Rugby League

Keighley Cougars coach Craig Lingard returns to the third-tier club three weeks after resigning.

St Helens academy player Joe Sharratt leaves hospital to continue his recovery from a head injury, the club confirms.

Red Star Belgrade, Serbian rugby league champions, make their maiden appearance in the Challenge Cup first round draw.

Castleford's England back-rower Oliver Holmes and prop Will Maher will be out for three to four months through injury.

This week's sport on the BBC includes the conclusion of snooker's UK Championship, plus European Champions Cup rugby and the first Test between Australia and India.

Promoted Super League side London Broncos sign Newcastle Knights forward Luke Yates on a one-year deal.

Manchester club Factory 251 says it is "shocked" by footage showing staff punching a rugby league player.

Wakefield Trinity join the Women's Super League, taking the number of teams for the 2019 season to eight.

Ben Garcia scores a try for Catalans Dragons as they make history by becoming the first international side to lift rugby league's Challenge Cup.

Wigan Warriors sign half-back Jarrod Sammut on a two-year contract after his release by London Broncos.

Wayne Bennett is sacked by Australian National Rugby League side Brisbane Broncos and will join South Sydney Rabbitohs a year earlier than planned.

Barcelona's Nou Camp will host rugby league for the first time in 2019, as Catalans Dragons face Super League champions Wigan.

Images shared with a French rugby league website show the lights and pylon lying on the pitch.

Widnes Vikings chief executive James Rule is to resign from the relegated Super League side before the 2019 season.

England half-back Gareth Widdop wants to play in Super League, but not before 2020 after he commits to St George Illawarra.

Former Salford owner Dr Marwan Koukash writes off the debt owed to him by the Red Devils, the Super League club confirms.

Hull KR and England forward Joel Tomkins agrees a new three-year contract with the Super League club to run until 2021.

Former England hooker Scott Moore has joined Championship side Rochdale after being released from prison.

Leigh Centurions name former Featherstone Rovers boss John Duffy as head coach after his exit from Rovers on Tuesday.

London Broncos sign St Helens centre Ryan Morgan on loan for their return to Super League in 2019.