UK participation levels more than doubled in 2025 860,000 Britons played padel at least once last year It was once seen as a quirky upstart or continental fad. But padel now has nearly a million players across the UK after participation levels more than doubled in 2025. According to LTA...
Ipswich Town have hard questions to answer after Nigel Farage PR disaster | Nick Ames
Reform’s use of the football club has shocked fans and left the ownership red faced but how did it happen? When photographs of Nigel Farage’s visit to Portman Road went viral on Tuesday morning, a wave of shock quickly spread among Ipswich Town’s staff. Some were furious, others genuinely devastated...
Manchester United left reeling in WCL by late strike from Bayern Munich’s Tanikawa
When they took the lead for the third time at Old Trafford, Bayern Munich fans were singing ‘football’s coming home’, taunting the hosts. Their prediction remains to be seen but they will take a priceless one-goal lead back to Germany for the second leg of this quarter-final, meaning Manchester United...
Revealed: secret plans for two-day London Marathon with 100,000 runners
‘Double London Marathon’ plans backed by mayor’s office 2027 event would raise tens of millions more for charity The London Marathon is in advanced talks about staging a two-day event in 2027, allowing tens of thousands more runners to take part in the iconic race and to raise tens of...
‘There won’t be any regrets’: Bellamy steels Wales for last World Cup push
Before meeting with Bosnia and Herzegovina, head coach has urged his players to step up and embrace the occasion “Have you ever seen Usain Bolt in the 100m?” Craig Bellamy asks a crowd of journalists at Wales’s hub in Hensol on the eve of the World Cup playoff semi‑final against...
Jessica Pegula left frustrated as Elena Rybakina roars back to reach Miami last four
Rybakina completes 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 comeback win American slumps to fifth straight defeat to Kazakhstani Jessica Pegula had her chances. Midway through the second set of yet another showdown with Elena Rybakina, the American had engineered a flawless start. After bulldozing through the opening set, Pegula’s level at the beginning...
Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth – podcast
A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very carefully in the back of an unassuming lorry earlier this week. What looked like a casual drive around the Cern campus was actually a world-first experiment in transporting antimatter, the most expensive and...
Bruno Fernandes is the true custodian of Manchester United in the age of Ratcliffe | Jonathan Liew
As well as being one of the team’s best performers, midfielder has become a talisman who is aware of the club’s spirit and traditions The video of Bruno Fernandes kicking in the door is very good, if you haven’t already seen it. In a way, it explains a lot. His...
Everton exploring legal options over lack of sporting sanctions against Chelsea
Merseyside club to demand formal explanation from Premier League Chelsea docked no points for rule breaches, unlike Everton and Forest Everton are exploring a possible legal challenge against the Premier League for its handling of Chelsea’s undisclosed payments sanction. The club are understood to be preparing to write to the...
Bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years, study finds
Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age They are humankind’s best friend, and now ancient DNA analysis has revealed that the enduring bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years. The groundbreaking research, published in the...