Managing director of men’s cricket wants a team that consistently win while preparing future captains and coaches After a chaotic and miserable eight months, in which England’s Test team lost the Ashes in Australia, a home series against New Zealand, a captain, a coach, their once rampant self-confidence and a...
Georgia Hunter Bell outruns Odira to win Commonwealth Games 800m gold
Hunter Bell clocks 1min 59.51 to beat world champion Win secures full set of major medals for English runner There are late developers in sport, and then there is the brilliant Georgia Hunter Bell, who continues to defy sporting gravity at the age of 32. And on Friday night under...
‘Pretty much the downfall of society’: Adam Ramsay-Peaty on press intrusion, forgiveness and going all in for LA 2028
After a rollercoaster week at the Commonwealth Games, the double Olympic champion says he will never stop believing what he can achieve “I couldn’t switch off because it’s been a real rollercoaster of a week,” Adam Ramsay-Peaty says with a weary smile on a quiet Thursday morning in Glasgow. He...
Fifa scraps proposal to sell off stakes in World Cup after widespread backlash
Gianni Infantino issues statement on controversial plan ‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell chunks of the World Cup to private investors has sensationally collapsed, with the Fifa president admitting the project “has created divisions of a nature that are no longer in the...
Drones offer alternative to balloons for weather research
Pre-programmed flights gather data at different altitudes then return to bases to recharge and download Weather happens in the boundary layer, the atmosphere from ground level to a few thousand metres, but this can be difficult to study in detail: weather stations are too low, and aircraft are expensive. Instrumented...
‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather
Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely The extreme heat and drought stoking huge wildfires in Spain and France were made far more likely by the climate crisis, a scientific analysis has found. Global heating made hot,...
Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago. The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the...