Category: Sports

Nelly Korda and Charley Hull praise potential phenom after Woad’s Scottish Open triumph on her first professional start History suggests caution is advisable when assessing female golf phenoms. Michelle Wie won just a single major. Charley Hull has reached the age of 29 while scaling golfing heights, but it is...

Kim Le Court almost caught by late Demi Vollering surge Visma and FDJ war of words goes on behind scenes Kim Le Court made the classic error of raising her arms just before the finish line, but survived a late lunge from a resurgent Demi Vollering to win stage five...

Hailed as one of the world’s best players, the Irish hooker wants to end his remarkable season with victory in Sydney Dan Sheehan freely admits that his Superman dive for the British & Irish Lions’ first try in Melbourne last week was not out of the playbook. It was an...

British No 1 continues run of good form at Canadian Open Raducanu will now face Amanda Anisimova or Lulu Sun Emma Raducanu continued her run of good form as she booked a place in the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal with a straight-sets win over Peyton...

Assigned an unwinnable task, battling illness and fatigue, the American rider’s sacrifice helped bring down a giant. His Tour was not about glory, but purpose Tadej Pogačar’s victory looked certain as he flew up Butte Montmartre for the second of three times on the Tour de France’s final stage. His...

After the sorrow of 2021, the world indoor 400m champion is determined to finally take her chance to race in Toyko “That was quite tough to take,” says Amber Anning, thinking back to the selection process for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She finished eighth – “dead last” – in...

PGMO puts its officials through their paces on the Costa Blanca and offers an insight into what goes on off the pitch “Three, two, one,” comes the countdown from Francis Bunce, a senior sports scientist at the referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO), before he blows the whistle to...

Former biathlete struck by rockfall at altitude of 5,700m Tributes paid to athlete ‘with heart, attitude and vision’ The German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management confirmed on Wednesday. The accident occurred at around noon on Monday, at an altitude...

Kinghorn to replace Lowe on left wing after impressing in Melbourne Owen Farrell again named on bench with Ben Earl also recalled Blair Kinghorn and James Ryan have been named to start for the British & Irish Lions in their third Test against the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday as...

With England looking to win the series and India still able to share the spoils, the loss of three headliners at the Oval is suboptimal Much like the Dude in the Big Lebowski during his various moments of confusion, it was impossible not to repeatedly blink upon seeing England’s XI...