The two African nations join Haiti and Iran on ban list Fans may face restrictions when entering US A proclamation signed by President Trump widened his administration’s ongoing travel restrictions on Tuesday to include 2026 World Cup participants Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal. The two African nations were added to the...
Alex Carey’s sparkling century helps Australia recover from early England Ashes onslaught
Third Test, day one: Australia 326-8 Usman Khawaja digs in for 82 while Archer has 3-29 After the pandemonium of Perth and Brisbane’s pink-ball palooza came an outbreak of more familiar looking Test cricket at Adelaide Oval. For the locals it was one to savour as their boy, Alex Carey,...
Jockey Club behaves like old-style lord of the manor over secretive Kempton sale plans | Greg Wood
There is a hint of feudalism about the way the unelected body has treated those who love the track like its serfs It has taken the better part of a decade but the Jockey Club, the private, self-appointed body that has wielded immense power in racing for nearly 300 years,...
It’s Lionesses v Red Roses v Rory’s Europe as BBC names Spoty team of year shortlist
Public vote will decide winner among back-to-back European champions, Rugby World Cup winners and Team Europe England’s Lionesses are up against their rugby union counterparts, the Red Roses, and Europe’s winning Ryder Cup side on the shortlist for team of the year at the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year...
England face daunting task as Ashes series resumes in shadow of tragedy
Sunday’s events in Bondi have stunned Australia and the watching world before a third Test that could be a decisive one for this England team’s legacy Adelaide may be 1,300km to the west of Bondi but the sense of pain in the city has been no less for the distance....
Manchester United and Bournemouth share thrills and spills in eight-goal extravaganza
From near-total control to collapse to late Bruno Fernandes and Matheus Cunha goals that seemed to put Manchester United on the right end of a 4-3 festive thriller. But then, yet more horrific defending allowed Eli Junior Kroupi, on as a substitute, to score Bournemouth’s third equaliser and the points...
By not explaining ‘worst 48 hours’ Enzo Maresca has put himself at even greater risk | Jacob Steinberg
Manager’s comments on Saturday have left Chelsea baffled and the Italian in danger If Enzo Maresca was interested in ending speculation that he has a problem with elements of Chelsea’s hierarchy then he would have done so on Monday . Instead the Italian made no attempt to clear up a...
Thomas Frank is running out of time to fix Tottenham Hotspur | Jonathan Wilson
Spurs have faced low moments in their history, and this is one of them. How will the club respond in the post-Daniel Levy era? Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here Tottenham Hotspur, Thomas Frank said after Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, are “not a quick fix”. That’s...
Pat Cummins says Bondi terror attack ‘hit home pretty hard’ as tributes flow before third Ashes Test
Australia captain lives close by and takes his kids to beach ‘all the time’ Players to wear black armbands and join moment’s silence in Adelaide Australia captain Pat Cummins has said the tragic events at Bondi beach ‘hit home pretty hard’ as they unfolded on Sunday night just down the...
Joshua v Paul makes Joe Louis’ ‘Bum of the Month’ look like the Rumble in the Jungle | Sean Ingle
The best we can hope for is that Paul does not get seriously hurt. Joshua, Netflix and the sport itself should know better Precisely 85 years ago, one of the most fearsome heavyweight boxers in history stunk out the joint. Joe Louis was in the midst of his “Bum of the Month...