Around a quarter of all tickets for the world championship were sold to visitors from Germany. How did a country with no world-class player get hooked? They walk among us, sit among us, sing among us. They speak perfect English, hunt in packs, down industrial quantities of Amstel just like...
Mikel Arteta admits long-term future at Arsenal dependent on winning silverware
Spaniard approaches sixth anniversary in charge Arteta ‘has to earn the right to be here tomorrow’ Mikel Arteta has conceded his long-term future at Arsenal is dependent on winning silverware as he prepares to celebrate his sixth anniversary in charge. The Spaniard was appointed on 20 December 2019 and led...
Australia on cusp of Ashes triumph as Nathan Lyon dulls England’s glimmer of hope
Third Test, D4: Australia 371 & 349; England 286 & 207-6 Spinner strikes late as tourists briefly threaten record run chase There was a time when England players threw around phrases like “the more the better”, such was their confidence in the chase. But tasked with knocking off a world...
Chess: Magnus Carlsen back in World Rapid and Blitz as Fide signals jeansgate peace
The Norwegian world No 1 will compete at Doha next week, a year after he was penalised for wearing jeans in New York One year ago, the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, and the global chess body, Fide, were at loggerheads after the Norwegian was penalised for wearing jeans at...
Beau Greaves: ‘I started beating better players and the penny dropped: I can be good enough to do this full-time’
Back at the PDC world championship for the first time since 2022, the women’s world champion means business, starting on Friday against the world No 22 “When I was younger, they thought I was a mute,” Beau Greaves says with a wry smile, thinking about all the ways darts has...
Charlotte Dujardin ‘very emotional’ at warm reception after horse-whipping ban
British rider returns to high-level competition in London Triple Olympic champion speaks of ‘real buzz to be back’ Charlotte Dujardin has admitted feeling “very emotional” at the warm reception received from supporters in the former Olympic dressage champion’s first major event after serving a one-year ban from the sport following...
Anger spreads over Afcon schedule as Morocco seek to end half-century wait
Fifa’s lack of concern for African football’s key money-spinner has led to inadequate preparation time With the hosts, Morocco, taking on the island nation of Comoros in the Africa Cup of Nations opener in Rabat on Sunday, there is no mistaking the excitement across the continent. Football is akin to...
Boxing was the original attention economy – Paul v Joshua is old logic in a louder digital age
Millions will tune in to watch the brash YouTuber get his comeuppance – the fight will likely go on as long as Joshua decides to let it An undersized loudmouth disruptor arrives in Miami for a no-hope fight with one of history’s most destructive heavyweights, exploiting every available lever of...
Police say Nascar great Greg Biffle and family among seven dead in jet crash
Cessna jet crashed during attempted return to airport Police say Biffle and family among seven fatalities FAA and NTSB responding to North Carolina crash A business jet carrying seven people, including retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family, crashed Thursday at an airport in North Carolina, killing everyone aboard,...
Travis Head piles on pain with hometown hundred as Australia tighten grip on Ashes
Third Test, day three: Australia 371 & 271-4; England 286 England trail by 356 runs to leave series hopes hanging by a thread There were flickers of hope for England on the third day in Adelaide but like some of the murmurs thrown up by Snicko during this pivotal third...