Tourists end opening day at Headingley 359-3 Former England captain Vaughan questions choice The former England captain Michael Vaughan said he was “staggered” that Ben Stokes chose to bowl first after winning the toss on the opening day of the Test series against India. The tourists proceeded to plunder 359...
Freeman and Van der Merwe miss chance to make impression in tough Lions opener | Brendan Fanning
Andy Farrell will want players to display a bit of attitude as well as talent but Argentina showed it will take time Swag is a word more common in the US than in this corner of the world. It’s a made-to-measure term for athletes with attitude as well as talent;...
‘A perfect storm’: multi-club ownership, Crystal Palace and a looming court threat
Uefa’s legal team is preparing for more action as a complex and increasingly common issue rears its head again In the waterfront offices of Uefa’s House of European Football headquarters in Nyon, the legal team are preparing for an unwanted trip around Lake Geneva to Lausanne. Over the course of...
Nick Kyrgios: ‘If I’d acted a bit differently, I would have had a Wimbledon title’
Tennis’s great disruptor speaks on his highs and lows on Centre Court and the BBC’s ‘very strange’ decision to leave him out of the commentary box Wimbledon runs through Nick Kyrgios’s tumultuous career with a mysterious force full of pain, glory and controversy. It is a tournament defined by history...
America is showing us football in its final dictator form – we can’t afford to look away | Barney Ronay
It has been an ominous week for the sport in the US but talk of a boycott of next year’s World Cup misses the point Should we give it a miss? Is it best to stay away from next summer’s Trump-Infantino US World Cup? Depending on your politics the answer...
Kirsty Coventry to swerve palaces and focus on responsibility as first female IOC president
Zimbabwean takes over from Thomas Bach next week Coventry speaks of making ‘right decisions’ in the role Kirsty Coventry has promised to not let power go to her head when she becomes the first female president of the International Olympic Committee next week. Her predecessor, Thomas Bach, would always stay...
Duhan van der Merwe hits back at ‘SpringJock’ jibes: ‘I know how hard I’ve worked to get here’
Flying winger brushes off allegiance jibes and cannot wait for Australia after a testing Lions tour in 2021 Duhan van der Merwe does not want to shake hands. It is not that the hulking Scotland winger is being rude – he is polite to a fault – but after a...
Carlos Alcaraz beats the heat in epic comeback against Munar at Queen’s Club
Top seed into quarter-finals with 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 win Alcaraz victory longest match at Queen’s in 34 years On a day of hot heads and high emotion, Carlos Alcaraz proved once again to be a master of escapology in the longest match at Queen’s Club for 34 years. With...
Star-studded WR Chess repeat World Blitz title amid controversy in London
The billionaire’s team looked out for the count, but got a 2-4 defeat annulled on appeal, while an unknown 13-year-old beat the world No 2 in 112 moves WR Chess, the star-studded world top 10 team, retained their World Team Blitz crown in London last week, but only after an...
Royal Ascot: Trawlerman lands big one in Gold Cup with memories of Sagaro
Gosden stable’s seven-year-old wins by seven lengths Ryan Moore claims treble to lead jockeys’ standings It was simple but ruthlessly effective as Trawlerman and William Buick made all the running to win the Gold Cup on Thursday. The Gosden stable’s seven-year-old faced two four-year-old rivals with a touch more class...