Substitute Trincão’s double set ups Germany tie Spain and France to meet after both win on penalties Francisco Trincão came off the bench to score twice and Cristiano Ronaldo also found the net as Portugal defeated Denmark 5-2 after extra time for a 5-3 aggregate victory that sent them through...
Benson shines as Harlequins record first away league win over Saracens in 13 years
Saracens 12-23 Harlequins Replacement fly-half Jamie Benson sparks fine comeback Who needs Marcus Smith, England fly-half? Who, for that matter, needs Jarrod Evans, Wales fly-half? Jamie Benson is a 22-year-old who made his Premiership debut in November. He came on at half-time for Evans and kicked three long-range penalties in...
Dutch double at Milan-Sanremo as Van der Poel and Wiebes sprint to victories
Van der Poel holds of Pogacar and Ganna in classic battle Wiebes wins first women’s race since 2005 Mathieu van der Poel outsprinted Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar to win his second Milan-Sanremo Classic on Saturday, claiming the first Monument race of the season, while the European champion Lorena Wiebes...
Indian Wells champion Jack Draper dealt reality check by Jakub Mensik
Briton loses 7-6 (2) 7-6 (3) in Miami Open second round Jacob Fearnley also exits at hands of Alexander Zverev Just under a week after pulling off the greatest achievement of his career so far, the next task for Jack Draper was to cast all thoughts of his sublime Indian...
Fran McGhie shines as Scotland hold on to edge out Wales in feisty thriller
Scotland 24-21 Wales Six tries and two red cards in Six Nations opener Two red cards, six tries, a nip-and-tuck scoreboard and a traditional Scottish deluge falling from the sky. This had pretty much everything and Scotland were the team left standing with a victory at the end of a...
Wales sink Kazakhstan to get World Cup campaign up and running
It was not pitch perfect but Wales made a winning start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, the substitute Rabbi Matondo capping victory in stoppage time after Ben Davies and Daniel James scored either side of a Kazakhstan penalty. The hush of trepidation that filled the Cardiff air approaching the...
WSL roundup: Arsenal thrash Liverpool thanks to Matthews’ damaging double
Gunners bounce back with 4-0 win at Emirates Stadium Palace remain bottom after 3-0 defeat at Everton Arsenal bounced straight back from the disappointment of their midweek defeat away at Real Madrid by comprehensively beating Liverpool 4-0 in the Women’s Super League. Elsewhere, Everton ran out 3-0 winners against Crystal...
Jordan Henderson: ‘I looked at how far it was to Berlin and I hired a van’
Recalled England midfielder discusses his last-minute dash, as a fan, to the Euro 2024 final – and his World Cup dream Jordan Henderson wanted to be part of it. He felt he deserved to be part of it. And so, despite the obstacles, he put in the hard yards to...
George Foreman showed every gesture is political – especially for Black athletes | Bryan Armen Graham
At the 1968 Olympics, Foreman’s flag-waving was seen as deference if not betrayal. But the reaction to it reveals the limited ways we allow Black athletes to express themselves When a teenager from Texas named George Foreman waved a tiny American flag in the boxing ring after winning Olympic gold...
Kirsty Coventry’s in-tray: six big issues facing IOC’s new president
From protecting women’s sport to the return of Russia and keeping the Olympics relevant, the former gold medallist has tough challenges ahead As a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, Kirsty Coventry knows a thing or two about navigating choppy waters. But the new International Olympic Committee president now faces the biggest...