Sport England threatens to withhold part of £16m funds RFL asked to produce timeline on board member exits The Rugby Football League has been asked to produce an action plan detailing how it will comply with Sport England’s Code for Sports Governance, with critical funding for the sport due to...
Tiger Woods takes up PGA role but unification in golf is as distant as ever | Ewan Murray
Sporting great will chair committee aimed as reshaping the game’s future – but the LIV question still lurks Tiger Woods will chair a newly created PGA Tour committee aimed at reshaping golf’s competitive landscape in the US. But comments made by Brian Rolapp, the Tour’s newly appointed chief executive, showed...
Red Roses ‘look forward to being hunted’ at Women’s Rugby World Cup, declares John Mitchell
England kick off against USA in Sunderland on Friday Hosts unchanged from warm-up win over France John Mitchell has said he and his England team know they will be “hunted” at this Women’s Rugby World Cup as the world’s No 1 side and the favourites to lift the trophy on 27 September....
Keely Hodgkinson smashes Lausanne Diamond League record in 800m victory
Briton wins second race in five days on injury comeback Noah Lyles is beaten by Oblique Seville in men’s 100m Keely Hodgkinson sent another ominous warning to her rivals before the World Athletics Championships next month as she smashed the meeting record to win the 800m at the Lausanne Diamond...
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori win ‘reimagined’ US Open mixed doubles tournament – as it happened
Errani/Vavassori win 6-3, 5-7, 10-6 over Swiatek/Ruud $1m prize at stake in revamped US Open mixed doubles First set: Pegula/Draper 3-3 Swiatek/Ruud* (*denotes next server) Pegula caps a love hold with a sharply angled volley into the tramlines. Still on serve in the opener. Continue reading...
Tottenham stunned as Arsenal swoop in to agree £67.5m Eberechi Eze deal
Arsenal approach Crystal Palace after Havertz injury Spurs had been in pole position to sign the forward Arsenal have agreed a deal worth up to £67.5m for Eberechi Eze and look poised to sensationally hijack Tottenham’s move for the England forward. It is understood that Mikel Arteta’s side made an...
Wildfire smoke far more dangerous to health than thought, say scientists
Deaths from short-term exposure to fine particulates spewed by forest fires underestimated by 93% Choking smoke spewed by wildfires is far more dangerous than previously thought, a new study has found, with death tolls from short-term exposure to fine particulates underestimated by 93%. Researchers found that 535 people in Europe...
US pediatric organization diverges from CDC in Covid-19 vaccine advisory for children
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children as young as six months and up to 23 months get the shot The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging that children as young as six months and up to 23 months receive the Covid-19 vaccine – a position that diverges from the...
Can science crack the mystery of ME? – podcast
Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating illness that has been neglected and dismissed for decades by many in the medical community. To find out more, Madeleine Finlay speaks to science...
Early ripening of berries in UK shows nature is under stress, say experts
Hot summer also causing trees to shed their leaves as concerns raised over ‘food gap’ for wildlife in autumn Autumn is the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, according to the poet John Keats – but anyone hoping for a glut of blackberries this September may be sorely disappointed. In...