Category: Sports

Addresses media for first time since losing friends in car accident Former world champion to return to ring in tune-up for Tyson Fury bout Anthony Joshua has stressed that rather than coming to terms with his own grief after the car accident in which two of his closest friends died...

World No 1 wins 7-5, 6-3 to reach quarter-finals ‘Really important they put match as night session’ Three years after the Roland Garros organisers last declared a women’s match worthy of being called the best of the day in Paris, the total collapse of one half of the men’s draw...

Series against New Zealand will be a litmus test to see if the leadership team’s failed approach has really changed There’s a quote from Legacy, James Kerr’s book about the All Blacks, that I have always liked: “Our values decide our character, our character decides our value.” As England’s Test...

Julian Nagelsmann will rely on a Bayern-based core, but individual class is in worryingly short supply This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries...

Second major of the year is wide open after exits of Sinner and Djokovic, paving way for a first-time finalist in Paris In the immediate aftermath of one of the most significant wins of his career, a victory over the unheralded Zachary Svajda that sent him into his first quarter-final...

Plymouth chief executive calls move ‘difficult decision’ Players included in email will not have contract renewed Plymouth Argyle have told the vast majority of their women’s first-team players their contracts will not be renewed this summer, the Guardian has learned, just weeks after they narrowly missed out on promotion to...

Re-enthroned Champions League-winning club should have always been this good but Qatar’s propaganda project is finally listening to an elite manager Paris est mythique. There was nothing understated, no obvious shades of faux humilité about the headline in L’Équipe after Paris Saint-Germain had been re-enthroned as Champions League winners on...

To better highlight the whole field among Europe’s elite, we chose an XI that couldn’t feature more than one player from any one team This year we are picking a team of the season with a difference: I am allowed only one player per team. Of course, as finalists Paris...

Fewer than 60,000 saw Wigan beat Hull KR in the Challenge Cup final and the sport needs to address its attendance problem There was more Challenge Cup history under the Wembley arch on Saturday afternoon as Wigan Warriors secured a record-extending victory in rugby league’s most prestigious competition. But there...

Striker was going to leave club before U-turn ‘I’m very impressed how she handled that’ The Manchester City head coach, Andrée Jeglertz, heaped praise on his side’s prolific striker Khadija Shaw for not allowing speculation about her future to hinder her performances, after she continued her fine ­goalscoring form with...