Trainer opens up on her midas touch in the market as she closes in on £1m in prize money for the first time Eve Johnson Houghton has saddled three Royal Ascot winners, including a Group One, in the past eight years, having bought all three for a combined total of...
‘A lot of emotions are not that helpful’: Oscar Piastri on his F1 world title dream
The championship leader reveals his secret to being ‘calm yet intense’, and why he and his McLaren teammate won’t fall out in their race for the title Still what might be considered a stripling with features soft as yet unweathered by age and competition yet with an undoubted inner steel,...
WSL players to resume taking knee after Jess Carter abuse prompted refusal
Teams set to perform gesture in selected October games Concerns raised that its ubiquity reduced its impact Women’s Super League players will resume taking the knee this season after England’s Lionesses abruptly stopped performing the symbolic gesture at last month’s European Championship. England’s players announced they would no longer be...
Joe Burgess’s decisive try sinks St Helens to put Hull KR closer to League Leaders’ Shield
Hull KR 12-8 St Helens Burgess try and four goals by Rhyse Martin enough to win With the nights drawing in and the temperatures starting to drop, it is already starting to feel like playoff season is just around the corner in Super League. But this match only reinforced it...
Fireworks at the Women’s Rugby World Cup but the game can still rocket | Andy Bull
One-sided nature of matches so far is a problem and structural change is needed but there has still been plenty to enjoy After all these years of asking for more, it’s churlish to complain when the Women’s Rugby World Cup delivered so much in one weekend. England’s victory pulled in...
Novak Djokovic fights past Cameron Norrie to become oldest man to reach US Open fourth round since 1991
Serbian beats Briton in four sets in his best performance of tournament But he says his struggles with his body and movement are ‘frustrating’ At a time when Novak Djokovic could really benefit from some straightforward wins to ease through the early rounds of his final grand slam tournament of...
Emma Raducanu overwhelmed by Rybakina at US Open in straight-sets loss
Ex-Wimbledon champion wins 6-1, 6-2 in third round Raducanu admits: ‘I have a lot of work to do’ Emma Raducanu has spent the past few months diligently working on improving her game in order to more consistently irritate the best players in the world, but another meeting with one of...
County cricket’s restructure: what is being proposed and how will it work?
The County Championship could be transformed with a 12-team top division split into two pools of six It feels symptomatic of English cricket’s dysfunctional nature that, having started the summer with five different options for a restructured County Championship, the 18 first-class chairs will conclude a tortuous process next week...
Buildup to Chelsea v Fulham, Bayern agree Jackson loan, and more – matchday live
All the latest going into Saturday’s action Ten things to look out for | Email matchday live The first Old Firm derby of the season takes place tomorrow. We’ll have a Q&A with Ewan Murray on tomorrow’s matchday live. In the meantime, here’s his preview of a match that is...
Performance woes in Unreal Engine 5 games are developers’ fault, says Tim Sweeney
Recent high-profile Unreal Engine 5 releases have highlighted the challenges of game development with Epic's popular creation tool. Games such as Metal Gear Solid Delta or Wuchang: Fallen Feathers have suffered from significant performance issues, but Sweeney insists the blame lies with game studios rather than the engine itself. Read...