Category: Sports

With the Test series looming, Lions captain has urged a strong XV to issue an emphatic statement in Canberra A verdict has finally been reached in the “mushroom murder” trial that gripped the whole of Australia, but the jury is still out on the touring British & Irish Lions. With...

India’s new captain was given chance to dictate the second Test and has shown he is one to take over as era of Fab Four wanes Two games into the series we have already witnessed something very special from Shubman Gill. In the second Test at Edgbaston he produced a...

Error mars Fritz’s quarter-final win against Khachanov Point replayed after system ‘didn’t recognise the start’ Wimbledon was forced to explain yet another issue with the live electronic line-calling system on Tuesday after it malfunctioned again, only a day after it had expressed confidence that the problems that led to an...

Tournament’s lowest-ranked team are not ready to end their Swiss expedition, and are plotting an upset against France Tourists visiting St Gallen’s famous medieval abbey library are sometimes startled to discover that one of its star attractions is a well-preserved Egyptian mummy. Shep-en-Isis has lain in a glass coffin there...

The £60m Brazilian scored both goals but showed no emotion as Fluminense were his first club in his homeland This time last week, João Pedro was on a Brazilian beach; now he’s in the Club World Cup final, handed a standing ovation by old fans and new. The 23-year-old forward...

This was further evidence that Sweden should be taken seriously. A squad rich in depth and top-level experience are gathering steam and look a nightmarish proposition for whoever is sent their way in the quarter-finals. They will top Group C by avoiding defeat against Germany on Saturday and, with the obvious...

All the latest from Switzerland on a pivotal day Player guide | David Squires’ wallchart | Mail Dominic Listen to the latest episode of Women’s Football Weekly here. Perfect for your morning commute. More from that game – which was Germany’s seventh successive win in the Women’s Euros group stages,...

Carlos Alcaraz’s one-sided win against the last Briton standing at Wimbledon struggled to get pulses racing When this quarter-final was definitively wrapped up after only 1hr 39min, the noise on Centre Court was a subdued mixture of applause and the odd whoop. The applause was polite, acknowledging a sporting contest...

Head of FIA bats away criticism from Tim Mayer ‘Whatever I’ve been doing is good for the members’ The FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, has denied accusations of a “reign of terror” and suggested the governing body’s member clubs are “smiling” about the prospect of him serving another four years....

Remco Evenepoel able to get up after he also crashed Tim Wellens claims climber’s jersey off defending champion Pogacar Tim Merlier took stage three of the Tour de France here in Dunkirk, after the peloton’s top sprinter and points leader Jasper Philipsen, crashed out of the race 60km from the...