Sale 27-10 Gloucester Sale launch new season with bonus-point victory Thursday may be the new Friday in some walks of life but when it comes to Prem rugby, the jury is still out. Sale’s victory over Gloucester to kick off the new season was workmanlike, enough to earn a bonus...
What makes three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatà so great?
Only three footballers have won three straight Ballon d’Or awards: Lionel Messi, Michel Platini and Bonmatà By WhoScored Winning one Ballon d’Or is the mark of footballing greatness, winning two puts you in a very exclusive group of greats, but winning three in a row? That gives 27-year-old Aitana BonmatÃ...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Marc Guéhi faces Liverpool, Xavi Simons wants a central role at Spurs and Arsenal must be wary of Sandro Tonali Premier League top scorers: latest Golden Boot race Manchester United have shown signs of improvement this season. Though the reporting has been of a crisis, had they even a mediocre...
John McGinn kickstarts Aston Villa’s season with victory against Bologna
At last, a first win of the season for Aston Villa. They made harder work of it than they might have done against limited opponents, and there were rather more nervous moments than there probably should have been, but a win’s a win and, after the start to the season...
Sports quiz of the week: Ryder Cup, Rugby World Cup final and a rebrand
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Genk’s Oh Hyeon-gyu seals winning return to Glasgow and deepens Rangers’ gloom
More punishment for Rangers at the hand of a Belgian opponent. A familiar combination of self-destruction and the poor defending endemic under Russell Martin deepened Ibrox’s gloom. Reduced to 10 after Mohamed Diomande’s reckless first-half challenge, insult was added by Genk’s goal being scored by a former Celtic striker in...
Nottinghamshire’s unfancied men lead them to County Championship title
The head coach, Peter Moores, and the captain, Haseeb Hameed, both long-since rejected by England, inspired team to first pennant since 2010 Nottinghamshire, who only just darted away from the closing doors of relegation last summer, are the surprise winners of the 2025 County Championship, ending Surrey’s run of wins...
Europe have the talent and confidence to shatter American hopes – Ryder Cup needs an away win
The shadow boxing is over now but every serious competition needs jeopardy and home teams cannot prevail time and again What made Keegan Bradley’s opening ceremony blooper, when he muddled surnames, so outstanding was not the basic fact Justin Rose is an Englishman who could not possibly have sunk the...
The wrong Bury: footballer takes 200-mile diversion after mixing up towns
Spalding’s Lewis White arrives in time for final minutes Manager: ‘He must have been in a world of his own’ A non-league defender played a vital cameo in securing three away points for his team on Tuesday night. But in playing the last two minutes of Spalding’s backs-to-the-wall away win...
Home fans turn up heat on Luke Donald at fiery Ryder Cup opening ceremony
Europe’s captain was roundly booed but took his chance to subtly highlight the issue of payment for the US team, too Turns out that European is only the second-worst thing you can be at Bethpage this week. Luke Donald and his team may have been booed at the opening ceremony...