Supporters pay respects to man who took them to ‘a galaxy only a handful of teams in world football experience’ “I’m utterly devastated and have already shed tears,” says Manchester City fan Sophie Hope. There is a feeling of loss around the Etihad Stadium, a bereavement that everyone knew was...
Arsenal celebrate Premier League in style with relaxed win at Crystal Palace
This was an occasion for Mikel Arteta to savour. With the owner, Stan Kroenke, watching from the stands on a rare visit to see his team, Arsenal celebrated being champions for the first time since 2004 by recording a comfortable victory over a Crystal Palace side who also have a...
Emma Raducanu slumps to straight-sets defeat in French Open first round
World No 39 beaten 6-0, 7-6 (4) by Solana Sierra Briton Fran Jones wins at a grand slam for first time Twenty minutes into her time at the 2026 French Open, Emma Raducanu already appeared to be on her way out. Trailing 0-4, 30-40 on her serve, the games falling...
Hamilton elated after beating Verstappen to second ‘in good day of racing’ at Canadian GP
British driver enjoys best finish at Ferrari ‘I am much, much happier in the car’ Lewis Hamilton was thrilled with his second place at the Canadian Grand Prix in what he called “the greatest job in the world” after a great fight with his old adversary Max Verstappen and expressed...
Bordeaux’s rout of Leinster cements French dominance and leaves rivals playing catch-up | Robert Kitson
Faster and smarter in deed and thought, Bordeaux ruthlessly demonstrated why Top 14 supremacy looks set to continue Nothing in sport lasts for ever. Dynasties come and go and even the best fade to grey eventually. That, at least, is the theory. The stark truth in European club rugby is...
Roberto De Zerbi breaks Tottenham out of a jail they should never have been in | Jonathan Wilson
De Zerbi did the job he was brought in to do – now he has helped Tottenham avoid an unfathomable relegation, his task for next season is not so clear Almost half a century ago, Matthew Engel had a line in this newspaper about Sheffield United going top of the...
Blame for West Ham’s inexorable slide to relegation sits at the feet of David Sullivan | Jacob Steinberg
The club’s largest shareholder has ignored warning signs since 2022 and need only look at the fate of Leicester to see what what may be in store West Ham jumped on the relegation train in 2022. Bereft of vision at the top of the club, they failed to realise where...
Premier League 2025-26 review: players of the season
Two deadly strikers, two creative forces and an all-but unbeatable goalkeeper make up our picks for the season The adulation offers a fine indication of how good the Manchester United captain has been this season. At the start, he was dragging Ruben Amorim’s interpretation of a team through matches and...
‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years Los Angeles is known for famous museums such as the Getty and the Lacma, but perhaps fewer people are aware that...
China launches three-crew spaceflight as part of lunar ambitions
Mission will put first astronaut in orbit for a year, a key step in Beijing’s plan to put people on the moon by 2030 China has launched its Shenzhou-23 mission in which an astronaut will spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing’s...