Day: April 28, 2026

Athletes are helping to promote a new film about the crisis, reaching people ‘in a way that scientific reports never will’ It wasn’t so long ago that UK government briefings from Downing Street were essential viewing. Professors Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance were household names in Britain and there was...

19-year-old edges Knueppel by just 26 points Flagg is first teen to score 50 points in an NBA game Cooper Flagg edged his former Duke roommate to win the NBA rookie of the year award on Monday night. Flagg is the first rookie since Michael Jordan in the 1984-85 season...

Arthur is former head coach of South Africa and Pakistan Richard Dawson, Alan Richardson and Anthony McGrath also enrolled Mickey Arthur, the former South Africa and Pakistan head coach, is one of four appointments to England’s new County Insight Group as the national team seeks to repair ­relations with the...

‘Signed, sealed, delivered,’ says promoter Eddie Hearn Joshua takes on Prenga in Riyadh warm-up in July The most hyped and regularly ­postponed fight in recent ­British boxing history will apparently take place this year after Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury agreed terms to meet in the ring. Long in the...

Greaves triumphs at Players Championship ‘I never thought I’d win one of these. Never’ Beau Greaves has made darts history by becoming the first woman to win a PDC ranking title. The 22-year-old beat three former world champions at the Players Championship in Milton Keynes, seeing off Rob Cross, Gary...

Brazilian going in the summer after four years Interim manager says the situation is ‘pretty clear’ Michael Carrick ruled out any ­reversal of Casemiro’s departure from Manchester United in the summer after the Brazilian scored in ’s 2-1 win against Brentford. The midfielder’s header on 11 ­minutes was his ninth...

The Guardian named as sports publisher of the year Jonathan Liew wins columnist of the year for fifth time Guardian Sport won two top prizes at the prestigious Sports Journalists’ Association’s awards evening on Monday. The Guardian won sports publisher of the year at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards...

Sunday’s landmark in London was not only unexpected, dramatic and historic – it was a once-in-a-generation moment A few years ago at the London Marathon, organisers wheeled out an industrial-sized treadmill called the Tumbleator. Then they tempted curious onlookers with a simple question: can you keep up with Eliud Kipchoge?...

After starting the 1986 world championships as a 150-1 outsider victory against Steve Davis led to watching tennis with royalty and being mobbed in Tesco “It was like a strange dream,” Joe Johnson says as he remembers becoming the world snooker champion 40 years ago as a 150-1 outsider and...