A hard-fought victory over OH Leuven at Meadow Park sent Arsenal through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they will face Chelsea next month. The visitors tested Renée Slegers’s side when Sára Pusztai cancelled out Alessia Russo’s goal but a penalty from Mariona Caldentey and second from Russo...
Grand National field ‘stands out’ in 2026 with elite runners and promising underdogs
Top dozen horses for Aintree all rated 160 or above I Am Maximus is top weight above Nick Rockett The unveiling of the weights for the 2026 Grand National started with a montage of clips from 50 years ago, when the world’s most famous steeplechase was at its lowest ebb,...
Australia out of T20 World Cup after Zimbabwe’s match against Ireland rained off
Former champions eliminated before final group match Zimbabwe go through to Super 8 phase Australia have been knocked out of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup before even finishing their group stage fixtures after Zimbabwe’s match with Ireland in Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled. With each side...
Ukraine skeleton racer gifted $200,000 by Shakhtar Donetsk owner after Winter Olympics ban
Donation equal to prize Ukraine pays gold medallists Heraskevych barred for wearing ‘helmet of memory’ The owner of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk has donated more than $200,000 to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych. The athlete was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games before competing over the use of a...
Tiger Woods weighs offer to captain 2027 US Ryder Cup team
‘I’m trying to figure out if I can actually do this’ Woods says he could play in this year’s Masters Tiger Woods has confirmed he has been asked to captain the USA team at the Ryder Cup next year. Woods, who has not played competitively since the 2024 Open Championship,...
Pollock promotion reflects England’s need to banish Murrayfield blues | Robert Kitson
Steve Borthwick’s response to stinging defeat in Scotland is to hand a first start to English rugby’s young tyro A week can be a long time in the Six Nations, never mind in politics. One minute England are contemplating title showdowns in Paris, the next they face a must-win game against...
Japanese teenager Ami Nakai overshadows USA’s Blade Angels in women’s figure skating opener
Japan’s skaters stole the spotlight as the Americans largely struggled in their attempts to end a two-decade medal drought Japanese teenager Ami Nakai was the surprise leader after the short program of the Olympic women’s figure skating competition on a night when her country’s skaters largely stole the spotlight from...
‘No cushion, no seatbelt, no airbag’: the GB bobsledder who races with her eyes closed
Ashleigh Nelson is in the mix for a bobsleigh medal at the Winter Olympics – but that doesn’t mean she enjoys it Ashleigh Nelson was never meant to be in the Winter Olympics. If you’d asked her 18 months ago where she expected to be competing this week, she would have...
Championship roundup: late Bristol City strike thwarts Wrexham
Welsh side denied a fifth successive away win Portsmouth ease worries with victory at Charlton Bristol City denied Wrexham a fifth successive Sky Bet Championship away win as Max Bird’s spectacular late volley secured a 2-2 draw at Ashton Gate. Wrexham twice led through Ollie Rathbone and a Joe Williams...
‘The whole spirit of curling is dead’: meltdown on the ice as ruckus rumbles on
Row between Sweden and Canada over accusation of double-touch continues to cast shadow over Winter Games Well hell’s bells, who knew the ice could get so hot? The Olympic curling community is still all in a twist about everything that’s gone on in the sport since a row broke out...