Indiana rout OKC 108-91 in Game 6 of NBA finals Thunder to host winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday Fueled by defense, depth and defiance, the Indiana Pacers stormed to a 108-91 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, leveling the NBA finals at three games apiece and setting...
‘Normal’ Cole Palmer assumes control of Chelsea’s attack from No 10
Modest 23-year-old still does not understand the fuss around him as he prepares to face Flamengo in the Club World Cup Cole Palmer sees himself as a normal kid. Strangers watch him with something close to fascination, though. What’s going on beneath the chilled exterior? The shrugging demeanour adds to...
Brilliant Lionel Messi free-kick leads Inter Miami past Porto while PSG are stunned at Club World Cup
Argentinian’s 68th free-kick goal secures three points European champions PSG fall 1-0 to Brazil’s Botafogo Lionel Messi converted a delicious free-kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon....
The first Lions match is about laying down a marker – but Pumas bring range of threats | Ugo Monye
Early days in a Lions camp can be nervy and everyone wants to play in Friday’s first match but Argentina provide a tough test Every single member of the British & Irish Lions squad is in the perfect sweet spot at the moment. Blair Kinghorn aside, they all arrived into...
England and India face red-hot series opener and Jasprit Bumrah conundrum
Remarkable bowler’s slingshot action will trouble batters at Headingley but fitness problems mean the tourists will have to manage him carefully If there was an enduring image from the last Test series between India and England, it was probably that of Jasprit Bumrah detonating Ollie Pope’s stumps in Visakhapatnam –...
Four leading British basketball clubs blocked from Europe as civil war deepens
BBF has not endorsed Manchester for Champions League Lions, Eagles and Flyers also blocked from competing The civil war engulfing British Basketball has intensified with the British Basketball Federation attempting to block four of the country’s leading clubs from competing in Europe next season. The Guardian has learned that the...
Ombudsman rules for red-hot Gosden team as Royal Ascot roasts in the sun
William Buick on board in Prince of Wales’s Stakes win Royal family have second favourite beaten at meeting The only British stable to wrest Royal Ascot’s top trainer award away from Aidan O’Brien over the course of the past decade continued its strong run through this year’s meeting here Âon...
The Spin | David ‘Syd’ Lawrence’s brave race against time to tell his remarkable story
Former England bowler has motor neurone disease and his new autobiography vividly describes his daily experience David Lawrence loved to dance. As a teenager he would move to northern soul, hitching his way from Gloucester to Wigan Casino, a change of clothes in the bag, life beginning at midnight. Then...
Mykhailo Mudryk could face four-year ban after FA charge over failed drug test
Chelsea winger was provisionally suspended last year ‘Presence and/or use of a prohibited substance’ alleged Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk could face a lengthy ban after being charged by the Football Association with doping offences. Under FA regulations the winger could be banned for as long as four years after providing a...
Marcus Smith at full-back against Argentina as Lions aim to ‘set tone’ for tour
Two Smiths and Alex Mitchell in XV for Dublin match Tadhg Furlong also has chance to prove his fitness Maro Itoje will captain the British & Irish Lions for the first time against Argentina in Dublin on Friday after the head coach, Andy Farrell, included him and eight other Englishmen...