McLaren driver accepts responsibility for clash with Australian teammate Formula One title battle intensifies ahead of United States Grand Prix Lando Norris will face “consequences” after McLaren held him responsible for the first-lap collision with Oscar Piastri in Singapore. The title protagonists banged wheels at turn two as Norris barged...
Sports quiz of the week: World Cup heroics, shock defeats and sumo
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Alisson out of Liverpool v Manchester United clash as Premier League returns – football live
Latest news and comment before weekend’s action Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail Taha Arne Slot has the injury updates: Ryan Gravenberch is “completely fit”, Ibrahima Konaté is training … but Alisson will not play this weekend and has yet to return to practise. After losing...
Oisin Murphy: ‘I found escapism but also an awful lot of trouble in the bottle’
Champion jockey on pursuit of sobriety, his April car crash, a voracious need to win – and the poetry of Sylvia Plath ‘I didn’t feel good,” Oisin Murphy says with a grimace as he gestures towards the birthday cards still standing in his house more than a month since he...
Rain saves England at Women’s World Cup and ruins Pakistan hopes of historic win
England 133-9, Pakistan 34-0; match abandoned Nat Sciver-Brunt admits England ‘weren’t good enough’ Pakistan came agonisingly close to their first one-day international win against England in Colombo on Wednesday, reaching 34 without loss in pursuit of a DLS-adjusted target of 113 before torrential downpours curtailed their hopes of making history....
George Russell stays at Mercedes next season but door not shut on pursuit of Verstappen
Team to stick by driver pairing before regulation change Wolff remains keen on signing Dutch world champion George Russell will remain with Mercedes for next season after the Formula One team confirmed they would be sticking with their drivers in 2026. But the length of the contracts signed by the...
India to host 2030 Commonwealth Games – next stop the 2036 Olympics?
Ahmedabad is also bid city for 2036 summer Games Concerns over mismanagement and governance issues India will be formally approved as hosts of the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030 next month as the country steps up its ambitions to stage the 2036 Olympics. Commonwealth Sport says its executive board had...
Rangers push to seal Kevin Muscat deal after Danny Röhl withdraws from race
German coach follows Steven Gerrard in dropping out Muscat is currently in charge of China’s Shanghai Port Rangers face increased pressure to complete a deal for Kevin Muscat to become their new manager after another leading candidate, Danny Röhl, made it known he has withdrawn from the process. Röhl, who...
Could Trump really move World Cup games? The facts behind his threats
Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he could take World Cup matches away from US cities he deems ‘unsafe’. Here’s what he said – and what powers he does and doesn’t have Continue reading...
England captain Zoe Aldcroft on winning World Cup: ‘We had so much belief’
Back from partying in Ibiza after a ‘massive whirlwind’, the Gloucester-Hartpury forward is now focused on success in the Premiership Women’s Rugby “I was telling myself: ‘Don’t cry right now, Zoe. Do not cry right now.’ But I just knew that we’d done it.” Zoe Aldcroft is reflecting on the...