Mercedes driver triumphs as McLaren take team title Verstappen second, Norris third, Piastri fourth The champagne was popping in abundance for McLaren as the team secured their 10th Formula One constructors’ championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, but there is a hangover to come that may yet be the cause...
Jets, Ravens … Eagles? Which team is most miserable after five weeks of the NFL season?
We’re far enough into the season to have a good idea of the strengths and weaknesses of each team. Which one is letting its fans down the most? We’re past the quarter mark of the NFL season, which means we have a good idea of the trajectory of most teams....
India defy insects to cruise to frosty Women’s World Cup defeat of Pakistan
India, 247, beat Pakistan, 159, by 88 runs Captains echo men in refusing to shake hands during toss The seam bowler Kranti Goud and the spinner Deepti Sharma took three wickets each as India routed Pakistan by 88 runs in their Women’s World Cup match, which began like recent ones...
Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody reveals MND diagnosis
Former World Cup winner, 47, tells BBC he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease Lewis Moody, the former England rugby captain and 2003 World Cup winner, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The 47-year-old told the BBC he was having trouble accepting what the news meant for his...
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Mason Mount shows his worth, Oliver Glasner makes no excuses and Chelsea find a new defensive duo Elliot Anderson spent much of Nottingham Forest’s 2-0 defeat on Tyneside reminding Eddie Howe how much he lost when Premier League spending rules demanded that the midfielder be sold to fend off the...
Postecoglou enters talks intent on keeping job at Nottingham Forest
Defeat at Newcastle is his seventh match without a win ‘You have to be up for the fight and the struggle’ Ange Postecoglou is determined to convince Nottingham Forest’s board to retain faith in his Âmanagerial Âphilosophy when he holds talks with the club’s owner, Evangelos ÂMarinakis, this week. The...
Steven Gerrard in frame for Rangers return after Russell Martin is sacked
Martin dismissed after fans surround team bus at Falkirk Former Ibrox manager under strong consideration Steven Gerrard is under strong consideration for a return to Rangers after the Scottish club confirmed the sacking of Russell Martin. Martin’s ill-fated Ibrox tenure ended with the manager leaving the Falkirk Stadium via a...
Signs of life? Why Saturn moon offers hope of finding ET in Earth’s back yard
Discovery of wide array of carbon-based substances on Enceladus shows solar system is fertile hunting ground From tentative evidence of habitable planets to the eyebrow-raising suggestion an interstellar comet might not be what it seems, the possibility of life beyond our solar system has long tantalised scientists and the public...
Starwatch: Draconids meteor shower promises an early-evening treat
Comet responsible for phenomenon passed close to the sun earlier this year, creating high chance of a meteor storm October is the beginning of the autumn and winter meteor shower season, which culminates in the Geminids in December. This week features the Draconids. It may not be a prominent shower,...
Was prehistory a feminist paradise?
Visions of matriarchal utopia may be wishful thinking, but there’s growing evidence of women wielding power There is a stubborn and widely held idea that in some earlier phase of our species’ existence, women had equal status to men, or even ruled, and societies were happier and more peaceful for...