Day: November 19, 2025

There is logic to the fresh international format, due to launch next year, but glaring issues and logistical challenges too OK, let’s just pick the ball up and run with it for a little while. A reimagined global Test landscape pitching the northern hemisphere against the south commencing next July....

Our cartoonist looks back at cricket’s biggest rivalry as we gear up for seven weeks of joy, despair and animosity Buy a Squires cartoon in our Print Shop David’s latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner denies the allegations, which prompted a recently-concluded MLS investigation that could not corroborate them Read a summary of our investigation here From a box above the field at PayPal Park in San Jose, Ernst Tanner looked on. It was 10 June 2023, and his...

Lawrence, George and Roebuck all ruled out Arundell, Pollock and Daly among wing options England have been hit by a triple injury blow before their final autumn Test with Ollie ­Lawrence, Jamie George and Tom Roebuck all ruled out of the game against Argentina on Sunday. The 19‑year-old uncapped wing...

Coach has no regrets at dropping Earps for Hampton Earps criticised Wiegman’s decision in her autobiography Sarina Wiegman has defended promoting Hannah Hampton to be England’s first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Mary Earps, saying she makes “decisions to win”, after Earps criticised the head coach’s move in her autobiography. Wiegman, speaking...

Defender was injured playing for Brazil against Senegal Havertz has ‘minor relapse’ in recovery from knee injury Arsenal fear that Gabriel Magalhães could be out of action for at least a month after he sustained a thigh injury on international duty last week, with the Brazil defender expected to miss...

Australia have big injuries and concerns over their top order: if England start well in Perth they can win back the Ashes It’s the Ashes in Australia and that is a series England have become used to losing, so much so that even Jimmy Anderson, the greatest English Test wicket‑taker...

Tiny Caribbean nation hold on for crucial point in Kingston Haiti also book improbable place at next year’s tournament The tiny Caribbean nation of Curaçao became the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup, as Haiti booked their return to the tournament for the first time in 52...

Wales saved their best until last, securing the best available berth in the World Cup playoffs with an emphatic demolition of North Macedonia that should worry any visitor to Cardiff next March. The performance and result understandably left Craig Bellamy reaching for superlatives. “I said to the players at the...

‘In the last part of the game, the crowd was still with us’ Manager drew on 2022 disappointment against Ukraine Steve Clarke believes the Scotland support could “smell magic” before World Cup qualification was sealed in dramatic style with a 4-2 win against Denmark. At 2-2 in stoppage time, Scotland...