Touring party enjoy themselves on and off the field, and despite series win the ebb and flow can continue to the end What a richly rewarding few weeks it has been for the British & Irish Lions. Since their training camp in Portugal and pre-departure week in Ireland they have...
Team GB to be guaranteed place in men’s T20 cricket at 2028 Olympics
Cricket to return in LA Games after 128-year absence Pakistan, New Zealand unhappy with selection process Team GB will be guaranteed a place in the men’s cricket tournament at LA 2028 after the International Cricket Council opted to use the regional qualifying format favoured by the Olympic movement. The decision...
Tour de France Femmes: Wiebes strikes again as Vollering admits post-crash anxieties
Wiebes holds off Vos to triumph in stage four Vollering relieved to carry on after Monday crash Lorena Wiebes secured her second stage win in the 2025 Tour de France Femmes on the Avenue John Kennedy in Poitiers, after again fending off her Dutch compatriot Marianne Vos in an uphill...
‘It wouldn’t feel the same’: Itoje plays down calls for future Lions tour to France
Captain cites ‘strong sense of history and tradition’ Lions are preparing for final Test against Australia If Maro Itoje did not already know that leading the British & Irish Lions was a big deal, he does now. Since his side took an unbeatable 2-0 series lead against the Wallabies he...
Hollie Doyle ‘devastated’ after popular Trueshan suffers fatal injury at Goodwood
Goodwood Cup hero breaks leg in latest running of race ‘It couldn’t be any worse. He was a special horse’ The result seemed immaterial after the Group One Goodwood Cup on Tuesday as confirmation arrived that Trueshan, one of the most popular horses in training thanks to a hugely successful...
Donald Trump increases his golf footprint in Scotland while world looks elsewhere | Ewan Murray
US president has championed his course Turnberry to stage world’s oldest major but hosting Scottish Open is more realistic Even a cursory glance towards the scale of this year’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush emphasised why ongoing and occasionally fevered chatter about Turnberry staging the world’s oldest major is futile....
‘Lionesses hear the roar’: 65,000 England fans celebrate Euros win in London
Victorious players greeted by chants, cheers and tears as they ride open-top bus and then lift the trophy on stage They came in their tens of thousands, a sea of red and white pouring through Green Park to the Mall. Teenage boys with England flags painted on their faces, little...
Is Chloe Kelly the first player to score the decisive goal at two major finals? | The Knowledge
In a Euro 2025 special, we look at other champions with short-lived leads and young England award-winners Mail us with your questions and answers “Chloe Kelly scored the goal that won Euro 2022 and the penalty that won Euro 2025. Including penalty shootouts, has anybody else scored the winner in...
Cricket endures draw furore but Langer taught me not to shake hands too early | Mark Ramprakash
End of Old Trafford Test hopefully means England have more respect for other teams’ cultures and other players’ ambitions Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have brought a clear, aggressive mindset to England over the past three years, an approach that has been hugely positive, freeing up the players and bringing...
Consistent and stoic, Leah Williamson is most natural of unnatural leaders
History-making England captain is often seen barking orders but has a more introverted persona off the pitch Leah Williamson stops, unable to scrape the grin off her face, pizza in hand, hair still damp from the post-match shower and a fat lip. “Not annnother one?!” I say to her, mimicking...