England forward says La Liga club ‘feels like home’ Rashford has fallen out of favour under Amorim Barcelona have signed Marcus Rashford on a season-long loan from Manchester United with an option to buy. The forward joins after falling out of favour under Ruben Amorim at his boyhood club. “I...
Liverpool sign Hugo Ekitiké in £79m deal after fending off late Manchester United bid
Striker joins from Eintracht Frankfurt on six-year deal Liverpool’s summer spending nears £300m Liverpool have completed the signing of Hugo Ekitiké from Eintracht Frankfurt, with the striker rejecting a late attempt by Manchester United to hijack the transfer. The France Under-21 international has joined the Premier League champions for a...
Judge criticises solicitor acting on behalf of players with brain injury lawsuits
More than 1,000 players from both codes taking action Solicitor under ‘misapprehension’ about responsibilities The judge presiding over the two brain injury lawsuits in rugby league and union has issued an extraordinary criticism of the solicitor acting on behalf of the injured players, saying that he had been under a...
Tour de France: Pogacar backlash builds while Milan wins stage 17 sprint
Huge crash 1km from end in Valence mars the day Yellow jersey’s team accused of ‘arrogance’ by rivals Jonathan Milan won a rain-soaked sprint finish in Valence to take his second stage win in this year’s Tour de France, after a treacherous finish from which race leader Tadej Pogacar, and...
Liam Dawson conjures one great moment on his big return to Test cricket | Simon Burnton
There is a pleasing air of certainty about England’s 35-year-old spinner – a quality Shubman Gill could only admire enviously Liam Dawson stood at his mark, ball cradled in his hands, forearms level to the ground, elbows splayed, sunglasses – completely unnecessarily – in place. There was nothing bright about...
Jess Carter thanks ‘incredible’ England fans for support in wake of racism
‘It’s been pretty tough … racism is still going on’ Carter brought off bench in semi-final win against Italy Jess Carter has thanked England fans for their “unbelievable support” after revealing she had been racially abused on social media at Euro 2025. The Lionesses defender said if her decision to...
Starters v bench: the big selection decisions facing England in Euro 2025 final | Suzanne Wrack
From Lauren James’ injury doubt to whether to start Michelle Agyemang, Sarina Wiegman faces a dilemma England’s performances at Euro 2025 have not always been pretty but a third successive major tournament final for the team and a fifth for the manager, Sarina Wiegman, is a phenomenal feat, and one that...
Germany offer steely resilience but Bonmatí’s moment of magic solves puzzle | Sophie Downey
Wück’s team defended with bravery but Spain playmaker’s individual brilliance trumped power of collective It took just one moment. One clever movement into space, one cutting through pass and one brilliant finish for Spain to finally undo a resilient German defence. When Aitana Bonmatí angled home a shot from a...
Owen Farrell named on bench for Lions’ second Test against Australia
Tuipulotu to miss hometown Test due to tight hamstring Porter in for Genge, Chessum replaces injured McCarthy Sione Tuipulotu has been left out of the British & Irish Lions side to face Australia on Saturday with Bundee Aki coming in at inside centre and Owen Farrell named on the bench....
Why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it? – podcast
Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not a simply linear process. Instead, recent research appears to show that we age in three accelerated bursts; at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. To find out what might be going on, Ian Sample hears from Prof Michael Snyder, the...