Zimbabwean takes over from Thomas Bach next week Coventry speaks of making ‘right decisions’ in the role Kirsty Coventry has promised to not let power go to her head when she becomes the first female president of the International Olympic Committee next week. Her predecessor, Thomas Bach, would always stay...
Carlos Alcaraz beats the heat in epic comeback against Munar at Queen’s Club
Top seed into quarter-finals with 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 win Alcaraz victory longest match at Queen’s in 34 years On a day of hot heads and high emotion, Carlos Alcaraz proved once again to be a master of escapology in the longest match at Queen’s Club for 34 years. With...
Royal Ascot: Trawlerman lands big one in Gold Cup with memories of Sagaro
Gosden stable’s seven-year-old wins by seven lengths Ryan Moore claims treble to lead jockeys’ standings It was simple but ruthlessly effective as Trawlerman and William Buick made all the running to win the Gold Cup on Thursday. The Gosden stable’s seven-year-old faced two four-year-old rivals with a touch more class...
Star-studded WR Chess repeat World Blitz title amid controversy in London
The billionaire’s team looked out for the count, but got a 2-4 defeat annulled on appeal, while an unknown 13-year-old beat the world No 2 in 112 moves WR Chess, the star-studded world top 10 team, retained their World Team Blitz crown in London last week, but only after an...
Brilliant Lionel Messi free-kick leads Inter Miami past Porto while PSG are stunned at Club World Cup
Argentinian’s 68th free-kick goal secures three points European champions PSG fall 1-0 to Brazil’s Botafogo Lionel Messi converted a delicious free-kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon....
‘Normal’ Cole Palmer assumes control of Chelsea’s attack from No 10
Modest 23-year-old still does not understand the fuss around him as he prepares to face Flamengo in the Club World Cup Cole Palmer sees himself as a normal kid. Strangers watch him with something close to fascination, though. What’s going on beneath the chilled exterior? The shrugging demeanour adds to...
Ruthless Pacers throttle Thunder to push NBA finals to decisive Game 7
Indiana rout OKC 108-91 in Game 6 of NBA finals Thunder to host winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday Fueled by defense, depth and defiance, the Indiana Pacers stormed to a 108-91 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, leveling the NBA finals at three games apiece and setting...
England and India face red-hot series opener and Jasprit Bumrah conundrum
Remarkable bowler’s slingshot action will trouble batters at Headingley but fitness problems mean the tourists will have to manage him carefully If there was an enduring image from the last Test series between India and England, it was probably that of Jasprit Bumrah detonating Ollie Pope’s stumps in Visakhapatnam –...
The first Lions match is about laying down a marker – but Pumas bring range of threats | Ugo Monye
Early days in a Lions camp can be nervy and everyone wants to play in Friday’s first match but Argentina provide a tough test Every single member of the British & Irish Lions squad is in the perfect sweet spot at the moment. Blair Kinghorn aside, they all arrived into...
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure
Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searched Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries. But almost nothing is known about the life...