Fans and professionals alike are desperate for positivity after last year’s damp squib, but there is reason for hope One of the major benefits of announcing a “five-year plan” is that it should buy you some time but Epsom’s ambitious scheme to revive the status and popularity of the Derby,...
Arsenal have shown me nothing brings joy, pain and community like football | Suzanne Wrack
It’s real and physical, it scars and heals: sport is a visceral high – and the Gunners have reminded fans just what it means It’s going to take some time to shake this feeling. Frankly, I don’t want to shake it. I don’t want the flare smell, akin to a...
Arsenal v PSG got 16.2m illegal stream views in UK after not being free-to-air
Analysts trace illegal views to 3.7m IP addresses in UK Champions League final watched legally by more than 7m Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted more than 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air. Analysis conducted for the...
‘Manager loved it’: Tonda Eckert found to have initiated Southampton’s spying
Interns were pressured into recording other clubs Southampton owner does not plan to sack Eckert Southampton’s head coach, Tonda Eckert, initiated the practice of spying on opponents, according to new documents which also show that an intern tasked with recording rival training sessions was assured the “manager loved it”. Southampton...
Anthony Joshua puts ‘emotions to side’ after crash as he prepares for boxing return
Addresses media for first time since losing friends in car accident Former world champion to return to ring in tune-up for Tyson Fury bout Anthony Joshua has stressed that rather than coming to terms with his own grief after the car accident in which two of his closest friends died...
Sabalenka powers past Osaka in first women’s night match at French Open since 2023
World No 1 wins 7-5, 6-3 to reach quarter-finals ‘Really important they put match as night session’ Three years after the Roland Garros organisers last declared a women’s match worthy of being called the best of the day in Paris, the total collapse of one half of the men’s draw...
McCullum and Key are lucky to have kept their jobs. Now they have to nail England’s rebuild | Mark Ramprakash
Series against New Zealand will be a litmus test to see if the leadership team’s failed approach has really changed There’s a quote from Legacy, James Kerr’s book about the All Blacks, that I have always liked: “Our values decide our character, our character decides our value.” As England’s Test...
Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art
Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted...
New Mexico identifies remains of nuclear lab employee missing for a year
Remains of Los Alamos employee Melissa Casias found alongside handgun in case that stirred online speculation Authorities in New Mexico have identified human remains which they recently discovered as those of a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employee who had been missing for more than a year. In a statement...
Meteor over Massachusetts prompts reports of booms across US and Canada
People from Delaware to Montreal reported either hearing loud booms or seeing the fireball in the sky over weekend A meteor over Massachusetts during the weekend ultimately prompted reports of booms and sightings across New England into Canada. The American Meteor Society said that the meteor in question was about...