Visa application rejected before world championships Van de Velde was jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl Netherlands beach volleyball player and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde has been banned from entering Australia for the looming world titles. Van de Velde had been named in a Dutch team to...
‘Divisive’ Rodgers leaves Celtic and is replaced by O’Neill as interim manager
Desmond calls Rodgers ‘misleading and self-serving’ Manager resigns with club eight points behind Hearts The scale of recent disharmony inside Celtic has come to light with the resignation of Brendan Rodgers. By way of immediate response the club’s main – and typically publicity-shy – shareholder, Dermot Desmond, has remarkably unleashed...
Boxing Day could be left with just one Premier League match
TV deals and squeezed calendar cause conundrum Boxing Day lands on Friday, which has one broadcast slot The traditional Boxing Day feast of top-flight football may end up looking like leftovers this winter, with a squeezed calendar meaning there may be only one Premier League fixture. Boxing Day lands on...
Freeman’s walk-off homer lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays in 18-inning World Series epic
Dodgers win in 18, tying longest World Series game Ohtani reaches base postseason-record nine times LA lead 2-1 in series ahead of Tuesday’s Game 4 Freddie Freeman hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to give the Dodgers a 6–5 victory over the Toronto Blue...
Jannik Sinner calls out grand slams for delaying welfare and prize money talks
No good reason for inaction by grand slams, Sinner says Players want contributions towards welfare benefits Jannik Sinner has criticised the grand slam tournaments for failing to engage with repeated requests from the world’s top stars to discuss prize money and welfare benefits for lower-ranked players. The Guardian has learned...
Bellingham scores clásico winner as Real Madrid pull clear of Barcelona
The clock in the Santiago Bernabéu showed 98:40 when Pedri picked up the ball on the edge of his area and went on the final run of an exhausting afternoon when so much happened that it was not just the players who struggled to keep up. Here was one last...
Shaun Wane requires herculean Ashes effort after England’s Wembley mauling
The head coach must add steel to halt Australia, with Morgan Smithies and AJ Brimson pushing for starts The scoreline alone offers concrete evidence of how underwhelming England were against Australia in the first Ashes Test on Saturday, but if anyone needed further proof, a glimpse around the Wembley crowd...
Saracens’ Noah Caluori called up by England for autumn internationals
19-year-old wing scored five tries on first Prem start Borthwick has picked 36-player squad for four matches Noah Caluori, the 19-year-old ÂSaracens wing, has been named in England’s autumn internationals squad by Steve Borthwick. Caluori burst on to the Prem scene by scoring five tries against Sale on 18 October...
NFL roundup: Jets snatch first win of season; Giants’ Skattebo suffers gruesome ankle injury
Jets come back from 14-point deficit in fourth quarter Costly injuries blight Eagles’ win over Giants Breece Hall rushed for two second-half touchdowns and threw a four-yard TD pass to Mason Taylor with 1:54 left, helping the New York Jets edge the Cincinnati Bengals for their first win of the...
England crush New Zealand in final group match but Ecclestone injured
England, 172-2, bt New Zealand, 168, by eight wkts Sophie Ecclestone hurts shoulder while fielding England finished the group stages of the World Cup with a dominant eight-wicket win against a limp New Zealand, after bowling them out for 168 in 38.2 overs. Sophie Devine’s final one-day international ended in...