Category: Sports

Despite working on the transfer all summer Tottenham felt their north London rivals were always waiting to pounce for the Crystal Palace man It was towards the end of June when it became clear that Tottenham were considering a move for Eberechi Eze, one to install him as the centrepiece...

Red Roses have lost only once to Friday’s opponents but refuse to get caught up in the hype of a home tournament The talking will stop and the sport get under way on Friday night when the Red Roses raise the curtain on the most anticipated women’s rugby tournament of...

USA center was ‘the kid in the pink scrum cap’ then soared with a winning blend of speed, power and body positivity One Saturday in September 2014, the women’s rugby team from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut travelled to Norwich, Vermont. On the home team, a powerful 18-year-old prop scored three...

He turned 40 earlier this year but the Northamptonshire player and Karachi Kings coach is not done yet By Wisden Cricket Monthly At some point during our chat in the back garden of a Hertfordshire coffeehouse, most likely between the account of his recent hundred for England Legends and his...

With Leverkusen and Dortmund in transition after losing key players, the stage is set for champions to reign again The newly named Franz Beckenbauer Supercup has many uses. Unlike some of its continental counterparts, this curtain-raising meeting between league and cup winners tends to brim with a pleasing intensity. It...

In a draw filled with many of the best singles tennis players in the world, the Italians made a decisive case for the importance of teamwork in this discipline Across two frantic days in New York, Andrea Vavassori and Sara Errani repeatedly made their intentions clear. As the only doubles...

Shearing off extraneous matter is how the featherless chicken was hatched. But ditching field events is too much plucking You don’t hear much about the featherless chicken any more, which on reflection is probably for the best. The idea was simple enough: for poultry-rearing purposes feathers are a nuisance, bearing...

Birr Castle, a 150-1 pacemaker, had 20-length lead Ombudsman now targeting Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe test A summer of odd and muddling Group One races continued as Ombudsman, the favourite, eventually stayed on well through the final furlong to win the International Stakes by three and a half lengths,...

As Alexander Isak pushes hard to leave Newcastle, here’s a reminder of those who have taken a similar path Following Alexander Isak’s decision to post an incendiary message on Instagram as part of his increasingly bitter attempt to force an exit from Newcastle, we look at how some others Premier...

As she prepares for final tournament, two-time Wimbledon champion is grateful for her ‘second career’ after 2016 knife attack It would be tempting for Petra Kvitova to dwell on what might have been as she prepares for what will be her last tournament before she retires from tennis. For all...