Category: Sports

German is being asked to ditch the benevolent nativism of previous managers and stay on target for World Cup glory Over what range will you fire? Probably not more than 400ft. Will the gentleman be moving? Stationary. What about the chances of a second shot? Well, I might get the chance....

World No 2 edges out Lagergren at third extra hole ‘I’m so lucky I get to do this in front of these people’ Rory McIlroy savoured “a pretty cool year” after adding a second Irish Open title to his Masters win. The world No 2 completed the career grand slam...

Australian told to let Norris pass after pit-stop error Piastri has ‘no regrets’ after championship lead cut Lando Norris bullishly dismissed criticism of McLaren for using team orders at the Italian Grand Prix, saying the team would continue to do what they felt was right “no matter what people say”....

Spaniard wins final 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 Alcaraz new world No 1 after victory When Carlos Alcaraz is fully focused and his impossibly complete game is in full flow, nothing in the world can stop him. As he has spent the early years of his career collecting major titles at...

Goalkeeper open to making move by Friday Interest follows signing of Senne Lammens Manchester United and Trabzonspor have reached a verbal agreement to take André Onana on loan, with the goalkeeper understood to be open to completing the move before Turkey’s transfer window closes on Friday. The Cameroonian has lost...

Midfielder impressed in 2-0 win against Andorra ‘For this performance he is clearly in the mix’ Thomas Tuchel suggested that he will start Elliot Anderson against Serbia after the Nottingham Forest midfielder enjoyed a promising debut as England’s No 6 in their 2-0 win over Andorra. Anderson was one of...

Spaniard won in Paris, Italian took the title at Wimbledon. Part three in New York could be another classic On a tranquil evening in Manhattan last week, Carlos Alcaraz was making his exit from an Italian restaurant with his sizeable support team when he unexpectedly found himself staring at a...

England’s final group match put the hosts in the rare position of a close encounter – but they passed the test in the end You can measure a good team by how many they’ve won, or you can measure them by how many they might have lost but didn’t. The...

Pool A: USA 60-0 Samoa Tafuna scores four tries as USA finish third in Pool A There was only one thing on the agenda in York on Saturday afternoon: points. The reality was always going to be that the United States would pick up a first win of the tournament...

Pool B: Canada 40-19 Scotland; Wales 25-28 Fiji Scotland to face England, Canada take on Australia Avoiding England was the objective on a beautifully bright and breezy day in Devon. But if they keep performing like this, avoiding Canada will become an equally pressing concern. They top Pool B after...