Category: Sports

What a game, what a series of moments, what a display of spirit and skill from Cape Verde, a tiny island nation with a far-flung diaspora team, who took Argentina right to the brink of one of the great sporting shocks in Miami. How to tell the story of this...

Fifa held discussions about game kicking off earlier Risk of thunderstorms in Mexico had caused concern England have avoided the prospect of their World Cup match against Mexico on Sunday being brought forward by six hours after a chaotic day that saw Fifa engaged in discussions with multiple stakeholders over...

Teenage sensation is a fearless racer but taking on Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard is setting the bar very high Paul Seixas may be the youngest Tour de France debutant since 1937, but he is not lacking in confidence. Reminded of the scale of the challenge facing him, in hoping...

World No 1 wins in straight sets against American Medvedev in surprise loss against Jan-Lennard Struff It was after losing in the US Open final last year that Jannik Sinner said he needed to be less predictable if he was to beat Carlos Alcaraz more regularly. Moving forward, finishing points...

Teenager wins 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in match held over Zverev and De Minaur reach round three in straight sets This is Rafael Jodar’s first Wimbledon and yet the way the 19-year-old plays and talks, you would think he is playing his 10th. Trailing two sets to one to...

England beat South Africa by 40 runs Women’s T20 World Cup hosts through to Lord’s final England launched themselves into the T20 World Cup final after defeating South Africa by 40 runs at the Oval on Thursday evening. Emotions ran high, especially after England were left reeling at 23 for...

⚽ All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email us Julian Nagelsmann is set to resign as Germany coach, according to reports in the newspaper, Bild. It was reported ⁠on Friday ​the 38-year-old had agreed to leave following talks...

‘There was that fall last summer. I knew it was over’ Injuries hampered the final years of rider’s career Chris Froome, the four-time winner of the Tour de France, who also took the 2018 Giro d’Italia and 2011 and 2017 Vuelta a España titles, has confirmed his retirement from professional...

Third seed more at ease in dominant 6-1, 6-3 victory ‘Today I felt like it was a normal day at the office’ In the final minutes of her quick afternoon on Centre Court, two points from defeat, Karolina Pliskova curled a precise first serve out wide that landed dead on...

The 2024 women’s singles champion won 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 Teenager says loss will ‘take some time’ to get over Four women in the post-1968 Open era have won singles titles on the slow red clay of Roland Garros and ­Wimbledon’s lightning-fast grass before their 20th birthdays. As Mirra Andreeva, the...