This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. At low tide on Tybee Island, Georgia, the beach stretches out as wide as it gets with the small waves breaking far away across the sand — you’ll have a long walk if you want...
Growth of Women’s Rugby World Cup proves some things are getting better
Teams once had to sell raffle tickets and vodka to fund their campaigns, now women are front and centre of the sport’s global development strategy The first Women’s Rugby World Cup ran on grit, goodwill, vodka and raffle tickets. Back in 1991, the men who were in charge of the...
Aidan O’Brien eyes Arc-Breeders’ Cup double for fast-improving Minnie Hauk
Filly completes Group One treble at York ‘The better the race, the better she’ll be’ The Queen, no less, wanted to be in the post-race photographs with Minnie Hauk after her win in the Group One Yorkshire Oaks, and while the race itself was in effect over as soon as...
US Open draw: Emma Raducanu faces tough route if she can beat qualifier in first round
Men’s champion Sinner opens against No 87 Vit Kopriva Women’s title holder Sabalenka draws Rebeka Masarova Emma Raducanu has avoided the top seeds in the first two rounds of the US Open but still faces a challenging path as she tries to convert her recent positive form into a first...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Spurs must forget Eze humiliation, Isak will be all the talk on Tyneside and Everton begin a new era at Hill Dickinson Enzo Maresca’s request for Chelsea to replace the injured Levi Colwill with a new centre-back remains unanswered. The club’s position is straightforward: there are no suitable defenders on...
Australia v South Africa: second men’s one-day-international – live
Updates from the second of the three-match series in Mackay Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 3rd over: South Africa 7-1 (Rickelton 5, de Zorzi 2) To the surprise of nobody, Hazlewood is banging the ball in on a good length for the most part. When he tries...
Battle with Arsenal for Eberechi Eze was a fight Spurs feared they wouldn’t win | David Hytner
Despite working on the transfer all summer Tottenham felt their north London rivals were always waiting to pounce for the Crystal Palace man It was towards the end of June when it became clear that Tottenham were considering a move for Eberechi Eze, one to install him as the centrepiece...
Chess: Vincent Keymer, 20, routs Indians in their Chennai heartland
The German has jumped into the world top 10, while Praggnandhaa advanced to No 4 as he crushed world champion Gukesh in the $325,000 Sinquefield Cup Germany’s Vincent Keymer, 20, has laid down a marker for the 2026 world candidates and title match by routing some of India’s best grandmasters...
Napoli and Conte stand as a rare point of continuity before Serie A restart
Twelve clubs have changed manager, including six of the top eight, in a season with more questions than certainties It did not take long after Napoli had won Serie A in May for some journalists to ask whether their manager would desert them. Antonio Conte had grumbled for months about...
‘He was totally in tune’: how Ayrton Senna’s rain masterclass delivered his debut F1 win
Forty years ago, the 25-year-old Brazilian produced possibly the finest drive of his career, and it’s still vivid in the mind of his mechanic Chris Dinnage As debut victories in Formula One go, few come close to the masterclass delivered by Ayrton Senna for Lotus at the Portuguese Grand Prix...