Wing in doubt after missing training due to a foot issue Andy Farrell has privately picked side to face Wallabies on Saturday The Ireland wing Mack Hansen is expected to miss out on a place in the British & Irish Lions’ team for the first Test against the Wallabies on...
Tour de France 2025: Ben Healy rides into yellow as Simon Yates storms to stage 10 win
Healy becomes first Irishman in 38 years in maillot jaune Giro winner Yates takes his third career Tour stage win The Bastille Day stage of the 2025 Tour de France ended with an Englishman winning in the Auvergne, an Irishman in yellow, and a French hope falling by the wayside,...
Never mind Bazball, this was Bazbrawl: say goodbye to happy-go-lucky England | Andy Bull
India broke a golden rule in the third Test: don’t try to pick a fight with Ben Stokes There was a large handwritten sign propped against the inside wall of the North Gate of Lord’s. “In affectionate remembrance of Bazball,” it said, the letters drawn in the bacon‑and-egg colours of...
‘Great for tennis’: Alcaraz lauds rivalry after Sinner crowned Wimbledon king
This final heralded a changing of the guard – the first SW19 showpiece since 2002 without at least one of the ‘big four’ First Jannik Sinner hit a wicked serve, straight down the T. Then he sank to his knees, head bowed as in prayer, in thanks and absolution. It...
Lions squad continues to grow with three players added before first Wallabies Test
Scotland’s Sutherland, Ashman and Graham receive call ups British & Irish Lions now have 44 players on tour of Australia The British & Irish Lions squad in Australia continues to grow in number with three extra Scotland players set to join the party. Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman and Darcy Graham...
Coach reset helped Swiatek turn ban nightmare into a Wimbledon dream
Iga Swiatek went into 2025 struggling for form, but a new coach, Wim Fissette, has guided her to a sixth slam title After Iga Swiatek’s demolition of Amanda Anisimova in the Wimbledon final on Saturday, the first person she thanked in her victory speech was her coach, Wim Fissette. The...
Great Britain’s Oliver Rowland seals maiden Formula E world championship
Fourth place in second race at Berlin E-Prix clinches win Victory is first time Nissan have taken the drivers’ title Great Britain’s Oliver Rowland has won his maiden Formula E world championship, driving for Nissan at the Berlin E-Prix. Rowland sealed the title by taking fourth place in the second...
England surge into last eight after Stanway sparks emphatic win against Wales
An increasingly formidable-looking England swept Wales aside to reach the Euro 2025 quarter-finals and send the tournament debutants home without any points, as the Lionesses booked a meeting with Sweden in the last eight. England finished as the runners‑up in Group D after France’s victory against the Netherlands in Basel,...
Ignore the memes, Harry – those splayed stumps speak of Brook’s focus on glory | Barney Ronay
An ugly dismissal against India looked dreadful, but Brook’s bold approach has won England more Tests than it has lost By strict formal logic any serious defence of Harry Brook’s stump-splaying dismissal 13 minutes before lunch on the fourth day at Lord’s should be showy, ill-timed and based almost entirely...
Shane Lowry: ‘If I win another Open, I’ll celebrate twice as much’
Irishman explains the emotion of winning Claret Jug at Portrush in 2019 after the ‘toughest 24 hours of my sporting life’ The gable end of a house on Causeway Street in Portrush delivers a reminder of Shane Lowry’s Open triumph in 2019. The fantastic mural not only depicts Lowry with...