Month: May 2026

The 19-year-old nicknamed the ‘new Rafa’, seeded at this year’s French Open, is the latest talent to emerge from the country’s conveyor belt of champions Spain is at it again. A year ago Rafael Jodar, the teenage sensation from Madrid, was ranked around No 700 in the world and completing...

2nd T20i: NZ, 170-5, bt England, 156-6, by 14 runs White Ferns recover from 11 for four to level series New Zealand staged a miraculous comeback to win the second T20 at Canterbury after collapsing to 11 for four. Their recovery came by virtue of a 159-run partnership from 98...

FFT pledge to make concrete proposals in next month Breakthrough follows media boycott at Roland Garros The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has promised to make concrete proposals about increased prize money, player welfare and representation within the next month in talks with leading agents at the French Open. The discussions...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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