Category: Sports

It was after the substitution of the former Liverpool captain that Thomas Tuchel’s side slipped in to individualism The tendency is always to gloom. How could it not be? Nobody could have sat through England’s 1-0 win over Andorra on Saturday and not felt a profound sense of frustration. Six...

Second T20I: WI 196-6, Eng 199-6; England won by 4 wkts Right-hander dominant in the middle with Jacob Bethell The drought continues for the West Indies men. A total of 196 looked enough to end a sequence of nine consecutive away defeats against England, a run that began with the...

Indiana Pacers 107–123 Oklahoma City Thunder Thunder level best-of-seven series at 1-1 The Oklahoma City Thunder blew Game 1 of the NBA finals after holding a significant lead over the Indiana Pacers. In Game 2, they made sure there was no repeat, utterly dominating their opponents in a 123-107 victory...

When the moment came Cristiano Ronaldo hid his face and leant on his teammates. He scored the goal that put Portugal level in this final but had been withdrawn, exhausted, late in normal time and now, as the men left on the field lined up on the halfway line, he...

World No 1’s spellbinding effort dismantled by Alcaraz in the fifth set to conjure theatre in Paris and a rivalry for the ages By the end, it felt cruel to want more. Look at the state of these men: bedraggled and dishevelled, dragged into a place of wildness and madness,...

Aston Villa and Manchester United must shift surplus players while Sunderland and Leeds seek extra squad depth Recruitment was cast as the main reason for the club’s disappointment last season. Mikel Merino playing as an auxiliary centre-forward after Kai Havertz had broken down made that apparent. This will be a...

Organisation’s former president has no regrets over what was lowest grossing film in US history when released a decade ago There are movies that bomb at the box office. And then there is the Fifa biopic United Passions, starring Tim Roth, Sam Neill and Gérard Depardieu, which was hit with...

Player hid behind umpire’s chair during incident Queen’s Club next on agenda for 2021 US Open winner British No 2 Emma Raducanu admitted she was “wary” when going out following her ordeal with a stalker at the Dubai Championships earlier this year. The 22-year-old hid behind the umpire’s chair in...

Tottenham chair was not blinded by silverware and decided finishing fourth-bottom of the Premier League was not enough In football, there is always a lot of light and noise. There is always a lot of emotion. That is both its appeal and why it is so difficult for those in...

Biles calls Gaines ‘sick’ in response to softball post Gymnast defends trans girl targeted after title win Gaines calls Biles’ stance on inclusion ‘disappointing’ Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles has publicly condemned former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines for her repeated attacks on transgender athletes, calling Gaines “sick” and a...