Category: Sports

Manager is flexible but a slow starter with limited experience in Europe, and arrives as the love still lingers for former manager Brøndby appointed Thomas Frank as manager in June 2013 and did not win any of their first eight games of the 2013-14 season. Brentford appointed Frank as manager...

Already controversial because of extra fixtures and Fifa involvement, the new tournament in the US is likely to be played in temperatures above 30C Across this weekend, the US National Weather Service is predicting “moderate” heat risk for Miami and Los Angeles. With temperatures likely to exceed 30C, the agency...

Emergency meeting held with athletes over decision Decision leaves LA without major meeting this summer Michael Johnson cancelled the final leg of the new Grand Slam Track series in Los Angeles before an emergency meeting with athletes on Thursday night, leaving the host of the 2028 Olympics and the country’s...

The world No 1 colourfully described his Norway experience and his desk fist-bang against Gukesh Dommaraju “Winning by half a point after a lot of results go my way doesn’t feel like a statement,” was how Magnus Carlsen summed up the Stavanger tournament, where he finished just half a point...

Raducanu wins 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals Boulter falls to fifth seed Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 Emma Raducanu will regain her status as the best female tennis player in Britain for the first time in two years after she continued her solid start to the grass-court season by...

Big clubs concerned they are missing out financially Winners could be paid more than £90m Fifa will hold a consultation about expanding the Club World Cup to 48 teams in 2029 if this summer’s edition is successful, after lobbying from clubs who failed to qualify for the new $1bn (£740m)...

Briton to race in LMP2 class for French IDEC team ‘In the next decade we’ll see a huge transition’ Jamie Chadwick believes motor racing is undergoing a fundamental change in female participation, a transition the British driver has played a central role in. Chadwick is committed to taking it even...

Grumbles about formats and venues are forgotten as first South Africa’s quicks, and then Australia’s, make hay in Lord’s sunshine Over the week of lead-up to its third staging, the World Test Championship final has felt increasingly like something that counts. After two abandoned attempts to host it at Lord’s,...

Premier League had revenue of £6.3bn in 2023-24 ‘Challenge of fan unrest at ticket price and accessibility’ England’s football system is “under strain” in a climate of tension between commercial imperatives and the needs of supporters, according to a new report from Deloitte. The analysis also warns that uncertainty over...

England coach wants midfielder to channel ‘fire’ correctly Tuchel praises Bellingham’s talent and intelligence Thomas Tuchel has told Jude Bellingham to concentrate on intimidating the opposition rather than his England teammates as he opened up on what it was like to manage one of the game’s “special” talents. The England...