Dane wants time but before Saturday’s match against Liverpool, faithful are frustrated by stodgy performances There are plenty of well-known checkpoints in the life cycle of a Tottenham manager and we have reached one with Thomas Frank. It is the pleading for time bit. “If nobody gets this, nobody will...
Anthony Joshua overwhelms Jake Paul in six to restore boxing sanity in Miami
Joshua stops Paul in sixth after four knockdowns Trump weighs in on fight from Air Force One Victor eyes Fury after hospitalizing Paul with broken jaw Women’s boxing shines on Miami undercard Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua – as it happened Anthony Joshua did what he was meant to do...
Maresca plays dangerous game as confusion reigns after his Chelsea grenade
Club remain bemused by head coach creating speculation he has issues with the hierarchy who want to avoid drama at all costs One of the theories doing the rounds this week is that Enzo Maresca is behaving like someone who wants to be sacked. He has stumbled into a fight...
‘They like a good night out’: German darts fans find a (mostly) friendly rivalry at Alexandra Palace
Around a quarter of all tickets for the world championship were sold to visitors from Germany. How did a country with no world-class player get hooked? They walk among us, sit among us, sing among us. They speak perfect English, hunt in packs, down industrial quantities of Amstel just like...
Mikel Arteta admits long-term future at Arsenal dependent on winning silverware
Spaniard approaches sixth anniversary in charge Arteta ‘has to earn the right to be here tomorrow’ Mikel Arteta has conceded his long-term future at Arsenal is dependent on winning silverware as he prepares to celebrate his sixth anniversary in charge. The Spaniard was appointed on 20 December 2019 and led...
Australia on cusp of Ashes triumph as Nathan Lyon dulls England’s glimmer of hope
Third Test, D4: Australia 371 & 349; England 286 & 207-6 Spinner strikes late as tourists briefly threaten record run chase There was a time when England players threw around phrases like “the more the better”, such was their confidence in the chase. But tasked with knocking off a world...
Chess: Magnus Carlsen back in World Rapid and Blitz as Fide signals jeansgate peace
The Norwegian world No 1 will compete at Doha next week, a year after he was penalised for wearing jeans in New York One year ago, the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, and the global chess body, Fide, were at loggerheads after the Norwegian was penalised for wearing jeans at...
Beau Greaves: ‘I started beating better players and the penny dropped: I can be good enough to do this full-time’
Back at the PDC world championship for the first time since 2022, the women’s world champion means business, starting on Friday against the world No 22 “When I was younger, they thought I was a mute,” Beau Greaves says with a wry smile, thinking about all the ways darts has...
Charlotte Dujardin ‘very emotional’ at warm reception after horse-whipping ban
British rider returns to high-level competition in London Triple Olympic champion speaks of ‘real buzz to be back’ Charlotte Dujardin has admitted feeling “very emotional” at the warm reception received from supporters in the former Olympic dressage champion’s first major event after serving a one-year ban from the sport following...
Anger spreads over Afcon schedule as Morocco seek to end half-century wait
Fifa’s lack of concern for African football’s key money-spinner has led to inadequate preparation time With the hosts, Morocco, taking on the island nation of Comoros in the Africa Cup of Nations opener in Rabat on Sunday, there is no mistaking the excitement across the continent. Football is akin to...