McCullum’s position likely to come under scrutiny ECB believes mass sackings would be a mistake The England and Wales Cricket Board is eager to avoid a mass Âclearout of England’s senior leadership in the wake of another humiliating away Ashes series defeat. England’s hopes of winning the urn were expunged...
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Highs and lows for Alexander Isak, Wolves’ sobering survival chances and were Chelsea lucky at Newcastle? Premier League scoring charts Can results be misleading? That is the question. Aston Villa’s winning streak continued against Manchester United, but so did the nagging doubts. They were the lesser team by several measures...
Rowing’s answer to snowcross, BMX and beach volleyball is coming to LA
Beach Sprints are shaking up this most strait-laced of sports and may be heading to a coastal town near you At a point when most rowers are pounding away on rivers in the wind and rain through the dark winter months, a new breed are honing their skills in brighter...
NFL round-up: Steelers outlast Lions as late penalty negates Goff’s winning TD
Chiefs down to QB3 as Minshew hurt in loss to Titans McCarthy hurt as Vikings hand Giants ninth straight loss Chargers close on playoffs behind Herbert surge The Pittsburgh Steelers pushed the Detroit Lions to the brink of elimination from the playoffs on Sunday, holding on for a 29-24 win...
Red Roses and Lionesses made 2025 a watershed year for women’s sport in England
Arsenal won the Women’s Champions League in a huge year for English players – and there may be more to come in 2026 England women’s football and rugby teams did something they had never done before in 2025: win major trophies in the same year. The Red Roses lifted the...
‘The game is gone’: Thomas Frank fumes over VAR decisions in Spurs loss
Manager says the ban Xavi Simons faces is ‘too harsh’ Slot says his ‘gut feeling’ on Isak injury is not positive A frustrated Thomas Frank took aim at two decisions, both involving the use of the video assistant referee system, that helped swing proceedings in Liverpool’s favour during his Tottenham...
Brilliant Bristol run in six dazzling tries in Big Game mauling of Harlequins
Harlequins 14-40 Bristol London team thrashed in annual outing at Twickenham This was the 17th annual Big Game but rarely can Harlequins have failed to live up to the billing of their Christmas extravaganza as sorely as they did here. Bristol, on the other hand, continue to dazzle in the...
Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream | Bryan Armen Graham
Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutally George Foreman once said boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. Putting aside the breathtaking exhibitions of physical and psychological intensity it can produce, the sport has long been...
Former champion Michael Smith crashes out of PDC world darts against Zonneveld
2023 winner beaten 3-1 by Dutchman on day of shocks No 8 seed Chris Dobey loses to 55-year-old Gilding The former world champion and world No 1 Michael Smith led the high-profile casualties on a day of shocks at the PDC world championship. Smith lost 3-1 to the Dutchman Niels...
Ousmane Dembélé quietly becomes the main man after long journey to the top
The Frenchman, who has been named the best male footballer in the world by the Guardian, has benefitted from PSG’s focus on the team rather than individuals What makes a good player great, and a great player the best? This question has been occupying me since 2014, when the Guardian...