Five times the bridesmaid, finally the bride, the Barcelona forward Ewa Pajor shrugged off the pain of all her Champions League final losses, scoring twice, as they punished a profligate Lyonnes to earn a fourth European title. Pajor stole the show, before Salma Paralluelo’s sublime double at the death doubled...
King of Bordeaux Lucu injects soul into triumph of a French club on the rise | Michael Aylwin
Leinster could not contain a team backed by tens of thousands of French supporters chanting with exuberance They are in danger of running away with rugby, these French. The Springboks may have something to say about that, but South Africa do not have the Top 14. And they definitely do...
Hull master the tension to make it an unlikely mission accomplished | Jonathan Wilson
The shadow of spygate hung over the playoff final but Middlesbrough’s defeat averts the possibility of legal action A freezing night in Berlin. Silence. Mist. Breath steams above a gaggle of grey-faced men, collars upturned. An unbearable tension in the air. Binoculars trained across the River Havel from Wannsee to...
George Russell steals F1 Canadian GP pole from Kimi Antonelli on feisty day
Mercedes lock out front row; Russell fastest by 0.068 McLaren’s Norris third and Piastri fourth; Hamilton fifth George Russell took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix to set up a fascinating battle with his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli who was in second in Montreal, after the pair endured a...
Usyk rescues controversial victory against Verhoeven with last-gasp stoppage
Ukrainian keeps unbeaten record with 11th-round TKO Dutch kickboxing great threatened to cause huge upset Oleksandr Usyk, Ukraine’s unbeaten heavyweight world champion, stopped the Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second remaining in the penultimate round to avoid what would have been one of the greatest boxing upsets of...
Arsenal’s party embodies the metropolitan swagger and angst of a divided city | Jonathan Liew
The crowd that gathered late into the night to celebrate on the streets reflected an idea of London where all are welcome The mounds of detritus pile up outside Finsbury Park station, like an offering to a vengeful deity. A deity gone rogue for the evening, demanding tribute specifically in...
Premier League finale with survival on line for Spurs and West Ham – matchday live
⚽ News, discussion and buildup before the day’s action⚽ Fans’ verdicts: the season review | And email us here Brighton for the Champions League? I’ve enjoyed this a lot from David Howell who has been in touch. Continue reading...
Pioneering study aims to find out how repeated blows to head in women’s rugby affects brain
Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences...
What is immunotherapy and how does it treat cancer and other conditions?
From infections and allergies to brain diseases and autoimmune disorders, a wave of trials offers hope Clinical trials of immunotherapies have rocketed in the past decade as researchers have turned their understanding of the body’s defences into powerful new treatments. Leading the pack are cancer therapies, but researchers have other...
SpaceX rocket bursts into flames during Indian Ocean landing – video
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight on Friday. It was an upgraded version of the spacecraft Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon. It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites that were released midway...