⚽️ News and previews ahead of another busy weekend⚽️ Latest football news | Email Barry In news that is unlikely to come as much of a surprise to many, Marcus Rashford has made it clear he wants to stay at Barcelona as he gears up for his first El Clasico...
The epic three-way F1 title tussle at the Mexico Grand Prix … in 1964
In an extract from his new book, our Formula One correspondent tells how a race featuring Graham Hill, John Surtees and Jim Clark chimes with this year’s title fight Formula One entered the 1964 season finale at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City with a first for the championship:...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Marc Guiu faces Sunderland reunion, Manchester United seek a minor three-peat and Mohamed Salah has to step up Leeds host West Ham in a Friday night match that, even at this early stage of the season, looks very much like a quintessential relegation six-pointer. Elland Road is a wonderfully atmospheric...
Megan Nicholls: ‘If you can buy a horse that has a heart and willingness to go with it, you’re halfway there’
Presenter and former jockey explains her new role helping her father, Paul, get back to racing’s top table It is an indication of the exceptionally high standards at Paul Nicholls’s Ditcheat yard over the past quarter of a century that two third-place finishes in the jumps trainers’ championship, with at...
Research reveals racist chants on rise in Israeli football – with Maccabi Tel Aviv the worst offenders
Kick It Out Israel finds 367 instances in 2024-25 Of those, 118 were linked to Maccabi supporters Racist chanting by Israeli football fans grew rapidly over the past year, data shows, with Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters the most likely to engage in discriminatory behaviour. The research was conducted by Kick...
Australia v India: second men’s one-day international – live
Australia need 265 to win the ODI at Adelaide Oval Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 2nd over: India 1-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 0) Josh Hazlewood begins with a maiden and no surprise that India are cautious against the metronomic Australian quick after he caused the top order...
Claudia Moloney-MacDonald: ‘Winning the World Cup was monumental – much bigger than us’
Red Roses wing says her Exeter Chiefs side are aiming to raise the bar on eve of new Premiership Women’s Rugby season Saying the team comes first is one thing. Actually meaning it, and backing up that simple statement with action, is quite another. When the England wing Claudia Moloney-MacDonald...
Arne Slot left to ‘hope for the best’ after injured Isak forced off against Frankfurt
‘Isak had to go off because he felt his groin,’ says manager Striker played first half of 5-1 Champions League rout Arne Slot welcomed an emphatic end to Liverpool’s losing run but fears he could be without Alexander Isak for several weeks after the British record signing sustained a groin...
Fide to investigate Kramnik over attacks on Naroditsky as chess reels from player’s death
Chess world mourns 29-year-old streaming pioneer Kramnik criticized for reckless cheating accusations Fide CEO’s statement prompts calls for resignation The International Chess Federation (Fide) said on Wednesday it is examining former world champion Vladimir Kramnik’s public attacks on Daniel Naroditsky, the American grandmaster whose sudden death at 29 has stunned...
Marc Guiu and Estêvão cash in for Chelsea as 10-man Ajax self-destruct
It is a sad fact of modern life for Ajax that their name commands more respect than their football these days. They were once the team of the moment, pushing tactical boundaries they ruled the continent in the 1970s, and they even fielded the youngest starting lineup in the history...