Captain unhappy with display in 2-2 Everton draw ‘It’s not the place it needs to be,’ he says of the squad Manchester United’s captain, Bruno Fernandes, let rip at his teammates after their 2-2 pre-season draw with Everton, saying their performance was “lazy” and calling for further reinforcements. A second-half...
James Maddison knee injury mars Son Heung-min’s Spurs send-off in Seoul
Midfielder carried off on a stretcher in Newcastle friendly Departing Son given a standing ovation after substitution James Maddison sustained a serious looking knee injury as Tottenham’s pre-season tour of Asia concluded with a draw against Newcastle in Seoul on Sunday. The England international was carried off on a stretcher...
Lions had special moments but lacked consistency needed to be ranked among greats | Robert Kitson
Andy Farrell’s team deserve place in history after a 2-1 series win but return from Australia nursing nagging regrets How best to describe the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour? Even before the final Test was interrupted by lightning, it was a strange old series. To the Lions the spoils...
Hamilton casts doubt over future in F1 after poor finish for Ferrari in Hungary
Seven-time world champion places 12th at Hungaroring Hamilton says there is ‘a lot going on that is not great’ Lewis Hamilton gave a remarkably downbeat response, prompting questions about his future in Formula One, after he managed only 12th place in the Hungarian Grand Prix, won by McLaren’s Lando Norris,...
Mascots, dogs, and cogs: the Tour de France Femmes 2025 – in pictures
The fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes has come to an end with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot taking the yellow jersey after nine gruelling stages. We take a look at the best images from the last two weeks Continue reading...
Premier League 2025-26 preview No 1: Arsenal
Mikel Arteta enters a pivotal season after finally buying a centre-forward and reinforcing his midfield and defence Guardian writers’ predicted position: 2nd (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’ prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 2nd Continue reading...
He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient?
An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the perfect guinea pig for a radical new option for amputees When the air ambulance brought Jim Ashworth-Beaumont to King’s College hospital in south-east London, nobody thought he had a hope. He had been cycling home when a lorry driver failed...
‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find
Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’ When it comes to the senses, there could not be a greater difference between Friday night chips and juicy Mediterranean tomatoes. However, scientists have discovered that these two foods are not so...
Woakes ‘ready to bat if needed’ says Root as England put bodies on line to seal victory
England bowler left the pitch injured on day one Root frustrated with dismissal despite 39th Test century Chris Woakes is poised to slip his left arm out of its sling and return to action just four days after a serious shoulder injury as England, with four wickets in hand, seek...
Scientists transform peacock feathers into tiny biological laser beams
The research, conducted by researchers from several US universities and published in Nature, set out to explore the behavior of peacock feather barbules – microscopic structures that help create the bird's famous shimmering eyespots – when treated with the laser dye rhodamine 6G. The aim was to determine if light......