Second Test, day two: India 180 & 128-5; Australia 337 Head and Carey put hosts in control before bowlers strike A lengthening afternoon, an Adelaide Test, and two South Australians batting together in the sunshine. Something felt very right about that, as Travis Head and Alex Carey took Australia towards...
Everton v Liverpool Merseyside derby postponed due to Storm Darragh
Rain and winds of up to 70mph presented safety risk Game was called off at 8.30am on Saturday morning The Merseyside derby, scheduled to kick off at Goodison Park at 12.30pm on Saturday, has been postponed due to the impact of Storm Darragh. Winds of up to 70mph and severe...
Football fans stand up to ‘ridiculous’ ticket-price hikes that border on antipathy
Premier League supporters are fighting to retain concession prices in the face of clubs’ desire to target ‘tourist fans’ For West Ham supporters it was a sense of values betrayed. “The club should be ashamed that things have come to this,” said Michael, a supporter for 80 years, as he...
‘I’m outside. I’m going to hurt you’: Katie Boulter on the hidden horror of success as a female athlete
Britain’s leading female tennis star has had a standout 2024 but her higher profile has been accompanied by harassment Katie Boulter has had 18 months to get used to being the British No 1. It has mostly been a time of great milestones and opportunities; from winning her first slew...
Teenage sprint star Gout Gout shatters historic 200m Australian record
Sprint sensation runs 20.04s at school championships 16-year-old breaks Peter Norman’s 56-year benchmark Australian sprinter Gout Gout’s rapid rise has reached glorious heights as the 16-year-old broke one of the country’s most famous records at the All-Schools Championships in Brisbane. The teenage sensation shattered Peter Norman’s 200m national record that...
Atkinson hat-trick sparks England with series win over New Zealand in sight
Second Test, day two: England 280 & 378-5; NZ 125 Jacob Bethell and Ben Duckett denied centuries It was still 10.13pm on Friday evening in Barbados and while the fish fryers were doubtless cooking up a storm at Oistins, 8,600 miles away in Wellington, 3.13pm local time on Saturday, their...
Australia v India: second men’s Test, day two – live
Updates from the day-night clash at Adelaide Oval Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 35th over: Australia 90-1 (McSweeney 39, Labuschagne 23) Jasprit Bumrah starts with a maiden, angled in at pace, pink ball darting off the surface like a cobra’s tongue. Good luck, lads. 34th over: Australia...
Ange Postecoglou blames mental softness for Tottenham’s inconsistency
Spurs have lost three of their last six league games ‘We can’t keep lacking conviction in key moments’ Ange Postecoglou has opened up on the exasperation he feels at the softness of his Tottenham team in particular moments, which he suggested was linked to mentality. The manager refuses to believe...
Battered and bruised Everton must turn the end of Goodison into a new beginning | Jonathan Liew
Weather the storm of the famous ground’s final league derby and it can be a renewal for a club going nowhere for so long The deluge came earlier this week, with a bitterly appropriate sense of timing. As the precursor to the approaching Storm Darragh emptied its load over the...
Bath comeback thwarted as La Rochelle sparkle in the rain in first-half blitz
Bath 20-24 La Rochelle French side run in three first-half tries Ronan O’Gara enjoyed plenty of wet and wild rugby nights during his playing days with Munster and this sodden contest would have stirred some fond memories. There was more than a hint of old-school Irish dog in the way...