Category: Sports

The ‘lad from Portugal’ was celebrated by those who watched him at Anfield for his brilliance and commitment to the cause Initially it was hard to make out the words. Then when I knew the words I found it hard to sing them. Mainly because there seemed to be too...

Club World Cup upset may be a turning point in how football in the region is viewed by Europe’s elite So it came to pass that the blue moon was eclipsed by the crescent and the world of football took on a slightly different hue. For the past couple of...

It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certain It had just turned 8am on a crystal clear, late June Monday morning, but it was already 85F (29C). Despite the tolerable heat...

On the 50th anniversary of the first Tour finish on the Champs-Élysées, we could be in for a cliffhanger finish The climbs of Mont Cassel and Le Mont Noir won’t be enough to split the peloton, so this is almost guaranteed to be a bunch sprint, unless it gets windy....

Dutch driver’s camp believed to have made first move Sky Italy say deal ‘close’ with Mercedes yet to make call Max Verstappen’s future with Red Bull is under scrutiny with reports that talks about a move to Mercedes have intensified in the buildup to this weekend’s British Grand Prix. Speculation...

Former team principal will be present at Tour de France John Allert says 61-year-old ‘a not-so-secret weapon’ Dave Brailsford has returned to a leading role at Ineos Grenadiers on the eve of the 2025 Tour de France, calling the shots on team selection and performance objectives, barely a month after...

All the latest news and reaction from Switzerland Email Will | Interactive player guide | Wallchart Ryan Mason has his permanent job as a head coach at West Brom. Ben Fisher went along to have a chat with him about what he plans to do at the Championship club. Mason...

Victory against Vondrousova sets up Sabalenka tie Raducanu: ‘I’m just so happy to have that level’ Emma Raducanu has described her stellar second-round victory over Marketa Vondrousova at Wimbledon as one of the best matches she has played in a long time as she set up a highly anticipated meeting...

Briton beaten in Wimbledon second round 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 ‘I had chances that gave me confidence I was competing’ As a script it surely would have been rejected by Hollywood for being too outlandish. A 21-year-old British student, who has never played on the main tennis tour before, suddenly finds...

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Karun Nair handed reprieves Day one of second Test ‘could have been so different’ England started the second Test just as they had the first, by winning the toss and putting India in to bat. The plan was to make inroads before the last, vague vestige of...