Heavyweight vows to clear his name with bout cancelled Fighter cites elbow treatment and hopes ‘sense prevails’ Lawrence Okolie has pledged to clear his name after a failed drugs test that has led to the cancellation of his heavyweight bout against Tony Yoka this weekend. The British fighter, a former...
The Breakdown | Erin King looks to lift Ireland: ‘It was tough some days to keep showing up’
After overcoming a debilitating injury, the Ireland captain is relishing the prospect of a grudge match against France Twelve months ago Erin King was not only told she may never play rugby again but faced the possibility of being unable to even run. Fast forward to now and the 22-year-old...
Leicester relegated to League One, 10 years on from Premier League triumph
Ten years after a legendary, against-the-odds Premier League triumph, five years since winning the FA Cup, and a single season after dropping out of the top flight, Leicester City will be relegated to the third tier of English football. For a club that experienced real tragedy not long ago it...
Depression candy and death stares: inside the secret world of the tennis locker room
Coco Gauff, Belinda Bencic and Jannik Sinner give an insight into what really goes on behind the scenes in the loneliest communal space in sport Back in the locker room after a successful first-round performance at the Australian Open in January, Coco Gauff caught a glimpse of a friendly face...
‘Not just for us’ – Chelsea Women to play all WSL games at Stamford Bridge from next season
Champions to leave Kingsmeadow at end of campaign ‘It’s for every player to have worn shirt,’ says open letter Chelsea Women have announced that Stamford Bridge will host all their Women’s Super League games from next season. They will become the fourth top-flight club to move their women’s team to...
Guardiola dismisses ‘stupid things’ said about City celebrations after beating Arsenal
Rooney and Murphy question scenes after victory Guardiola: ‘They won. How can they not celebrate it?’ Pep Guardiola has hit out at criticism of Manchester City’s celebrations following Sunday’s victory over Arsenal, describing such comments as “stupid things”. At the final whistle of the 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium,...
Gianluigi Buffon: ‘You have a perception that you are unbeatable, almost omnipotent’
Italy’s legendary goalkeeper on getting used to retirement, the decline of Italian football and why he blames himself for Zidane’s World Cup final red card “I tear the gloves off my hands and my bare knuckles, reddened and soaked with sweat, shine in the neon light,” Gianluigi Buffon writes when...
Brighton subject Chelsea and Rosenior to fifth league defeat in a row without scoring
Perhaps time to celebrate Brighton’s achievements, though it would be hard not to view this windswept South Coast evening through the lens of Chelsea’s latest crisis. Following another grim chapter in the Liam Rosenior saga, his name taken in vain by angry away fans, Chelsea look on at Brighton as...
Why time is not on big-spending Joorabchian’s side in make-or-break season
After making a spectacular punt on racing and bloodstock, the football super-agent will be hoping for a swift return There was an unexpected, jarring moment in the winner’s enclosure at Newmarket last week as Kevin Philippart de Foy, the principal trainer for the football super-agent Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing operation,...
‘I hope it doesn’t get him down’: Usain Bolt tells Gout Gout to get ready to lose
‘It’s all about just learning right now,’ says Jamaican great Young Australian due to face world’s best in busy 2026 Like running fast, growing pains are something sprint lord Usain Bolt knows something about. So when he tells teenage phenomenon Gout Gout that his first steps into the world of...