She feared Lauren James would face ‘astronomical’ abuse James missed but was not alone and Lionesses won Jess Carter has admitted she felt “relief” when three of her white England teammates joined Lauren James in missing penalties in the Euro 2025 quarter-final shootout against Sweden. Carter, who was the target...
Flashing mouthgards for concussion to be introduced at Women’s Rugby World Cup
LEDs will flash red for potentially concussive impacts ‘It will create awareness,’ World Rugby says Rugby union is to introduce flashing LED mouthguards that light up when a player sustains a significant head impact during a match. The mouthguard will flash red if the impact is severe enough to potentially...
‘FC Como just felt right’: Alisha Lehmann on her surprise switch from Juventus
Winger with millions of followers explains how the ‘female-first mentality’ at the Serie A minnows was a big draw It is not difficult to understand why any Italian club would want to sign Alisha Lehmann: last season she helped Juventus win a league and cup double, she is an international...
T20 Blast to lose two matches per team in 2026 in latest domestic cricket reshuffle
Finals Day will now be held before the Hundred starts Counties to be divided into three regional groups of six The men’s T20 Vitality Blast will be reduced from 14 to 12 group-stage games from 2026 to streamline the competition and ease the workload on players in the latest reshuffle...
Sunderland to object over council’s housing plans at Stadium of Light
600 apartments and houses would be built behind stand Former club chair calls proposed development ‘shameful’ Sunderland are preparing a formal objection over council plans to build housing within 23 metres of the Stadium of Light. The club fear the scheme would leave the stadium landlocked, preventing any future capacity...
Premier League 2025-26 preview No 13: Manchester City
Squad will need to adapt quickly to Pep Guardiola’s evolutionary tactics, while a battle looms between James Trafford and Ederson for the No 1 jersey Guardian writers’ predicted position: 3rd (NB: this is not necessarily Will Unwin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season: 3rd Continue reading...
Emma Raducanu ‘proud’ of pushing Aryna Sabalenka to limit in Cincinnati Open
Raducanu lost in three sets, in three-hour match ‘I served and returned really well in certain moments’ Emma Raducanu says she is proud of the improvements she displayed on Monday afternoon as she pushed Aryna Sabalenka to the limit in their punishing tussle. Five weeks on from their memorable third-round...
Spurs open Eberechi Eze talks as they try to beat Arsenal to Crystal Palace attacker
Arsenal have been ahead but want to make sales first Spurs do not intend to meet Eze’s £68m release clause Tottenham have opened talks over a move for Eberechi Eze and are pushing to beat Arsenal to the Crystal Palace attacker. Eze, whose £68m release clause expires on Friday, is...
Tiny fireball that crashed into Georgia home is 4.56bn-year-old meteorite, say experts
Cherry tomato-sized space rock that pierced roof and hit floor of metro Atlanta home is 20m years older than Earth A cherry tomato-sized fireball that crashed through the roof of a metro Atlanta house in June was a meteorite 20m years older than Earth, a scientist has determined. In a...
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism – podcast
Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports The University of Edinburgh has released a report examining its 400-year history and its connections to slavery, colonialism and the development of scientific racism. The Guardian’s Scotland editor, Severin Carrell, explains to Nosheen Iqbal how these findings will...