Given these sides’ catastrophic meeting in Belgrade almost 11 years ago, the real measure of success was its smooth completion Inside Arena Kombëtare, more than 20,000 supporters caught their breaths and trained every last squint of focus on Rey Manaj. Outside, the legions who had flooded into Tirana all day...
Rivalry intensifies as Alcaraz and Sinner contest first grand slam final
French Open final between top two in the world is further proof of their dominance Towards the final stretch of the big three’s unprecedented period of dominance, as it became clear Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic would vacate their thrones, the future of men’s tennis was clouded in...
Sciver-Brunt hits late flurry as England race to ODI series sweep of West Indies
Third ODI: WI 106-8, Eng 109-1; England won by 9 wkts Captain hits unbeaten half-century in rain-affected game England’s head coach, Charlotte Edwards, praised her players for being “ruthless and clinical” after they completed a 6-0 clean sweep against West Indies, winning Saturday’s rain-reduced third one-day international at Taunton by...
Inspired Perese try edges Leicester past Sale and into Premiership final
Leicester 21-16 Sale Radwan’s first-half double gives hosts breathing room And so it is the two grand old clubs of English rugby. Leicester will face off against Bath in the Premiership final at Twickenham next Saturday – and the rest of us will have to check which century we are...
Coco Gauff ‘proud to represent Americans that look like me’ in French Open final triumph
Gauff fought back from set down to beat Aryna Sabalenka ‘Obviously there’s a lot going on in our country right now’ Coco Gauff hopes her triumph at the French Open provides a glimmer of positivity for her supporters during a difficult political period in the United States as she clinched...
Thomas Tuchel tears into lacklustre England: ‘I didn’t like the attitude’
Kane’s goal secures 1-0 win over minnows Andorra ‘We lacked seriousness. I didn’t like the body language’ Thomas Tuchel admitted England had “played with fire” in their 1-0 win over Andorra, risking the concession of an equaliser and a draw that would have registered as perhaps their greatest humiliation since...
Bruno Fernandes staying means Manchester United face all kinds of trade-offs | Jonathan Liew
Signing Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo are leaps of faith, as is hoping Ruben Amorim can solve all the problems In publicly rejecting the overtures of the Saudi Pro League, Bruno Fernandes has made it clear he wants to continue playing football at the highest level. That he wants to...
‘They named a sandwich after me’: Luke Rowe on life in the peloton, cobbles and Welsh riders
The former Sky/Ineos road captain, now a directeur sportif with Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale, answers your questions If you could become a GC rider for one attempt at winning the Tour, which rider from the current peloton would you choose to be your road captain, and why? Fergus I can only...
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Kenza Dali: ‘I will tell my story after the Euros. A lot of lies have been told’
Midfielder on being left out of France’s Euro 2025 squad, her exit from Aston Villa and a new lease of life in San Diego ‘I had hard times and this team really gave me back my love and motivation for football,” Kenza Dali says of San Diego Wave as she...