Club appears to have done shrewd transfer business, but they are still in the market for forwards as they try to avoid a quick Championship return Guardian writers’ predicted position: 17th (NB: this is not necessarily Louise Taylor’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season: 1st in...
Liverpool given reality check after summer transfers and tragedy | John Brewin
Despite goals from two new signings, Liverpool’s Community Shield defeat asks fresh questions of Arne Slot Wembley was supposed to be a case of the men who weren’t there. It ended up posing questions of the team asked to defend the Premier League title. Alexander Isak may become a Liverpool...
Raducanu ready for ‘fact-finding match’ against Sabalenka at Cincinnati Open
British No 1 excited to take on world No 1 in third round Cameron Norrie goes out to Roberto Bautista Agut Emma Raducanu has underlined her excitement before what she describes as a “fact-finding match” against the world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, as they prepare to battle in the third round...
Justin Rose wins nail-biting playoff against JJ Spaun to claim FedEx Cup title
Run of late birdies sets up Rose’s victory in Memphis At 45 is oldest European to win on PGA Tour in modern era Justin Rose produced a sensational finish at the FedEx St Jude Championship with six birdies in his last final eight holes to win a playoff against the...
Cricket must get on the front foot in helping women and girls to feel accepted | Isa Guha
The charity Take Her Lead is striving to get more South Asian females taking up the sport, and cut the number of them dropping out due to feelings of alienation Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since myself and Ebony Rainford-Brent made our England cricket debuts. It was...
Crystal Palace keen to sell captain Marc Guéhi before transfer window closes
Palace could lose player for nothing next year Liverpool reluctant to pay £40m asking price The Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish, has admitted that they are looking to sell their captain Marc Guéhi in this transfer window to avoid potentially losing him for nothing next summer. The England defender has...
Tom Hanks pays tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell
Actor who portrayed commander in 1995 Oscar-winning film says Lovell dared to go to places most wouldn’t go Late Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said he had gone places most wouldn’t...
‘Bizarre and wrong’: Danish zoo sparks debate with plea for pets to use as food
Aalborg zoo points to importance of mimicking natural feeding, but critics say its campaign devalues pets After a Danish zoo posted a reminder of its long-running programme allowing people to donate their healthy, small pets to be “gently euthanised” and fed to predators, reaction poured in from across the globe....
Jim Lovell obituary
American astronaut and commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission who dramatically brought the crew back to Earth Just after 9.20pm, Houston time, on Monday 13 April 1970, Jim Lovell, who has died aged 97, looked out of the left side window of Odyssey, the command module of the Apollo...
Starwatch: Look out for the Perseids, the best meteor shower of the year
Shower peaks on the night of 12 to 13 August, when in ideal conditions as many as 100 meteors an hour can be seen The Perseid meteor shower is widely regarded as the best of the year but better than that, it is happening this week. Active from mid-July until...