Bhatia wins on first playoff hole at Bay Hill Berger had led by four shots on the back nine A straightforward conclusion to the Arnold Palmer Invitational is apparently impossible. Palmer himself would approve, even if events at the tournament still played in tribute to a golfing icon can feel...
Lewis Hamilton confident Ferrari ‘in the fight’ with Mercedes for 2026 F1 championship
British driver fourth in Melbourne behind teammate Charles Leclerc Toto Wolff acknowledges Ferrari pose threat after Australian GP Lewis Hamilton has declared he is fired-up and optimistic in his belief that Ferrari will be in the world championship fight with Mercedes after the new Formula One season opened in Australia...
‘A wonderful journey’: Suryakumar Yadav revels in India’s T20 World Cup win
Team claim third successive men’s ICC trophy ‘We want to continue and never stop,’ says captain India’s captain, Suryakumar Yadav, has set his sights on an extended period of white-ball dominance after the team secured a third successive ICC men’s trophy with a one-sided victory against New Zealand in the...
FA Cup fifth round: talking points from the weekend’s action
Max Dowman and Rio Ngumoha staked their claim for more game time while Fulham paid for a lack of ambition Port Vale have only ever reached the last eight of the FA Cup once before in their entire history, in 1953-54, when they went one stage further, losing the semi-final...
Raducanu loses in 52 minutes to No 6 seed Anisimova in Indian Wells third round
American wins 6-1, 6-1 Aryna Sabalenka sets up Naomi Osaka meeting Emma Raducanu suffered a heavy defeat in just 52 minutes to Amanda Anisimova in the third round at Indian Wells. The British No 1 was well below par in a 6-1 6-1 loss to the American world No 6....
England running through quicksand of misery with Borthwick fighting for job in Paris
Defeat in Italy confirmed this is a fast-developing crisis with supporters watching a team stuck on the boulevard of broken dreams Even before the final weekend unfolds the 2026 Six Nations can be adjudged already as a vintage one. Three teams mathematically remain in the title race and all of...
Winter Paralympics: Russia flies flag with first medals since 2014 as Ukraine stage gold rush
Medals are Russia’s first at winter paras in 12 years Taras Rad leads Ukraine’s table-topping first-day haul Russian athletes have seized the chance afforded them by these Winter Paralympic Games, claiming two medals on their return from suspension. But as the action came to a close on the opening day,...
Bronze and Stanway fire England past Iceland in Women’s World Cup qualifier
England 2-0 Iceland Wiegman happy to keep clean sheet in routine win Goals from Lucy Bronze and Georgia Stanway made it two wins from two in England’s bid to qualify for the 2027 World Cup, with attention now turning to a hugely important game against Spain at Wembley in April....
‘If there’s no pressure there’s no fun’: India look to slay ghosts of 2023 in T20 World Cup final
Old scars haunt the hosts at the Narendra Modi Stadium, while New Zealand have their own chokers tag to ditch The Narendra Modi Stadium is a spectacular, enormous dome, the largest cricket ground in the world. On Sunday night it will contain 130,000 people, the vast majority clad in India’s...
Rory McIlroy to defend Players title despite withdrawal from Invitational
Northern Irishman pulls out before third round ‘I felt a twinge in my back, it became muscle spasms’ Rory McIlroy is confident of defending his Players Championship title from Thursday despite withdrawing from the Arnold Palmer Invitational 35 minutes before his third round. McIlroy suffered back spasms and was unwilling...