Coach comes out of five-man shortlist to land role Will aim to help England lift Rugby League World Cup The former Leeds Rhinos coach Brian McDermott will be named as Shaun Wane’s successor as head coach of the England men’s national team later this week. McDermott, the most successful coach...
London to host historic first team time trial for Tour de France Femmes in 2027
Circuit of approximately 18km to finish on the Mall GB’s Cat Ferguson among favourites for yellow jersey London will provide the backdrop for a landmark moment in cycling history as it hosts the first team time trial in the women’s Tour de France next year. The best riders in the...
Vibrating crotches, anal beads and suspicious minds: the long, strange history of chess cheats | Sean Ingle
The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport There really is, it turns out, a true story involving cheating in chess and a vibrating crotch. Only this one is a whodunnit that dates back more than...
Premier League clubs unhappy at rising costs of Independent Football Regulator
IFR budget has risen from £10m previously projected Levy imposed on clubs will be tiny fraction of revenues Premier League clubs are increasingly unhappy at the Independent Football Regulator’s (IFR’s) rising costs and uncertainty about how much each club will be made to pay. Premier League and EFL clubs have...
EFL permutations: what’s at stake in midweek for the Championship and beyond?
Leicester City, the champions of England 10 years ago, could be relegated on Tuesday, with plenty more ups and downs to be resolved in the next few days Promoted: Coventry City.Relegated: Sheffield Wednesday. Continue reading...
West Ham earn point at Crystal Palace to relegate Wolves and widen gap to Spurs
Slowly but surely, West Ham are edging their way to safety. While this battling draw against a Crystal Palace side with their minds elsewhere proved terminal to his former club Wolves as it confirmed their relegation, Nuno Espírito Santo had to be satisfied with a point that may be crucial...
Stan Moody ‘gutted’ as Wilson reels in teenage star with seven-frame surge
Youngster beaten 10-7 at Crucible after leading 7-3 Higgins beats Carter to set up possible O’Sullivan clash Stan Moody came up just short in his bid to become the first teenager to win a match at the World Snooker Championship since 2005 as he fell to a 10-7 defeat to...
‘I’m not the boss’: Lando Norris is articulate, open and intelligent – when he’s allowed to be
F1’s latest world champion speaks with deep candour about overcoming his insecurities but questions about Max Verstappen and regulations? Off limits There are always complications and difficulties in Formula One, as there are in life and even in this interview. On a beautiful evening at a lavish golf club in...
‘Drinks and a burger’ fuel Mark Allen’s Crucible comeback win over Zhang
Allen rallies from 5-3 down to win 10-6 in first round Hawkins, Williams and Xiao Guodong also advance Mark Allen revealed how “bad food” and a few drinks fuelled his surge into the second round of the World Snooker Championship after he swallowed up a two-frame overnight deficit to crush...
Raducanu withdraws from Madrid Open as illness absence nears two months
British player has been out of action since early March Rybakina wins her second Porsche at Stuttgart Open Emma Raducanu will extend her absence from the WTA Tour because of a viral illness to two months after she withdrew from the coming week’s Madrid Open. Raducanu has not competed since...