Liverpool rue costly mistakes, Viktor Gyökeres builds up a head of steam and Rayan gets the hype train chugging Premier League top scorers: the latest standings Arne Slot was close to landing a coup against Pep Guardiola, the coach he admires most. Then came more of the individual errors that...
Six Nations on road to perdition unless chastening Celtic wake-up call is heeded | Robert Kitson
Championship risks becoming a two-tier affair as Ireland, Wales and Scotland all lose on the opening weekend Few competitions in the world have the capacity to turn wine into water quicker than the Six Nations. Only a few days ago players, coaches and fans of Ireland, Scotland and Wales were...
Lindsey Vonn’s crash is violent but honest ending to an unprecedented Olympic bid
The gruesome finish to the US star’s comeback, at age 41 and with a ruptured ACL, is a reminder of skiing’s unforgiving nature There was always a version of this story that ended in a single, violent instant. Lindsey Vonn was 13th to push out of the start gate on...
Team GB dreams of Magic Monday and a hat-trick of Olympic medals
Mia Brookes reaches snowboard Big Air final Britain has contenders in curling and freeski slopestyle High in the Italian Alps, where the thin air and oxygen deprivation often does strange things to the brain, ÂBritish accents have started whispering about the possibility of Magic Monday – and Team GB winning...
Winter Olympics briefing: Benjamin Karl brings golden flex on day of high drama
Austrian snowboarder delivered a tribute to his childhood hero, while there was a shocking moment in the downhill Between the icy air and Olympic pressure, you might expect athletes to bundle up at the Milano Cortina Games – but not Benjamin Karl. The Austrian snowboarder, 40 years old and competing...
Relentless Seahawks pummel Patriots to claim their second Super Bowl title
Seattle Seahawks 29–13 New England Patriots As it happened: David Lengel’s minute-by-minute report Half-time show review: Bad Bunny’s ode to Boricua joy Revenge is a dish best served cold. Although seeing as the Seattle Seahawks had to wait 11 years to exact theirs on the New England Patriots, their fans...
Synthetic opioids may have caused hundreds more UK deaths than thought
Study find nitazenes, which are up to 500 times stronger than heroin, can degrade significantly in portmortem blood samples Deaths caused by a synthetic opioid that is hundreds of times stronger than heroin may have been underestimated by up to a third across the UK, according to research. Nitazenes are...