Category: Sports

RFL says game on despite alleged Leigh owner complaint Holders Wigan hitting form at the right time Friday night’s Super League playoff semi-final between Leigh Leopards and Wigan Warriors is expected to go ahead as planned, but only after it was overshadowed by a controversy that could only really happen...

Rebranded second tier should be signalling a brave new world this weekend but uncertainty over promotion and relegation again clouds the picture This weekend should, in theory, bring the gateway to a brave new world. The old Championship, the second tier of English club rugby, has morphed into “the Champ”...

Sunderland eye an upset at Old Trafford, Arsenal hope to settle old scores with West Ham and Everton look blunt Unbeaten in the league since their Friday night opener at Anfield, Bournemouth’s early momentum has been stalled by consecutive draws: at home to Newcastle and at Leeds last week. Fulham...

The Argentinian looks set to break the record for the youngest GM after winning the Legends and Prodigies tournament in Madrid Faustino Oro, the 11-year-old “chess Messi” from Argentina, set new world records for his age when he won last week’s Legends and Prodigies tournament in Madrid with an unbeaten...

Ange Postecoglou finds himself in an ominously tight spot after 23 days in the job. As Midtjylland streamed forward on the counterattack in the 88th minute, the Nottingham Forest manager rested his hands on his head, convinced how the next few seconds would play out. Forest, as he feared, would...

If the two captains fail to shake hands at the Women’s Cricket World Cup it will deliver another blow to ping-pong diplomacy It is mere years that women in the subcontinent have been taken seriously as cricketers. For generations, they faced scorn, disapproval, ostracism – even the threat of violence...

Updates from the second match in Tauranga Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email As the players go through their final warm-ups at Bay Oval, we might take a look back at Game One. Both teams arrived in hot form, with Australia on a tear of 15 victories from...

Don Rea Jr writes letter to organization’s members European players and wives were verbally abused The president of the PGA of America, who had initially dismissed abuse directed at Europe’s players during this year’s Ryder Cup as no worse than at “a youth soccer game”, has issued an apology. “Let...

Australia, 326, beat New Zealand, 237, by 89 runs Gardner scores 115 off 83 balls Ashleigh Gardner struck the third-fastest century in a Women’s Cricket World Cup as Australia began their title defence by beating New Zealand by 89 runs in Indore. Gardner scored 115 runs off 83 balls with...

Decision would be made by game’s governing body Montagliani: ‘It’s Fifa’s tournament and jurisdiction’ Any decision to move matches from World Cup cities for 2026 must be taken by Fifa, not Donald Trump, a vice-­president of the organisation has said. Victor Montagliani, who is also the president of Concacaf, the...