Category: Sports

Defender should still end up at Anfield despite deadline drama, but the manager’s hardline stance may worry the club board “Marc and me, we have the same fate,” Oliver Glasner said with a smile. It was the eve of Crystal Palace’s meeting with Liverpool in the Community Shield and –...

New head coach Andrée Jeglertz will be expected to return City to Europe after they missed out on the Women’s Champions League last season Guardian writers’ predicted position: 3rd (NB: this is not necessarily Tom Garry’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 4th Continue reading...

Sunday’s match was defined by a brilliant free-kick, but the way it came about showed the difference between the clubs’ managers Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here There was a time, not that long ago, when almost all big games were stiflingly tense affairs – cautious, cagey, almost...

11 of 12 players who won in Rome will defend title in US ‘It doesn’t mean we are going to roll out the same pairings’ Luke Donald has warned the US team that it would be an error to anticipate “rinse and repeat” from Europe in the Ryder Cup this...

Former Tour de France winner will ride his last race in the Tour of Britain, ending in his hometown of Cardiff Geraint Thomas will close his long and illustrious racing career with a farewell appearance in the 2025 men’s Tour of Britain, which begins in Suffolk on Tuesday. Six days...

Aidan O’Brien has moved quickly to hire Christophe Soumillon for big races but Moore’s absence will be felt With all due respect to Lord Allen of Kensington, who finally took up his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority on Monday promising to turn the sport into “a modern...

Four-times grand-slam champion wins 6-3, 6-2 Osaka has always won title after reaching last eight Naomi Osaka turned back the clock on Monday in New York, producing the cleanest big‑stage performance of her comeback from maternity leave to overwhelm Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in a blockbuster fourth-round meeting inside Arthur...

Deadline day deal sheet was submitted for centre-back Glasner was so unhappy there were fears he could leave Crystal Palace dramatically pulled the plug on Marc Guéhi’s move to Liverpool minutes before the transfer deadline because they couldn’t find an adequate replacement, despite agreeing to sell the England defender for...

£30m Italian was surplus to requirements in Paris €14m fee agreed for Ederson’s departure to Turkey Manchester City have agreed to buy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain for about £30m (€35m). The move paves the way for Ederson to move to Fenerbahce for £12.1m (€14m). Donnarumma has been deemed...

The Gambler and his Cowboys is a gritty portrayal of the rise and fall of a sports dynasty that leaves the viewer wanting more of its glory and grubbiness Of all the unflinching moments in the new Netflix blockbuster, America’s Team: the Gambler and his Cowboys, one stands out more...