Final: Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid (aet) Pedri 28 Torres 84, Koundé 116; Mbappé 70, Tchouaméni It was late, and they were tired, but with four minutes left and long after midnight in Seville, everyone prepared for penalties now, Jules Koundé found the strength to send a shot flying into the...
London Marathon 2025: elite races and more – live
Live updates, elite races starting from 8.50am BST Your essential guide to the race | Send Daniel an email In the men’s wheelchair, a group led by Hug has broken away; with him are Romanchuk and others. Email! “Whoever says a marathon live-streaming is not exciting has never played a...
Emma Raducanu toils in three-set defeat by Marta Kostyuk at Madrid Open
Ukrainian 24th seed wins 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to make third round Raducanu: ‘I found moving really difficult’ In the searing heat of the Spanish capital, the warmest day of this year’s Madrid Open so far, Marta Kostyuk stepped on to the clay courts of the Caja Mágica determined to make...
Mark Allen hits 147 then loses as Barry Hearn warns Crucible ‘not fit for purpose’
Allen makes history but loses 13-6 to Chris Wakelin Hearn: ‘We love the Crucible but it has to love us’ Mark Allen wrote his name into Crucible history with a maximum 147 break at the World Snooker Championship – but fell to a 13-6 defeat in his second-round match against...
Skelton v Mullins: ‘bouncer’ blocks path to title on final day of jumps season
Irish trainer sends 21 runners to Sandown in final-day attempt to overhaul rival in gripping championship duel Dan Skelton has been an immovable object at the top of the National Hunt trainers’ table since the opening day of the 2024-25 season on 4 May last year but, when he comes...
NFL draft: Shedeur Sanders still available in fourth round as stunning plunge continues
Colorado QB had been expected to go in first round Five QBs now selected ahead of Sanders Analysis: Sanders’s fall exposes cruelties of draft Shedeur Sanders is still waiting – after three rounds of the NFL draft, 102 picks and five quarterbacks selected ahead of Deion Sanders’s highly touted son....
Real Madrid deny they considered Copa del Rey final boycott over referee
Real Madrid refuse to turn up for pre-match events Club had previously demanded action from RFEF Real Madrid have denied that they ever considered refusing to play the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona after they boycotted the pre-match activities, prompting uncertainty that the game would go ahead. A statement...
Will Jacob Kiplimo be the first to run a marathon in less than two hours?
Hugh Brasher, the London Marathon race director, certainly thinks so but the Ugandan faces stiff competition from Eliud Kipchoge and Tamirat Tola Earlier this year Jacob Kiplimo produced a performance so staggering that it sent the jaws of even seasoned track and field watchers crashing to the floor. It came...
Mohamed Salah: a bridge between worlds in Liverpool
The Egyptian is more than simply a role model in his adopted home, he speaks to the city’s broader mythology There are occasional sightings of him around the city. A face is glimpsed; perhaps climbing out of a car, perhaps stepping into a mosque. A phone is surreptitiously brandished. The...
Eubank Jr v Benn feels like a mistake – bad TV pretending to be good sport | Barney Ronay
Without their fathers’ surnames there is zero chance the mixmatched catchweight contest would take place Back in his pomp as an era-defining, generational dog-torturer, the great Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did an interesting experiment with shapes. This involved showing a dog called Vampire a combination of circles and ovals. Circles...