The Swedish striker has become more meme than man but he is the very good thing fans asked for, on a tray, ready to go The current edition of France Football magazine has a photo of Viktor Gyökeres on the cover. Not that I’ve looked at it much, or pored...
Chess: Rachel Reeves announces £1.5m fund as London ChessFest attracts 20,000 visitors
‘We are allocating £1.5m to help identify, support and elevate top-tier players’ ChessFest in Trafalgar Square attracted more than 20,000 visitors last Sunday, slightly below last year’s record 23,000 but still indicating strong public interest. England’s grandmasters gave simuls and met amateurs at blitz, living chess was played with professional...
Joe Ofahengaue stars in Leigh’s statement victory over St Helens
St Helens 4-16 Leigh Leopards Ofahengaue scores two tries as Leigh close on top two Super League has rather impatiently been waiting for a new first-time champion for far too long. You have to go back more than two decades – to Leeds Rhinos in 2004 – to find the...
Daniel Dubois shrugs off Canelo Álvarez’s $500,000 bet against him
Mexican is convinced Oleksandr Usyk will beat Dubois ‘It don’t mean nothing. He’s going to lose his money’ Daniel Dubois has warned Canelo Álvarez that he will lose $500,000 on Saturday night after the Mexican superstar placed a sizeable bet against him. Álvarez, the richest and most celebrated fighter in...
Rory McIlroy flirts with 2019 Open nightmare but recovers to keep dream intact | Sean Ingle
A bungled opening tee shot raised concern but home favourite escaped with a bogey and showed glimpses of good form as weather improved He waits, driving iron in hand, as one minute becomes three, then five. Enough time for the moment to grow even bigger. And for memories to flicker...
Skydive pioneer Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding accident
The Austrian daredevil, who was 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider over central Italy Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said. Baumgartner, who was 56, lost control...
Tour de France: Pogacar demolishes rivals with devastating stage 12 win in Pyrenees
Slovenian shows his dominance a day after going down Pogacar takes more than two minutes out of Vingegaard Tadej Pogacar dominated Jonas Vingegaard on the slopes of Hautacam to take a commanding lead in the Tour de France. After the first summit finish of 2025, the defending champion’s next overall...
Ellis Genge primed to summon spirit of 2022 as he runs into Australia again
Loosehead prop helped save Eddie Jones’s job in Brisbane three years ago and can make a similar impact for the Lions You can chart Ellis Genge’s Test career by his tours of Australia. In 2016 he and Kyle Sinckler were Eddie Jones’s “rough diamonds”, picked to get a taste of...
Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich suspended over banned substance
Possible two-year ban after diuretic detected in sample Kenyan set world best at Chicago last October The women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepngetich, is facing a two-year ban after testing positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent, the Athletics Integrity Unit has announced. The Kenyan stunned the world when...
The Open 2025: second round updates from Royal Portrush – live
Latest updates from the second day of the 153rd Open Live official leaderboard | And you can email Scott Adam Scott should have won this Championship in 2012. But he bogeyed holes 69 through 72 at Lytham, handing the Claret Jug to Ernie Els on a silver platter. What the...