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India are in the box seat after adding an extra 127 runs owing to missed catches, poor bowling and odd field placement Fielding is an attitude, Shane Warne would often say. To the extent it could be tempting at times to conclude Shane Warne didn’t have 37 different nuggets of...

The Hertfordshire town has become a rugby union hotbed, with Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje among recent club alumni Sixty minutes until kick-off in the third Test and it’s getting busy at Harpenden RFC. Derek Wallace, the clubhouse manager, hardly has time for a handshake. He’s in the kitchen cooking...

Talks deadlocked over asking price of rail terminal site Freightliner’s £400m demand could delay £4.2bn build Manchester United’s plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium next to Old Trafford are facing delays due to a standoff over the price of land needed to begin work on the construction of the proposed...

Quinn yard notch second win in race in three years Mullins calls for Thurles to be saved after shock closure Three of the dozen runners in the Group Two King George Stakes at Goodwood on Friday had a Group One success to their name and all but one had at...

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Familiar tones of rage, pain and betrayal that envelop men’s football were missing during England’s joyful run to glory “You can’t stand their voices? ALL women’s voices?” “Yes.” “Are you married to a woman?” “I am. And she feels the same.” Hmm. To be fair to Dave from Egham, whose...

British No 1 beaten 6-2, 6-1 in Montreal third round Anisimova lines up meeting with Elina Svitolina Emma Raducanu has crashed out of the Canadian Open in straight sets, going down 6-2, 6-1 to the American fifth seed Amanda Anisimova in the third round. Raducanu had won both of their...

Hamilton is struggling for success with the Scuderia but has appreciated that he must do more than drive Success breeds expectation as Lewis Hamilton, who has enjoyed both like few other drivers in Formula One, knows only too well. Having set himself the task of returning a title for Ferrari,...

French rider attacks on Col du Granier to take stage seven Kim Le Court dropped but recovers to retain yellow jersey Maëva Squiban fuelled joyous scenes in the Haute-Savoie, winning the first high mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes in Chambéry, just 24 hours after taking victory...

Australia will have other ideas but Andy Farrell’s team are intent on sealing the clean sweep with a triumph that would stand the test of time As the 2025 British & Irish Lions prepare for their last hurrah there are distant echoes of former glories in the damp Sydney air....