing motorbike, and sped into the horizon yelling, “No notes!”

This week we begin with the Premier League Darts, where 19‑year‑old phenomenon Luke Littler has finished top of the standings for the third year in a row. At this point, it’s less a competition and more a long‑running documentary titled Luke Littler: Please Leave Some Trophies for the Others. The lad is so consistently brilliant that the rest of the field must feel like they’re competing against a malfunctioning robot programmed exclusively for bullseyes. If he keeps this up, the PDC may have to introduce a new rule: “Luke must throw with his non‑dominant hand while riding a unicycle.”

Meanwhile, on the track, Keely Hodgkinson has declared that this year’s London Diamond League could be a “battle of the world records,” which is the athletics equivalent of saying, “Bring snacks, this is going to get spicy.” Hodgkinson is chasing one of the sport’s longest‑standing records,The women’s 800m world record was set by Czech ,Jarmila Kratochvílová on 26 July 1983 in Munich, Germany. Her time was 1:53.28.  Keely says she wants to do it on home soil, presumably because nothing motivates a British athlete like the roar of a crowd and the faint smell of overpriced stadium chips. If she pulls it off, expect commentators to spontaneously combust from excitement, leaving only a small pile of smouldering broadcast notes.

Over in football, Liverpool have sacked head coach Arne Slot, proving once again that Premier League managerial contracts are printed on dissolvable paper. Slot’s departure comes after a season that can best be described as “not what the brochure promised.” Liverpool fans are now entering that familiar emotional cycle: shock, denial, tactical analysis, and finally the stage where someone on a forum suggests bringing back a manager from 1987 “because he understood the club.” The search for a replacement will no doubt involve spreadsheets, interviews, and at least one rumour so implausible it causes the internet to briefly shut down for its own safety.

In Europe, PSG have won the Champions League, beating Arsenal in the final and thereby ensuring that Arsenal fans will spend the next decade beginning every football conversation with a deep, weary sigh. PSG’s victory parade will likely involve fireworks, confetti cannons, and at least one player accidentally dropping the trophy off a bus, because tradition is important.

Turning to the 2026 World Cup, players will now be banned from running to the technical area to chat with coaches when goalkeepers are injured. This is presumably to stop matches turning into impromptu TED Talks. The new rule means that when a keeper goes down, players must simply stand around awkwardly, pretending they already know what they’re doing. Expect to see a lot of intense staring, vague pointing, and midfielders mouthing, “What’s the plan?” at each other like confused contestants on a quiz show.

And finally this week, in Rugby League, the Wigan Warriors have decided that winning one trophy simply isn’t enough, so they took home both in devastating fashion. The men’s side thrashed Hull KR 40–10, while the women’s team demolished St Helens 54–6, a scoreline so lopsided it should probably come with a parental advisory warning. Wigan didn’t just win  they arrived, rearranged the furniture, and politely informed everyone else that they now own the sport. If this dominance continues, future finals may simply involve Wigan playing themselves for efficiency.

So that’s your week in sport: Teenage darting prodigies, world‑record ambitions, managerial musical chairs, European heartbreak, World Cup rule‑tweaking, and Wigan casually conquering everything in sight.