Olympic 800m champion explains how her season was saved by a full-time physio and a Himalayan rock crystal There was a moment in the summer when Keely Hodgkinson feared her season was in tatters. She had injured her hamstring yet again during an eight-hour round trip to Windsor Castle to...
Sports quiz of the week: goalscorers, gob, gaffes and Geraint Thomas
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‘It’s like the Olympics’: Patrick Reed against Ryder Cup player payment
American players to receive stipend for participation Former world No 6 said Europe have more ‘camaraderie’ Patrick Reed believes it “unnecessary” that his fellow Americans will be paid for participation in the upcoming Ryder Cup. Reed, who has missed out on what would have been a fourth Ryder Cup appearance...
Catalans Dragons deal major blow to Leeds’ hopes of top-two finish
Leeds 8-16 Catalans Dragons Rhinos miss chance to clinch home playoff As the stands began to empty and the stunned silence at Headingley shifted towards murmurings of discontent and the occasional boo, there was a plea from Leeds Rhinos’ stadium announcer to hang around and greet the players after their...
Trainer advertised performance-enhancing drugs before working with Canelo Álvarez
Rulas Arreola advertised human growth hormone Trainer is with Álvarez for Terence Crawford fight A trainer who is working with Canelo Álvarez advertised performance-enhancing drugs for sale, including human growth hormone, before he joined the super-middleweight boxer’s team, the Guardian can reveal. Rulas Arreola, also known as Raul Arreola Dosal, has...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Ange Postecoglou’s Forest bow, a new-look forward line at Newcastle and a Manchester derby to forget for any loser Ange Postecoglou never won a north London derby while in charge at Tottenham, drawing one and losing three, so starting life in the Nottingham Forest dugout away to Arsenal may not...
Japan athletics chief breaks down in tears over memories of Tokyo ‘Covid Olympics’
Arimori promises to erase negativity of 2021 Games ‘Sport is not just for athletes, it is for everyone’ The head of Japanese athletics broke down in tears on Friday as she promised that hosting the World Athletes Championships in Tokyo would help erase the negative memories of the “Covid Olympics”...
Manchester United lose their boots and first leg against Brann in WCL qualifying
WCL 3rd qualifying round: Brann 1-0 Man Utd Ingrid Stenevik scores header in 76th minute Manchester United’s hopes of being involved in the main draw of the Women’s Champions League for the first time are hanging in the balance after a disappointing first-leg loss in Norway in the third qualifying round. Poor...
Nasa blocks Chinese nationals from working on its space programs
Move comes amid escalating anti-China rhetoric under Donald Trump’s administration Nasa has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programs, underscoring the intensifying space race between the the US and China. The policy shift was first reported by Bloomberg News and confirmed by the US government agency....
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking Island-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have pushed so many of their invertebrate kin into freefall around the world, new research on Fijian ant populations has found. Hundreds...