Foul-mouthed tirade after drive found water on the 18th Matt Fitzpatrick in group behind leader Jhonattan Vegas Tyrrell Hatton’s love-hate relationship with his professional domain continues. The Englishman will inevitably be fined after a foul-mouthed tirade during his second round of the US PGA Championship was picked up on live...
FA Cup final buildup to Crystal Palace v Manchester City – matchday live
All the buildup to the FA Cup final, 4.30pm kick-off Share your thoughts with matchday live or post BTL Chat over. Will Hughes strolls across the car park to get some photographs taken. As it happens, the man emerging from the gym at that very moment is the Crystal Palace...
Twenty years later: how 2005 Ashes marked end of cricket as we knew it
England’s titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation but then the Test game vanished from UK free-to-air TV How are you planning to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2005 men’s Ashes? Is it finally time to get that Kevin Pietersen skunk cut? Gather your friends for a drunken knees-up around Trafalgar Square?...
Chess: top-seeded world champion Gukesh Dommaraju struggles at Bucharest
The Indian 18-year-old is joint seventh out of 10 with just one round to go, while his compatriot Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu leads on 5/8 India’s world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, hoped for a comeback at Bucharest this week after his dismal Freestyle performances in North Germany and Paris in the spring. Instead,...
George Whitby hat-trick sinks Catalans Dragons to raise St Helens’ spirits
St Helens 40-0 Catalans Dragons Saints run in seven tries to climb into top four There are few towns in the land where you can almost feel the pressure to perform well on the rugby league field more than St Helens. Super League’s most successful club have such immense standards...
Premier League and FA Cup final: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Goodbyes to Goodison and Vardy, Palace and City brace for Wembley and the return of Kai Havertz Aston Villa could not conceal their anger after their game at home to Tottenham was brought forward 48 hours. Villa’s director of football operations, Damian Vidagany, said shifting the game from Sunday to...
‘Abuse has become normalised’: report details devastating impact of online hate
Ofcom and Kick It Out report says situation getting worse Azeem Rafiq and Wayne Barnes explain effect of vitriol The amount of “vile” online abuse directed at people in sport is getting worse and is having a “devastating impact” on their lives, livelihoods and families, a new report by Ofcom...
Jannik Sinner routs Casper Ruud with ‘near perfect’ display in Rome
World No 1 reaches semis with 6-0, 6-1 demolition Sinner to face 11th seed Tommy Paul on Friday Forty-six minutes into one of the most highly anticipated matches of the clay-court season, Casper Ruud triumphantly raised both hands to the sky and struggled to suppress a smile. Ruud, however, was...
Aspinall wins night 15 while Littler secures top seeding for Premier League playoffs
Aspinall beats Dobey 6-1 in final to boost playoff chances Littler’s win against Humphries enough for No 1 seeding Nathan Aspinall beat Chris Dobey 6-1 to take victory on night 15 of the Premier League in Aberdeen and close in on the playoffs, while Gerwyn Price earlier hit a nine-dart...
Everton fans on the end of a Goodison era: ‘I’ll be thinking about my dad, my brothers, my son’
As ‘The Grand Old Lady’ prepares to host its last men’s match, Everton fans reveal what the ground means to them An era lasting 133 years comes to an end this Sunday as Everton’s men’s team play their final game at Goodison Park. In 1892 the team left their former...