The head coach, Peter Moores, and the captain, Haseeb Hameed, both long-since rejected by England, inspired team to first pennant since 2010 Nottinghamshire, who only just darted away from the closing doors of relegation last summer, are the surprise winners of the 2025 County Championship, ending Surrey’s run of wins...
Europe have the talent and confidence to shatter American hopes – Ryder Cup needs an away win
The shadow boxing is over now but every serious competition needs jeopardy and home teams cannot prevail time and again What made Keegan Bradley’s opening ceremony blooper, when he muddled surnames, so outstanding was not the basic fact Justin Rose is an Englishman who could not possibly have sunk the...
The wrong Bury: footballer takes 200-mile diversion after mixing up towns
Spalding’s Lewis White arrives in time for final minutes Manager: ‘He must have been in a world of his own’ A non-league defender played a vital cameo in securing three away points for his team on Tuesday night. But in playing the last two minutes of Spalding’s backs-to-the-wall away win...
Home fans turn up heat on Luke Donald at fiery Ryder Cup opening ceremony
Europe’s captain was roundly booed but took his chance to subtly highlight the issue of payment for the US team, too Turns out that European is only the second-worst thing you can be at Bethpage this week. Luke Donald and his team may have been booed at the opening ceremony...
‘We are in a new age of women’s rugby’: Abbie Ward on motherhood and World Cup redemption
Honourable defeat won’t be nearly enough for the lock forward, who is determined to make it third time lucky in the final on Saturday Abbie Ward’s life has been transformed since England’s last World Cup final appearance but, in some ways, little has changed. While motherhood has taught her that,...
Rob Key insists Brook’s England promotion is not ‘scheme’ to oust Pope
Key all but confirms Woakes’ international career is over Brook replaces Pope as vice-captain for Ashes series Rob Key has all but confirmed Chris Woakes has played his last game for England and insisted Harry Brook’s promotion to vice-captain for the Ashes is not “an elaborate scheme” to oust Ollie...
Antony swoops late for Betis to deny Nottingham Forest on European return
Already for Ange Postecoglou it feels like an interminable wait. Just as it seemed he would record his first victory as Nottingham Forest manager in a competition he won last season, Antony levelled for Real Betis to kill the impending party. Igor Jesus scored twice as Forest recovered from Cédric...
Eberechi Eze opens Arsenal account in Carabao Cup victory at Port Vale
For Arsenal the night will be remembered for Eberechi Eze’s first goal for the club, but for Port Vale they will look back at when they ran a Premier League giant to the very end, only to fall short and out of the Carabao Cup. Once Eze scored early on,...
Palhinha spectacular helps Tottenham ease past Doncaster with Frank intent
It was easy to be seduced by the Doncaster story, to wonder whether this could be another stunning moment for them. Because there have been a few of those since 3 February 2024, when they began a surge from the lower reaches of League Two. Grant McCann’s team missed out...
‘I didn’t get empathy from Borthwick’: Ben Youngs on family trauma and why he rates Eddie Jones
Former scrum-half admits family illnesses made it difficult for him to embrace his achievement of being England’s most-capped player “I found it hard, I really did,” Ben Youngs says as he explains why it was once so difficult to embrace his achievement of playing more times for England than any...