Final: Chelsea 3-0 Paris Saint-Germain Palmer 22 30, João Pedro 43 The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday, that shiver celebration shown to everyone. It was 90F (32C) in New Jersey, humid too,...
No Half Measures leaves trainer Richard Hughes in tears after July Cup success at 66-1
Biggest-priced winner in race’s 149-year history Saba Desert claims Group Two Superlative Stakes at 6-1 The July Cup, sprinting’s midsummer championship race, came up with a boil-over to match the soaring temperatures as No Half Measures, at 66-1, gave the former champion jockey Richard Hughes a first Group One success...
Luka Modric’s Milan move proves that a slower Serie A still has plenty of cachet | Jonathan Wilson
Ballon d’Or winner becomes the latest veteran, after Kevin De Bruyne, to be pulled in by Italian game’s leisurely pace of life Luka Modric will turn 40 in September. He has played 930 games over the course of a career and has won seven league titles and six Champions Leagues....
Van Poortvliet’s last-minute try seals dramatic series win for England in Argentina
2nd Test: Argentina 17-22 England England recover from 17-14 half-time deficit to snatch win Jamie George flies to Australia to join up with the British and Irish Lions on Sunday with a song in his heart after watching England snatch series glory against Argentina with a last-minute try. England’s senior...
Jannik Sinner seeks instant revenge in latest instalment of rivalry with Carlos Alcaraz
Wimbledon final a repeat of French Open epic as the world’s top two inspire memories of past battles between the greats Great sport is all about rivalry. In the 70s and 80s, tennis had Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, who played against each other a whopping 80 times, 60 of...
Pressure mounts on Konstas and Khawaja as Australia collapse against West Indies
Third Test, day one: Australia win toss and make 225; West Indies 16-1 Australia openers again fail to fire in day-night Test at Sabina Park It was a strange way to start. Out of Australia’s last 146 Test matches before taking the field at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Saturday,...
Sweden make Germany pay for Carlotta Wamser’s handball to win Euro 2025 group
It was a fixture that had promised a show and it delivered. Sweden embarrassed Germany after Carlotta Wamser’s bizarre handball save reduced Christian Wück’s side to 10 players and handed them a two-goal deficit that would grow to three. Jule Brand had put Germany ahead early on before Stina Blackstenius...
Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz crushes Edgar Berlanga to announce 168lb arrival
Sheeraz drops Berlanga three times in statement win Stevenson digs deep to retain lightweight world title First pro boxing card held at US Open tennis grounds Rising British star Hamzah Sheeraz made an explosive arrival to boxing’s super middleweight division on Saturday night, stopping Edgar Berlanga in the fifth round...
Anisimova endures a hot Wimbledon nightmare after entering the Swiatek bakery | Jonathan Liew
American’s double bagel defeat was a meltdown that nobody saw coming but she can come back from heartbreak This is what a scream with no vowels sounds like. This is the weight of the soul leaving the body. The arms are no longer connected to the legs, the legs have...
PSG’s Ousmane Dembélé takes centre stage as football’s chief late bloomer
Timekeeping used to be an issue for the Frenchman but now his rapid pressing is pushing him towards a Ballon d’Or Ousmane Dembélé is right behind you and way ahead of everyone, which is just where Luis Enrique always imagined him. At the end of Paris Saint-Germain’s destruction of Real...