Category: Sports

Reece Walsh stars in Australia’s 26-6 victory England must win second Test to keep series alive The pre-match talk from an England perspective going into this first Ashes series for 22 years focused on how the hosts were not short on motivation. However, you can have all the motivation in...

Defeat could be a blessing for Lionesses who have plenty of time to fix defensive frailties and mould cohesive team England were brought back to earth with a small, if likely inconsequential, bump in the first match of their Homecoming Series as a 2-1 defeat by Brazil at the Etihad...

Bath 40-15 Bristol Bath keep up pressure on Saints at top Bath do not lose often these days, never mind on successive league weekends. And with an injury-hit Bristol supposedly cast in the role of punchbags this fixture was widely viewed as a home banker. Sure enough the defending champions...

McLaren’s title race leader Piastri in eighth; starts seventh Champion Max Verstappen qualifies in fifth Lando Norris claimed pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix, with a superb lap for McLaren at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The Briton left his title rivals in his wake and in so doing...

NZ all out for 168 in teams’ final group game Sign up for the Spin | Email Tanya 11th over: New Zealand 58-1 ( Plimmer 20, Kerr 27) Better from Sciver-Brunt, just a single from it. It’s hot, hot, hot out there – 40 degrees in the middle. 10th over:...

Former white-collar boxer wins heavyweight clash in 11th Briton will now face world champion Oleksandr Usyk The British heavyweight Fabio Wardley pulled off the biggest win of his career with an enormous upset over Joseph Parker to set up a world title shot against Oleksandr Usyk. In a pulsating contest...

Forward scores twice in 4-2 victory over Brighton ‘He’s improving when we are organising the final third’ Ruben Amorim praised “working machine” Bryan Mbeumo, who scored twice, and pointed to the significance of a third consecutive league win after Manchester United’s 4-2 victory over Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday....

1st ODI: New Zealand, 224-6, bt England, 223, by four wkts Daryl Mitchell hits 78no after Harry Brook’s defiant ton A chaotically entertaining game characterised by batting that was either – and mostly – shambolic or sensational was eventually settled by a belated outbreak of calm. Daryl Mitchell’s sober 78...

‘We simply concede too many goals’, says Liverpool manager Slot disagrees with VAR penalty decision for Brentford’s third Arne Slot admitted that Saturday’s defeat by Brentford was “up there” as perhaps the most disappointed he has been in his time as Liverpool manager, and acknowledged that opponents seem to have...

Cut-throat Red Bull driver will relish McLaren duo chase in Mexico City where he has won five of the last seven races Enjoying a late surge out of the final bend, Max Verstappen is looming large in the mirrors of his championship rivals. The Dutchman is a threat beyond his...