Defeat by West Indies leaves England needing a win ‘It’s about playing with personality,’ says opening batter It turns out England’s self-confidence might be a bit more resolute than their batting. It will take more than a couple of teetering performances to set this team’s morale atremble. So despite being...
Spurs agree deal to make Igor Tudor interim manager until end of season
Tudor’s former clubs include Juventus and Marseille Door remains open for summer Pochettino return Tottenham have reached an agreement for Igor Tudor to become their interim manager until the end of the season, leaving the door open for Mauricio Pochettino to return this summer. The club turned to Tudor after...
Pedro Neto fires hat-trick as Chelsea provide Rosenior with happy return to Hull
With sleet, snow, swirling wind from the banks of the Humber and most importantly, a Hull City side pushing hard for promotion to the Premier League this season, it was hard not to believe pre-match that this had all the makings of a difficult evening’s work for Chelsea. Liam Rosenior...
History hangs heavy over Calcutta Cup but England’s young side can turn tartan tide
Scotland have lost only two of the last eight clashes with England but Borthwick’s squad are unscarred by failure In one of sport’s weirder coincidences, England are about to play must-win games against Scotland in both rugby and cricket on the same day. The forecast 3C temperatures for the Calcutta...
Charlotte Bankes rues cruel nature of snowboard cross as dreams dashed again
Briton finishes ninth after quarter-final defeat ‘Sorry, I was hoping to put on a better show’ Few sports at the Winter Olympics are more thrilling or turbulent than snowboard cross. The idea is simple. Four competitors, a steep mountain, ramps, and whoever gets down quickest to the bottom wins. But...
Ilia Malinin falls twice as Kazakhstan’s Shaidorov stuns field for Olympic gold
Heavy US favorite falls twice in the free skate Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claims shock title For nearly two years, Ilia Malinin has made men’s figure skating feel predictable in the most spectacular of ways. On Friday night on the southern outskirts of Milan, the Olympic Games reminded the sport, and...
Matt Weston slides to skeleton gold as Team GB finally win medal at Winter Olympics
Briton triumphs by nearly a second in Milano Cortina First British man to win individual winter gold since 1980 And on the seventh day, Great Britain finally won their first medal of these Olympics. At nine o’clock on Friday night Matt Weston, the man his teammates call “Captain 110%”, became...
Weatherwatch: The surprisingly complex science of ice skating
Pressure, frictional heating and a disordered layer of molecules on top of the ice make skating possible Ice skating is counterintuitive: why should a narrow blade make it easier to slide over the ice? The science is surprisingly complex, but unscientific people worked out the practical application a long time...