Category: Sports

Jannik Sinner began his title defence with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Félix Auger-Aliassime, who suffered a calf injury at the end of a tight first set Sinner to serve, ready … play. Earlier in this group: Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 3 and 6. Continue reading...

Philadelphia Eagles 10-7 Green Bay Packers Green Bay fall to third in NFC North after loss Teams went pointless in dour first-half Jalen Hurts threw a 36-yard pass to DeVonta Smith for Philadelphia’s only touchdown of the game as the Eagles’ defense led the way to a 10-7 victory over...

This week we will be publishing a run-down of our 51 judges’ greatest Ashes cricketers in the buildup to this year’s series opener on 21 November. Here’s how we did it Mark Waugh or Steve? Greg or Ian Chappell? Will it be England’s sepia-tinted Sydney F Barnes, the grumpy and...

Sunday league team with over 1,800 top-flight appearances has contributed to feelgood factor in community It all started with a picture and caption on social media: “If Carlsberg did benches.” Then came a tweet, naming nine former Premier League players on the books of Wythenshawe FC’s over-35s side: Stephen Ireland,...

Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months IOC president wants to protect the female category The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Multiple sources expect such a ban...

Pro-doping event scheduled to take place in Las Vegas Usada says critics deflecting after 2021 swimming scandal The war of words between anti‑doping bodies over the Enhanced Games has intensified after Usada accused Wada of attempting “to smear America”. Travis Tygart, president of the US Anti-Doping Agency, made the claim...

Chessum has foot injury while Freeman has hamstring injury Alex Coles expected to partner Maro Itoje at second row Ollie Chessum and Tommy ­Freeman are serious injury doubts for ­England’s game with New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. The two British & Irish Lions players sat out training on Monday...

John Elkann has say after Hamilton’s ‘nightmare’ verdict Lando Norris plays down title talk after victory in Brazil Lewis Hamilton has been told to “focus on driving and talk less” in a rebuke from the Ferrari president, John Elkann, which was almost certainly a reaction to Hamilton’s outspoken description of...

England to play just one intra-squad match before start of series Tourists need more red-ball practice, says former all-rounder Ian Botham has launched a fresh broadside at the decision by England to arrange just a single intra-squad match before the start of the Ashes, saying the tourists need more red...

Mohamed Salah has drifted from crucial to peripheral in big games, and Arne Slot’s decision to keep picking him is strange There must be blame. We need heads on the battlements. We need entrails, horses, chains, a public quartering. Basically we just need to feel something. We need, above all,...