The LNP’s vision is for an Olympics held in venues rather than a city – and guarantees controversy across Brisbane and beyond Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Few people in Queensland disagreed with the former...
Gout Gout ‘can be one of the best’, says Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo
200m gold medal winner says young Australian ‘could go very far’ But Tebogo warns against rushing into racing against senior rivals Olympic men’s 200m sprint champion Letsile Tebogo believes Australian teenager Gout Gout can secure a place in athletics history books if he maintains his level of motivation. The two...
Brazil humiliated by Argentina as bitter rivals book place at 2026 World Cup
Alvarez, Fernández, Mac Allister and Simeone on target in 4-1 win Argentina the first South American team to secure qualification Brazil were humiliated 4-1 by bitter rivals Argentina in South American World Cup qualifiers as the pressure mounted on manager Dorival Júnior after his side were comprehensively outplayed and fortunate...
Racehorses in Britain will be tested for gene doping with immediate effect
BHA has spent £2m on research to improve detection ‘Genetic manipulation poses a real risk to horseracing’ Racehorses in Britain will be tested for gene doping after the British Horseracing Authority announced it had spent nearly £2m on research to improve detection. Testing will become part of regular race-day and...
Chelsea Women executive to leave club and join global seven-a-side series
Adrian Jacob has been with WSL champions for 11 years New $100m World Sevens Football set to hire Jacob World Sevens Football, the lucrative seven-a-side women’s series that will start in Portugal in May, is to hire one of Chelsea Women’s most senior Âfigures, the Guardian understands. According to sources...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen tells court of father’s physical abuse in testimony
Athlete recounts evidence of ‘violence’ for four hours Ingebrigtsen Sr allegedly physically abused daughter too Few sports stories have been more beguiling or eccentric than that of the Ingebrigtsens, the Norwegian running family who from earliest childhood were trained as professional athletes by their father, Gjert. When his sons, Jakob,...
David Brooks rescues point for Wales after late drama in North Macedonia
It is 12 years since Wales last played in Skopje and their then manager Chris Coleman arrived uncomfortably late after losing his passport. More than a decade on, Craig Bellamy’s side left a much more professional impression, even if it took a last-gasp Âequaliser from the substitute David Brooks to...
Emma Raducanu hits Miami hot streak as her persistence finally pays off | Tumaini Carayol
Briton is looking a tougher athlete but can still learn lessons from her quarter-final opponent, Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula began her professional tennis journey with a head start on most of her peers. In a sport as prohibitively expensive as elite tennis, her family wealth – her billionaire parents own...
Time is not on Tuchel’s side to raise England’s tempo before the World Cup | Jacob Steinberg
New head coach must find a way to focus Jude Bellingham and bring Premier League style to international stage Thomas Tuchel does not have time on his side after opting not to oversee England’s Nations League games in November. He has looked to hit the ground running, just as he...
Newcastle perform U-turn over open-top bus parade after fan outcry
Players will now take short bus tour to main party Some fans remain concerned about Town Moor event Newcastle have moved to appease disgruntled supporters after changing their plans to celebrate the team’s Carabao Cup triumph. The club initially announced there would be a party on the city’s Town Moor...