Category: Sports

All the latest news and reaction from Switzerland Player guide | David Squires’ wallchart | Mail Billy I think we can imagine Swiss commuters heading to work with a spring in their step this morning after the hosts sparked their tournament into life with a 2-0 win against Iceland in...

Spurs signing Klinsmann or selling Waddle were bolts from the blue. Now, transfer influencers track private jets and almost nothing is unknown Which transfer fee blew your mind? It was probably Spurs signing Gazza for £2m in the summer of 1988. TWO MILLION. No one is worth that kind of...

Girmay second, Pogacar and Vingegaard in front group Ganna withdraws; Simon Yates and Alaphilippe struggle Crosswinds, crashes and chaos characterised a frenzied opening stage of the Tour de France, won by Jasper Philipsen in Lille Métropole, where the 27-year-old also took the first yellow jersey of his career. The Belgian...

Kipyegon runs final 300m in 44 seconds to set record Chebet is first woman to run 5,000m inside 14 minutes Faith Kipyegon bounced back in spectacular style from the disappointment of failing to run a four-minute mile in Paris by shattering her 1500m world record in Eugene. On a day...

Argentina 12-35 England Fly-half Ford scores 15 points on his 100th cap George Ford marked his 100th cap in style as he kicked 15 points to steer England to a highly impressive 35-12 victory over Argentina in the opening game of their two-Test series. In front of a partisan full...

Playmaker scored against his new club and should form an entertaining combination with the England international The good news for Chelsea is that Cole Palmer and Estêvão Willian will be on the same team when they next share a pitch. Even better, it seems two of the most gifted young...

Switzerland v Iceland follows in second Group A game Player guide | David Squires’ wallchart | Mail Tom Loth though I am to focus too much on the men’s Club World Cup, a quick recap on yesterday’s events, where Real Madrid held off Dortmund to win 3-2 in a crazy...

Seven-time champion cruises to 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 victory Win is Djokovic’s 100th in singles at Wimbledon Novak Djokovic last lost a match at Wimbledon to anyone other than Carlos Alcaraz in 2017. And even that defeat, to the Czech player Tomas Berdych, was down to an elbow injury that forced...

Swiatek wins 6-2, 6-3 to set up match against Tauson Pole growing in confidence on grass One positive consequence from Iga Swiatek’s relatively poor clay court run has been the benefit of added time. Instead of arriving for the grass court season exhausted from her efforts, for once she had...

Captain continues his glorious form by smashing a host of batting records to put India in position to level Test series The sound of Shubman Gill’s bat could stop traffic. The man’s forward defence lands with the crack of John Bonham’s drum. It is a shot no one really notices...