American’s double bagel defeat was a meltdown that nobody saw coming but she can come back from heartbreak This is what a scream with no vowels sounds like. This is the weight of the soul leaving the body. The arms are no longer connected to the legs, the legs have...
PSG’s Ousmane Dembélé takes centre stage as football’s chief late bloomer
Timekeeping used to be an issue for the Frenchman but now his rapid pressing is pushing him towards a Ballon d’Or Ousmane Dembélé is right behind you and way ahead of everyone, which is just where Luis Enrique always imagined him. At the end of Paris Saint-Germain’s destruction of Real...
Ball bother is dominating the India series but the Dukes is not the problem | Barney Ronay
Complaints over its general condition have been frustratingly prominent but the real issue is red-ball cricket has drastically changed And so it came to pass, an hour into the third day’s play, the first sight of Umpire Paul Reiffel fiddling with his ring-piece, brandishing his ball handcuffs and spending five...
Liverpool’s mourning players prepare to honour Diogo Jota back on the pitch
Arne Slot’s squad face an emotional afternoon at Preston on Sunday but believe it is better to start again at Deepdale than on tour in Hong Kong Outside Anfield, the red sea of tributes to Diogo Jota and André Silva has continued to grow this week along with questions over...
Tour de France 2025: Pogacar beats Vingegaard to stage seven win and regains yellow jersey
Favourite takes over race lead from Mathieu van der Poel Vingegaard beaten to line as Britain’s Onley finishes third In this Tour de France wherever Tadej Pogacar goes Jonas Vingegaard follows. They were locked together at the top of the Mûr-de-Bretagne, in the Côtes-d’Armor, with the Âdefending champion winning stage...
Dagnall try extends St Helens’ winning run over Leeds and lifts them into third
Super League: Leeds Rhinos 0-6 St Helens Saints grind out fifth straight win and target top two We are still some way from knowing just how significant this victory will be for St Helens in the scramble for the Super League playoffs but in the here and now, it was...
Your Guardian sport weekend: Lord’s Test, Wimbledon finals, Euro 2025, Tour de France and much more
With the Lions’ final warm-up too, it’s another action-packed weekend of live writing and fine reporting Continue reading...
No one ever got rich writing off Novak Djokovic, but even he can’t stretch time for ever | Jonathan Liew
We can’t tell how much is left for tennis’s ultimate champion, but semi-final defeat by Sinner could be the moment Project 25 was buried for good The Moment comes at the start of the third set. Nobody in tennis can spot a Moment like Novak Djokovic. The Moment is where...
Slow starts, the breakdown and pressure of selection are weighing heavy on Lions | Ugo Monye
Andy Farrell has problems to solve before Test series and needs players to push their case in final warmup game The phoney war is coming to an end. One more warm-up match against a tasty looking Australia and New Zealand invitational side and then into the real thing. The Lions...
Second act of English cricket’s great hope Jofra Archer starts with a bang | Andy Bull
Fast bower must have wondered if this moment would ever come but he is back and taking Test wickets again Half-two in the afternoon and it’s slow going at the bars, stalls and stands around the Nursery Ground. The waitresses are chopping lemons and wiping down the counters, one of...