Former British doubles No 1 has same legal firm as PTPA The 33-year-old doubles star has always denied doping The breakaway players’ union that is suing the tours and grand slam tournaments has thrown its weight behind Tara Moore’s $20m (£14.7m) legal battle against the Women’s Tennis Association in a...
US hockey star Hilary Knight responds to Trump’s ‘distasteful joke’ about women’s team
Captain says controversy overshadows Olympic gold win Trump quipped about inviting US women to White House Knight says there is respect and support with men’s team Hilary Knight, the captain of the US women’s ice hockey team, has responded to comments made by Donald Trump after the Americans won gold...
Steve Borthwick turns to 2003 World Cup heroes for Six Nations inspiration
Blow as scrum-half Alex Mitchell is ruled out of campaign Johnson, Dallaglio, Leonard and co to dine with players Steve Borthwick has turned to England’s 2003 World Cup winners to arrest his side’s drastic decline after enduring another setback with the scrum‑half Alex Mitchell ruled out for the rest of...
Saracens’ salary cap penalty under scrutiny over conflict of interest claims
Saffery Champness alleged to have been auditor for Sale Saracens were fined £5.36m and relegated in 2020 Saracens will consider their position over an alleged undeclared conflict of interest at the centre of the disciplinary process into the 2019 salary cap scandal. The club were fined an unprecedented £5.36m for...
English cricket’s hunger for Indian money has led it into a moral and legal minefield | Barney Ronay
Potential exclusion of Pakistan players in the Hundred could breach UK laws on discrimination and leave the ECB exposed The thing about inviting a tiger round for tea is, for all the excitement, the fur, the teeth, the muscles, they do tend to walk off with your dinner and drink...
European countries fear playing in World Cup will mean financial loss
Costs will increase at extended 2026 tournament Around 10 federations want Fifa to tackle problems A number of European football federations fear they will lose money sending their national teams to the World Cup this summer, with an unusual hike in costs and inconsistencies around tax exemptions among the problems...
Vinícius has last word as Real Madrid wrap up victory over Benfica
Vinícius Júnior ran to the corner and danced again, just as he had done in Lisbon a week ago, but this time all around him there was celebration. There was also relief. With 10 minutes left on a nervous night at the Santiago Bernabéu, he had been set free to...
MPs back UK broadcasters in push to expand sport’s free-to-air ‘crown jewels’
Terrestrial channels seeking more legislative protection Number of Labour MPs are understood to be supportive Public service broadcasters are making renewed attempts to persuade the government to expand the list of televised sport’s free-to-air “crown jewels”. A call from the then BBC director of sport, Barbara Slater, to add the...
The rise of rejection sensitive dysphoria: ‘My chest feels like it’s collapsing’
It makes rejection, teasing or criticism feel unbearable, often prompting a strong physical reaction. Sufferers describe life with a condition that is only just starting to be understood Jenna Turnbull’s chest is tightening. The 36-year-old civil servant, who lives in Cardiff, can picture herself as she speaks: an 11-year-old in...
Norway’s all-conquering Winter Olympians have a message for us all – and it’s not what you think | Cath Bishop
How did a small Nordic country dominate the Games? By making sport fun and not something for kids to suffer Norway’s Olympians stormed the mountains of Milano Cortina and left the rest of the world wondering how a nation of 5.6 million people regularly tops the Winter Olympics medal table,...