No boxer has ever represented his country to this degree: Usyk is a living embodiment of his nation’s defiance of the Russian invasion Perhaps the most striking part of the surge of controlled fury that ended this heavyweight title fight wasn’t the short right or the clubbing left that took...
Feel v theory at the Open: MacIntyre and DeChambeau try to navigate Portrush chaos
The Scot and the American find different ways to crack the links before worst of weather and give themselves a chance this weekend You could feel the bad weather closing in on Royal Portrush during Friday morning. The atmosphere around the links grew stickier, and sweatier, every minute, and soon...
Tour de France: Pogacar pulls more than four minutes clear with stage 13 victory
Defending champion eases to time-trial triumph Vingegaard finishes second with Roglic in third A breathless Jonas Vingegaard slumped exhaustedly over his bike on another baking Pyrenean afternoon, after Tadej Pogacar inflicted a further crushing defeat in the mountain time trial to the altiport at Peyragudes. The second time trial in...
Havana Hurricane can blow rivals away in Newbury Super Sprint
Eve Johnson Houghton’s Royal Ascot winner has plenty in his favour in Saturday’s traditionally competitive contest Eve Johnson Houghton has drawn a blank with 14 previous runners in the Super Sprint at Newbury and recently described it as her “unluckiest race”, but she may never have a better chance to...
Starmer backs bid to bring 2029 World Athletics Championships to London
UK government will give £35m to help push for event Previous successes leave city in strong position for bid London is in prime position to stage the 2029 World Athletics Championships after finally securing a substantial government funding commitment for the bid. It is understood that the UK government has...
Meet the unlikely double act who have found key to unlock real Daniel Dubois
One is a former child soldier, the other lost 30% of his brain to a boxing injury, and together they’ve built the Briton into fighter who can challenge Usyk ‘We understand human psychology because of what we went through rather than going to university to study it,” Don Charles says...
My message to the Lions: own the experience and convert it into your fuel | Ugo Monye
The tourists are favourites against Australia, who need everything to go their way if they are to compete in this series There is nothing that can compare to running out for a British & Irish Lions Test for the first time. I was speaking to Andy Farrell this week and...
‘Still not sure’: Shane Lowry casts doubt over two-shot penalty decision at Open
Irishman penalised for ball roll during practice swing ‘I didn’t want to get slaughtered for being a cheat’ Shane Lowry said he was conscious of his reputation after accepting a two-stroke penalty for a rules infringement during the second round of the Open. Lowry was adamant he did not see...
England’s Hannah Hampton hits the headlines in latest act of unlikely career
Bloodied-nose penalty heroine against Sweden was born with a serious eye condition that still affects her vision The image of Terry Butcher’s blood-stained shirt during an England draw against Sweden in 1989 is immortalised in the country’s football history. Now another English player’s stoic display against Sweden – this time...
Spain see off stubborn Swiss to reach semis despite two missed penalties
“Spain is Spain,” Switzerland’s talismanic captain, Lia Wälti, had warned and, in the quarter-final between the host nation and the world champions, Spain Spained, crushing the resolve of a team that had played in an inspired fashion. The hosts had more than clung on, they fought, roared on by a...