Vice-president unable to hang on to trophy Buckeyes were celebrating last season’s title win JD Vance, the man entrusted as America’s back-up in times of emergency, may not be the safest pair of hands if Monday’s events are anything to go by. The vice-president ended the Ohio State football team’s...
Kia Joorabchian has spent big in the off-season but will it pay off? | Greg Wood
High-profile football agent is out to make his mark in the new Flat season that starts in earnest at Newmarket on Tuesday For more than a quarter of a millennium – 254 years, to precise – Tuesday’s Craven meeting has been the moment when British Flat racing emerges from its...
Semenyo’s swift strike stuns Fulham to end Bournemouth’s winless run
It falls to the squeezed middle to breathe life into the 2024-25 Premier League season. The battle for European places is some way off being decided. Thanks to an early goal and a dogged defensive display that went against type, Bournemouth have relaunched their candidacy. After ransacking champions-elect Liverpool, inconsistencies...
Eddie Howe to miss further Newcastle games after pneumonia diagnosis
Manager pays tribute to NHS for ‘specialist care’ Howe watched win over Manchester United from hospital Eddie Howe remains in hospital on Tyneside but is said to be on the road to recovery after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The Newcastle manager was admitted late on Friday night and, as he...
Wiegman’s Lionesses No 2 Veurink to take Netherlands job after Euro 2025
Dutchman has assisted Wiegman with England since 2021 ‘Great challenge and a wonderful new adventure’ Arjan Veurink, assistant coach to Sarina Wiegman, will leave the England women’s team after July’s European Championship to become the head coach of Netherlands women’s. The 38-year-old will succeed Andries Jonker, who has been in...
Fan hands himself in after bottle thrown at Van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix
Dutchman struck on way to third consecutive victory Alpecin-Deceuninck and UCI join with condemnation The spectator who threw a bottle at Mathieu van der Poel during Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix has surrendered to Flemish police. French justice officials launched an investigation after the Dutchman had a plastic bottle hurled at his face...
‘Very alarming’: Red Bull hold crisis talks as Verstappen stews over Bahrain F1 GP
Dutchman finished sixth at Sakhir circuit Horner says team need to react ‘very quickly’ Senior figures at Red Bull held crisis talks after the Bahrain Grand Prix finished with a deeply dissatisfied Max Verstappen languishing in sixth place. But the team principal, Christian Horner, admitted there will be no quick...
‘We have to believe’: Emery calls on Aston Villa to produce PSG comeback
Manager wants Villa Park to be ‘a fortress’ on Tuesday Villa trail French champions 3-1 from first leg in Paris Unai Emery urged his Aston Villa players to “write history” by recording a memorable comeback victory over Paris Saint-Germain to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Villa must...
Rory McIlroy steps into league of his own with magical Masters triumph | Ewan Murray
Nick Faldo has more majors and Seve Ballesteros was a majestic shotmaker but the career grand slam is priceless In Northern Ireland, debate is already raging as to whether Rory McIlroy has presented himself as the country’s greatest ever sportsperson. The answer is surely obvious. Step aside, George Best. McIlroy’s...
The Breakdown | Rugby World Cups aren’t adding up for major unions and there is no easy fix
South Africa no longer see hosting as viable and World Rugby is under pressure to deliver for its members The starting gun has been fired on the race to host the 2035 and 2039 Rugby World Cup tournaments. Expressions of interest have been made: Spain’s proposal has piqued interest, Italy’s...