All-time greats have questions to answer in SW19 while Raducanu and Draper have to show they can stay fit Serena Williams left it until the last minute to take the final available singles wildcard at Wimbledon and dramatically escalate her comeback from retirement. It is hard to imagine this was...
Rain stopped play? Biggest worry now in British sport is extreme heat | Emma John
Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us sweat on the sofa Nothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly hot weather. While we’re apologetically crying off long-in-the-diary engagements – so sorry,...
World Cup 2026: Haaland and Mbappé face off; Ecuador’s national holiday; Scotland still in limbo – live
⚽ Latest news from day 15 | Haaland v Mbappé in data⚽ Third-place table | Player guide | Bracketology | Mail us Ecuador fans’ nerves will be eased for now but that is not the case for all the nations yet as all of the knockout spots have not been...
‘You better remember where you watching’: 30 years on from England’s loss to Germany at Euro 96
With those words on 26 June 1996, Des Lynam ended his coverage of England’s defeat by Germany, one of the most unforgettable nights in English tournament history. So we did … Des Lynam ended the BBC’s coverage of that European Championship semi-final between England and Germany on Wednesday 26 June...
USA suffer late defeat to Turkey but eye Bosnia and Herzegovina in World Cup knockout stage
The US men’s national team have already made history this summer. They scored the most goals they ever have in a single World Cup game, won two straight games in the tournament for the first time in the modern era, and wrapped up top spot in an evenly-matched Group D...
IOC scraps 130 years of tradition by paying athletes $10,000 at Olympics
IOC sets up £106m fund for all athletes at Games Milano-Cortina competitors will be first to be paid The International Olympic Committee has broken with 130 years of tradition by deciding to pay athletes to compete at the Olympic Games. Starting with the recent Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, all competitors will...
Maseko strike sends South Africa into first World Cup knockouts with win over South Korea
South Africa celebrated a first World Cup knockout berth with jubilant scenes on Wednesday after Thapelo Maseko’s second-half strike secured a 1-0 victory over South Korea, who still have a chance of advancing as one of the eight best third-placed teams. Maseko fired into the bottom corner in the 63rd...
Fidalgo caps Mexico rout as co-hosts maintain 100% record and send Czechia out
There are ways of leaving a tournament. You can go out with a sheen of glory, having gone to-to-toe with a great opponent. You can be unlucky and go home raging at referees and the fates. You can self-immolate in a blaze of red cards or own goals or spectacular...
World Cup 2026: Scotland on brink after Brazil defeat, South Africa advance, and more – live
⚽ All the latest news from day 15 of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Taha Amid all the best third-placed teams confusion … Bosnia and Herzegovina have made it through to the last 32. Ben Fisher watched them beat Qatar: Curaçao v Côte d’Ivoire...
Scotland’s World Cup dream hanging by a thread after Vinícius sparks Brazil victory
Scotland will now play the waiting game. The trouble is, as they hang around to discover whether a place in the last 32 can be secured as among the leading eight third-placed teams, it is legitimate to question the point of it all. Scotland’s on-field contribution to this tournament has...