Lando Norris second fastest; Max Verstappen third Aston Martin completed just six laps after problems Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took the bragging rights with the quickest time at the final Formula One test before the season proper begins in Australia in just two weeks, while Aston Martin endured a horror show....
Selfies and juggling day jobs: Chatham Town land ‘amazing’ Women’s FA Cup tie
Fourth-tier team, the lowest-ranked left in the competition, and their Cup-winning manager are hoping to stun Birmingham Old-school sweet dispensers stand tall pitchside at the Bauvill Stadium, almost as if watching the action. Behind them, Bobby’s bar is bustling and above the club logo on a wall behind one of...
Winter Olympics showcase golden oldies, fourth-place pain and sliding-doors moments | Lizzy Yarnold
Bravery on display has been inspirational, but behind the glamour and the glory it’s the humanity that captivates us Milano Cortina has been the first Games where I’ve been around town, not just being whisked from the sliding centre to the athletes’ village. It has given me the chance to...
‘I won the league with Liverpool’: Arne Slot responds to Wayne Rooney jibe
Rooney claimed coach lacked ‘aura’ to manage club ‘Jürgen Klopp and me both won the league’ Arne Slot has responded to Wayne Rooney’s claim that the Liverpool head coach does not have the “aura” to manage the club by pointing to his Premier League title success last season. Rooney questioned...
Tudor promises Spurs will avoid relegation but accepts club are in ‘emergency situation’
New coach starts tenure against Arsenal on Sunday Tudor insists ‘we have enormous quality in the squad’ Igor Tudor has said Tottenham are in “an emergency situation” but issued a guarantee that his new team would escape relegation. Tudor is a veteran of short-term appointments and has performed rescue jobs...
Eze plays long game but end-of-season form could give Arsenal title lift now | Ed Aarons
Playmaker, out of favour under Mikel Arteta, has scored 18 of his 38 Premier League goals at business end of the season Eberechi Eze was asked in an interview this week if there is a motto that he lives by and his answer was most revealing given how things have...
Dewi Lake calls on fans to back under-fire Wales while Italy eye another shock
Wales captain wants energy from home supporters Galthié beefs up pack for visit of in-form Italy The Wales captain, Dewi Lake, has urged fans in Cardiff to lift his side for the Six Nations meeting with Scotland on Saturday. After last week’s record thrashing by France, Wales have lost 13...
England bet on Pollock spark against Ireland to reignite Six Nations charge
Steve Borthwick needs a charge of electricity after the power cut in Scotland and team’s 21-year-old forward could fire up title challenge The third weekend of the Six Nations used to be a time for contemplation and reflection. After the fury of the first two rounds, everything would stop for...
Renowned scientist who studied distant planets fatally shot at his home near LA
Authorities suspect Carl Grillmair was shot by man arrested for carjacking, as friends mourn him as ‘irreplaceable’ A renowned California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientist who studied distant planets and other areas of astronomy for decades was recently shot to death at his home in a rural community outside Los...
Mystery of snowman-shaped space objects cracked
Research adds weight to theory Arrokoth’s two lobes produced by gravitational collapse – and reveals process It is the most distant and primitive object ever visited by a spacecraft from Earth: now researchers say they have fresh insights into how the ultra-red, 4bn-year-old body known as Arrokoth came to have...