Twelve clubs have changed manager, including six of the top eight, in a season with more questions than certainties It did not take long after Napoli had won Serie A in May for some journalists to ask whether their manager would desert them. Antonio Conte had grumbled for months about...
Chess: Vincent Keymer, 20, routs Indians in their Chennai heartland
The German has jumped into the world top 10, while Praggnandhaa advanced to No 4 as he crushed world champion Gukesh in the $325,000 Sinquefield Cup Germany’s Vincent Keymer, 20, has laid down a marker for the 2026 world candidates and title match by routing some of India’s best grandmasters...
Battle with Arsenal for Eberechi Eze was a fight Spurs feared they wouldn’t win | David Hytner
Despite working on the transfer all summer Tottenham felt their north London rivals were always waiting to pounce for the Crystal Palace man It was towards the end of June when it became clear that Tottenham were considering a move for Eberechi Eze, one to install him as the centrepiece...
England ready to confront USA and Ilona Maher’s stardust in World Cup opener
Red Roses have lost only once to Friday’s opponents but refuse to get caught up in the hype of a home tournament The talking will stop and the sport get under way on Friday night when the Red Roses raise the curtain on the most anticipated women’s rugby tournament of...
‘She did it, big time’: Ilona Maher’s road to becoming rugby’s biggest breakout star since Lomu
USA center was ‘the kid in the pink scrum cap’ then soared with a winning blend of speed, power and body positivity One Saturday in September 2014, the women’s rugby team from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut travelled to Norwich, Vermont. On the home team, a powerful 18-year-old prop scored three...
‘One day I want to coach England’: Ravi Bopara on his career, future and enduring love of cricket
He turned 40 earlier this year but the Northamptonshire player and Karachi Kings coach is not done yet By Wisden Cricket Monthly At some point during our chat in the back garden of a Hertfordshire coffeehouse, most likely between the account of his recent hundred for England Legends and his...
Bayern may not enjoy Bundesliga procession but rivals face uphill task
With Leverkusen and Dortmund in transition after losing key players, the stage is set for champions to reign again The newly named Franz Beckenbauer Supercup has many uses. Unlike some of its continental counterparts, this curtain-raising meeting between league and cup winners tends to brim with a pleasing intensity. It...
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori reaffirm supremacy to win US Open mixed doubles final
In a draw filled with many of the best singles tennis players in the world, the Italians made a decisive case for the importance of teamwork in this discipline Across two frantic days in New York, Andrea Vavassori and Sara Errani repeatedly made their intentions clear. As the only doubles...
Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track misses the vital village-fete feel of athletics | Jonathan Liew
Shearing off extraneous matter is how the featherless chicken was hatched. But ditching field events is too much plucking You don’t hear much about the featherless chicken any more, which on reflection is probably for the best. The idea was simple enough: for poultry-rearing purposes feathers are a nuisance, bearing...
Ombudsman sees off Delacroix to secure International Stakes success
Birr Castle, a 150-1 pacemaker, had 20-length lead Ombudsman now targeting Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe test A summer of odd and muddling Group One races continued as Ombudsman, the favourite, eventually stayed on well through the final furlong to win the International Stakes by three and a half lengths,...