Category: Sports

Redevelopment of the National Sports Centre would be a boost to locals and those who have fought for its return “There were trees growing out of the main stand and on the indoor track and no one was doing anything about it,” says Jim Powell of the groundswell of despair...

The crowd were getting anxious and players are either missing or off form but they have still reached the Champions League semi-finals And so I am become a meme. Towards the end of this game, already booked for standing on the edge of the pitch whirling his arms in a...

When the dust kicked up by an utterly scintillating two-legged struggle had settled, Bayern Munich could bathe in the glow of a win for the ages and linger dreamily on the prospect of a semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. It is the tie most neutrals wanted but the bar for entertainment...

Sid Lowe is our Spanish football correspondent, based in Madrid, and has been covering a very busy beat for years. He will be answering your questions from 12pm BST Sid Lowe is the Guardian’s Spanish football correspondent, based in Madrid, and has been covering an increasingly busy beat for years....

The $95 bus trip to Foxborough highlights a tournament unique in modern times – one that ultimately makes no secret of its disdain for the paying public Like any journalist with an unerring nose for an offbeat feature, my interest was sharply piqued by this week’s announcement of the $95...

Funding for $5bn tour could be cut back Saudi focus now more on football and esport The future of LIV Golf is in doubt, with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund preparing to cut funding for the $5bn rebel tour. LIV executives were late arriving at the tour event in Mexico...

Longsuffering hooker, who warmed bench for 21 Tests and lost part of a thumb, is getting RFU recognition at last Initially, Andy Simpson thought it was a Saturday morning wind-up. Someone from the Rugby Football Union museum was phoning to tell him that, at the age of 71, he was...

Plus: scoring past three keepers in one day, highest ratio of European to domestic titles and a dream result Mail us with your questions and answers “I’ve been wondering: who is the greatest footballer never to make an appearance in England?” muses Cameron Turner. “Did any of the game’s greats...

The venerated trainer could not find a guru in the world to cure one of the greatest hurdlers in history but a surprise switch to the Flat promises a career swansong Nicky Henderson is 75 years old and, after almost half a century of training horses, he has seen everything...

Uzbek grandmaster wins Candidates with round to spare Sindarov, 20, to face India’s Gukesh for world title in fall Javokhir Sindarov will challenge for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world chess championship this fall after clinching the Candidates tournament with a game to spare on Tuesday afternoon in Cyprus. The 20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster...