Gukesh defeats Carlsen in classical for first time ever Carlsen punches table, storms out after late blunder World champion rises to third in Norway Chess table World champion Gukesh Dommaraju earned his first classical victory over Magnus Carlsen on Sunday at the Norway Chess tournament, toppling the longtime world No...
Sweden’s Maja Stark holds off Nelly Korda to win first major at US Women’s Open
25-year-old wins by two shots at Erin Hills Korda finishes in tie for second with Rio Takeda Maja Stark has won tournaments around the world, but a professional victory in the United States eluded her. Now she is a US Women’s Open champion. The Swede shot an even-par 72 to...
Russell believes Verstappen should have been disqualified for Spanish F1 GP crash
World champion given 10sec penalty for collision Russell: ‘It felt very deliberate … it felt strange’ George Russell has insisted that Max Verstappen should have faced disqualification after he crashed into the British driver at the Spanish Grand Prix, claiming he felt the world champion had done so deliberately and...
Glenn Maxwell retires from ODI cricket as curtain falls on explosive career
Australian calls time to focus on preparations for T20 World Cup Allronder’s strike rate of 126 is second highest in ODI cricket Australian limited overs great Glenn Maxwell has called time on his decorated one-day international career to focus on next year’s T20 World Cup and domestic competitions as injuries...
Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to replace Fernandes with Gonçalves?
Today’s fluff is back in action The Rumour Mill is back in action, filtering absolutely nothing from the gossipmongers and pumping it straight into your eyes. To heighten the excitement, there is not one but two transfer windows this summer. You lucky lot. Matheus Cunha’s £62.5m move from Wolves has...
Iga Swiatek stages stunning comeback to reach French Open quarter-finals
Defending champion beats Elena Rybakina 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 Carlos Alcaraz reaches last eight by beating Ben Shelton After another sad second serve rebounded off the top of the net and floated out on a break point, Iga Swiatek turned to her support team and frantically gestured her rage. She had...
Joe Root’s magical 166 guides England to ODI series win over West Indies
2nd ODI: England, 312-7, bt West Indies, 308, by 3 wkts Keacy Carty hits 103; Root replies with 166 not out England spent much of this game digging themselves into not so much a hole as a full-blown trench, a toxic combination of regular errors and occasional misfortune leaving them...
Simon Yates rides away with prize of Giro d’Italia while rivals lose the plot | William Fotheringham
Del Toro and Carapaz became distracted by each other, allowing the Lancastrian to claim a second Grand Tour The Mexican standoff is a much-loved cinematic device, but the stalemate beloved of western movie script writers has rarely, if ever, decided one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The 2025 Giro d’Italia was...
Luis Enrique secures status as one of the all-time greats with PSG triumph | David Hytner
Coach has proved his genius by turning a largely unstarry group into European champions who play as a united team At what point did Luis Enrique know it was going to work out, that his Paris Saint‑Germain team would beat Inter at the Allianz Arena to win the club’s first...
Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds
First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third, can stop tumours coming back or a new cancer developing ‘Now I do weight training’: how exercise helped one patient stay free of cancer Exercise can reduce the risk of cancer patients dying by a third,...