Former Wales player signed roster deal with Jaguars Rees-Zammit, 24, planning for a return next season Louis Rees-Zammit has ended his American adventure and announced that he plans to return to rugby after spending 18 months in the NFL. Rees-Zammit signed an active roster deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars for...
Wallabies ready to rip into Lions after moving on from second Test controversy
Australia captain Harry Wilson says hosts remain fired up Injured David Porecki replaced by Brandon Paenga-Amosa Australian captain Harry Wilson has declared the Wallabies have “flipped the switch” and are primed to overcome the disappointment of last week’s loss in Melbourne to prevent a British & Irish Lions series sweep...
Gambhir’s India can’t escape the Fortis-verse on rain-hit day
Groundsman’s revenge at the Oval, and reminders of grim episode that reflects poorly on India’s head coach, and on the power dynamics of elite cricket Nothing does irony quite like Test cricket. Say what you like about the world’s most desiccated, Miss Havisham-ish team sport, out there trailing around the...
Golf’s elite hail Lottie Woad as ‘breath of fresh air’ before Open challenge
Nelly Korda and Charley Hull praise potential phenom after Woad’s Scottish Open triumph on her first professional start History suggests caution is advisable when assessing female golf phenoms. Michelle Wie won just a single major. Charley Hull has reached the age of 29 while scaling golfing heights, but it is...
Le Court claims Tour de France Femmes stage five win and yellow jersey amid team row
Kim Le Court almost caught by late Demi Vollering surge Visma and FDJ war of words goes on behind scenes Kim Le Court made the classic error of raising her arms just before the finish line, but survived a late lunge from a resurgent Demi Vollering to win stage five...
Dan Sheehan, Lions’ canny Superman, focuses on a Wallabies whitewash
Hailed as one of the world’s best players, the Irish hooker wants to end his remarkable season with victory in Sydney Dan Sheehan freely admits that his Superman dive for the British & Irish Lions’ first try in Melbourne last week was not out of the playbook. It was an...
Emma Raducanu eases into third round in Montreal after straight-sets win over Peyton Stearns
British No 1 continues run of good form at Canadian Open Raducanu will now face Amanda Anisimova or Lulu Sun Emma Raducanu continued her run of good form as she booked a place in the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal with a straight-sets win over Peyton...
Idaho’s Matteo Jorgenson gave it all for a Tour de France he could never win – and triumphed anyway
Assigned an unwinnable task, battling illness and fatigue, the American rider’s sacrifice helped bring down a giant. His Tour was not about glory, but purpose Tadej Pogačar’s victory looked certain as he flew up Butte Montmartre for the second of three times on the Tour de France’s final stage. His...
Amber Anning: ‘Gold is always the goal. Get to the final and then whatever happens, happens’
After the sorrow of 2021, the world indoor 400m champion is determined to finally take her chance to race in Toyko “That was quite tough to take,” says Amber Anning, thinking back to the selection process for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She finished eighth – “dead last” – in...
The evolution of referees: speed tests, data, psychologists and superfoods
PGMO puts its officials through their paces on the Costa Blanca and offers an insight into what goes on off the pitch “Three, two, one,” comes the countdown from Francis Bunce, a senior sports scientist at the referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO), before he blows the whistle to...