Sinner defeats Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Italian joins Laver, Federer, Djokovic with slam feat Alcaraz showdown will decide world No 1 ranking Jannik Sinner will meet Carlos Alcaraz for the US Open title after the defending champion survived an injury scare to repel a spirited challenge from Félix Auger-Aliassime...
From Birmingham to Sunderland, which teams are set for WSL2 title tilt?
England’s rebranded second tier begins on Friday and our club-by-club guide features all the pre-season news Last season: 2nd. Predicted finish: 2nd After missing out on promotion on the final day of last season, finishing just two points behind London City Lionesses, Birmingham looked virtually WSL-ready on and off the...
Chess: Gukesh wins impressively on Silk Road as Grand Swiss starts in Samarkand
The contest in Uzbekistan will qualify two of the eight 2026 world title Candidates, but Nakamura, the world No 2, has controversially preferred a low-rated qualification route The 11-round $625,000 Fide Grand Swiss, which began on Thursday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the capital of the Silk Road, will decide two of...
Eagles squeeze past Cowboys as Carter ejected for spitting on Prescott six seconds into season
Dallas Cowboys 20-24 Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia DT thrown out after confrontation The defending Super Bowl champions got their title defence off to a winning start as they beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 in the NFL season opener on Thursday night. But the game may well be remembered for an incident...
Rope hope: meet the 72-year-old heaving hard for England’s tug of war team
After helping Great Britain win gold at the World Games last month, lifelong puller Richard Keightley is competing again in the world championships in Nottingham this weekend It is Richard Keightley’s 50th wedding anniversary in early December, and he could really do with planning something special to placate his longsuffering...
Aston Villa ‘killed’ by spending rules in transfer window, says Ezri Konsa
Club affected by Premier League and Uefa financial fair play ‘It’s crazy. We’re going to have to deal with what we’ve got’ Ezri Konsa has said that football’s spending regulations “killed” Aston Villa during a difficult summer transfer window. The club, who have started the season badly with one point...
Georgia Stanway: ‘If England win the World Cup I’ll happily retire – that’s all my dreams’
Lionesses and Bayern Munich midfielder on ‘stressful’ Euro 2025 success, ‘world-class’ Sarina Wiegman and online abuse suffered by players Georgia Stanway has more than 100 tiny tattoos inked into her skin and, stretching out her arms to show me some of them, she reveals that since helping England win a...
England’s Sonny Baker can take heart from cricket’s rich history of less-than-dream debuts | Emma John
Jimmy Anderson, Adil Rashid and West Indies’ Jediah Blades are among other bowlers to suffer notable early nightmares On Tuesday the screen at Headingley was showing Sonny Baker’s bowling speed. They were impressive figures – 87, 86, 88mph – and you wonder if the bowler himself caught a glimpse. Probably...
Amanda Anisimova overcomes early woes to topple Naomi Osaka and reach US Open final
American wins 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3 win to book Aryna Sabalenka final Victory puts Anisimova into her first title decider at Flushing Meadows More than an hour into her first appearance in the semi-finals of the US Open, Amanda Anisimova still could not find the court. Under suffocating pressure...
Tottenham latest, Russo’s new Arsenal deal, WSL season begins: football news – live
Football news and World Cup qualifiers buildup Get in touch! Email John The biggest stories from the WSL deadline day here. Not only that, but it’s the start of the WSL season, with a blockbuster as Chelsea v Manchester City. Continue reading...