Second seeded Kazakh comes from set down to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Sabalenka awaits in title decider after blitzing Jessica Pegula One set may have already passed in her first US Open semi-final, but Elena Rybakina still had not arrived inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. While an inspired Coco Gauff blew...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Nicolas Jackson is ready to impress, Spurs are scrambled and the 199th Manchester derby takes place at Old Trafford Premier League top scorers 2026-27: who is leading race for the golden boot? With 10 top-flight goal contributions between them across three games already this season, the Chelsea trio of Morgan...
Solheim Cup golf 2026: Europe v USA, day one – live
⛳️ Solheim Cup updates from 6.40am BST at Bernardus Golf⛳️ Live scores | And send any thoughts to Scott via via email Europe do indeed escape from their travails on 1 with a half. Alison Lee leaves her birdie putt short, and Nanna Koertz Madsen tidies up. But the USA...
Ashes legal dispute: Hampshire damages claim led to lack of 2027 Test in north of England
Hampshire paid £1m by ECB after missing out in 2023 County challenged decision to give Headingley match The lack of Ashes cricket in the north of England next summer is the result of a legal dispute that followed the allocation of venues for the 2023 series against Australia, which also...
State schools finally get their big day: ‘All of a sudden, playing at Lord’s becomes cool’
The inaugural Knight-Stokes Cup was a special occasion not just for the teenagers playing on Lord’s hallowed turf, but for the English game as a whole State-school cricket has had its day at Lord’s, at last. On a ground that has this summer hosted men’s and women’s international Tests, the...
Alexis Mac Allister makes his point as Liverpool fight back to defeat Atlético
It was the time and place for Alexis Mac Allister to do his talking on the pitch and the disgruntled Liverpool midfielder delivered on cue. “Very sad” over Liverpool’s refusal to offer him a new contract, while Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch were getting theirs, Mac Allister made Anfield very...
Chelsea’s 2016-17 Premier League title should be given to Spurs, says Pochettino
Former manager says Chelsea should be stripped of title ‘The title should be for the team that was second’ Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea should be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title for financial rule breaches and the honour retrospectively awarded to Tottenham, who he led to second place that...
Is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi a post-Test cricketer – or could he revolutionise the format? | Jonathan Liew
The 15-year-old is tailor-made for short-form cricket, but he may just have the power to reimagine red-ball batting The ball is short outside off. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi goes to pull it, hoiks it high to deep midwicket, is out for 44 off 37 balls. Almost immediately, a portion of the 12,000...
Grim predictability blights Pakistan’s brief moments of light amid Test gloom | Andy Bull
Razaullah offered the tourists a glimpse of audacity but it was Babar Azam who embodied the wider loss of hope It was still morning when Babar Azam came in to bat at Edgbaston. The Test was only 45 minutes old but you could already see which direction it was heading....
Coco Gauff draws on Tiafoe and ‘delusional’ self-belief in US Open escape
American rallies from brink to defeat Andreeva Gauff survives 12 double faults in three-set escape Coco Gauff has played far cleaner matches than on Wednesday afternoon. But few players today on the women’s tour have become better at finding answers on the fly when almost nothing is working for them....