Live updates from all the action at Melbourne Park Dramatic day two marred by retirements | Email Katy What a song this is btw. It gets me a bit teary every time. And here’s Jack Snape on that big disappointment for Joint. At 19, though, there’ll be many more chances...
Not like the old days? In truth, there has never been a better time to watch sport | Sean Ingle
For all the golden moments, rewatching coverage from 40 years ago was a lesson in how much things have improved Forty years ago this month, the Pet Shop Boys track West End Girls topped the charts. Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton and Chelsea were locked in a four-way battle for the...
Thomas Frank insists ‘everything normal’ despite turmoil at Tottenham
Manager has ‘been feeling the trust’ from club hierarchy Spurs hampered by injury crisis before visit of Dortmund Thomas Frank has insisted the Tottenham hierarchy are standing with him in the face of the storm gripping the club. The manager’s job is in the balance, his situation precarious after the...
Shaka Hislop: ‘It might take another 100 years to dismantle racism but we’ll get there’
Former Newcastle goalkeeper opens up on the abuse he has received and using the platform footballers have to support an anti-racism charity It was a chance encounter that would ultimately help change countless lives for the better but, at the time, all Shaka Hislop wanted to do was escape. As...
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with award Fifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prize There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World...
Arsenal overtake Chelsea at the top of WSL-dominated football rich list
Gunners top list for first time with £22.2m revenue NWSL clubs not included on Deloitte’s yearly ranking Some of the richest clubs in women’s football saw their revenues increase by 35% last year, with Arsenal generating the largest revenue in Europe for the first time since Deloitte began charting the...
Champions Cup roundup: Saracens face last-16 tie at Bath after defeat against Glasgow
Saracens to play Prem champions after losing to Warriors Harlequins defeat La Rochelle to help Leicester progress Saracens will travel to face Bath in the round of 16 after being beaten 28-3 by Glasgow in their final pool match at Scotstoun. Most of the points came in the first half,...
Coco Gauff secures solid Australian Open first-round win despite serve issues
American third seed beats Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 ‘I just want to win the tournament,’ says 21-year-old Coco Gauff made a solid start to the Australian Open as she secured a relatively straightforward victory on Rod Laver Arena, moving past Kamilla Rakhimova of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second...
Kyren Wilson holds off John Higgins to secure his first Masters title
World No 2 defeats ‘legend and idol’ 10-6 in final ‘I’m trying not to cry because it means so much’ Kyren Wilson collected his first Masters title to thwart John Higgins’s hopes of making more history after a cagey final replete with uncharacteristic errors from both players. Higgins was seeking...
Morocco’s Regragui calls Thiaw ‘shameful’ after Afcon final descends into chaos
Morocco head coach furious after Senegal leave pitch in protest Post-match press conference held up by arguments among media The Morocco head coach, Walid Regragui, accused Senegal’s Pape Thiaw of having brought shame on African football after Morocco failed to win the Africa Cup of Nations in what he termed...