Flying winger brushes off allegiance jibes and cannot wait for Australia after a testing Lions tour in 2021 Duhan van der Merwe does not want to shake hands. It is not that the hulking Scotland winger is being rude – he is polite to a fault – but after a...
Star-studded WR Chess repeat World Blitz title amid controversy in London
The billionaire’s team looked out for the count, but got a 2-4 defeat annulled on appeal, while an unknown 13-year-old beat the world No 2 in 112 moves WR Chess, the star-studded world top 10 team, retained their World Team Blitz crown in London last week, but only after an...
Royal Ascot: Trawlerman lands big one in Gold Cup with memories of Sagaro
Gosden stable’s seven-year-old wins by seven lengths Ryan Moore claims treble to lead jockeys’ standings It was simple but ruthlessly effective as Trawlerman and William Buick made all the running to win the Gold Cup on Thursday. The Gosden stable’s seven-year-old faced two four-year-old rivals with a touch more class...
Carlos Alcaraz beats the heat in epic comeback against Munar at Queen’s Club
Top seed into quarter-finals with 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 win Alcaraz victory longest match at Queen’s in 34 years On a day of hot heads and high emotion, Carlos Alcaraz proved once again to be a master of escapology in the longest match at Queen’s Club for 34 years. With...
Ruthless Pacers throttle Thunder to push NBA finals to decisive Game 7
Indiana rout OKC 108-91 in Game 6 of NBA finals Thunder to host winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday Fueled by defense, depth and defiance, the Indiana Pacers stormed to a 108-91 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, leveling the NBA finals at three games apiece and setting...
‘Normal’ Cole Palmer assumes control of Chelsea’s attack from No 10
Modest 23-year-old still does not understand the fuss around him as he prepares to face Flamengo in the Club World Cup Cole Palmer sees himself as a normal kid. Strangers watch him with something close to fascination, though. What’s going on beneath the chilled exterior? The shrugging demeanour adds to...
Brilliant Lionel Messi free-kick leads Inter Miami past Porto while PSG are stunned at Club World Cup
Argentinian’s 68th free-kick goal secures three points European champions PSG fall 1-0 to Brazil’s Botafogo Lionel Messi converted a delicious free-kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon....
The moment Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s Starship 36 explodes – video
One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded during a routine test in Texas. The Starship 36 suffered 'catastrophic failure and exploded' at the Starbase launch facility according to the Cameron County authorities. Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is central to Musk’s long-term vision of colonising Mars. This is...
SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project
Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent ‘catastrophic failure’ while on stand One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships has exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The...
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure
Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searched Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries. But almost nothing is known about the life...