Tour de France winner in 2018 is building for a final assault on the great race before a farewell in Cardiff “Bike racing is all I have ever known,” says Geraint Thomas of the 19-year professional career that will end this summer with one final Tour de France and a...
‘I’ve been burnt a few times’: Emma Raducanu on betrayal and A-levels
The British tennis star is seeking stability with familiar faces after her world was transformed by US Open success “I am very independent and I think now I’m actually just listening to myself and my intuition more,” says Emma Raducanu, smiling, from one of the few quiet corners of the...
Flavio Briatore takes on Alpine F1 team principal duties after Oliver Oakes exit
Briatore to return 17 years after Crashgate scandal Driver Doohan replaced by Colapinto for next five races The Alpine team principal, Oliver Oakes, has resigned from the team with Flavio Briatore, the Italian who was once given a lifetime ban from Formula One, set to step up to assume team...
Trajectory, vibe, a sense of progress: why Arsenal can’t afford a Paris mismatch | Barney Ronay
There is a fair chance Mikel Arteta’s team won’t beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. If they must lose, lose right Is this thing … still on? After last week’s strangely enervated first-leg performance against Paris Saint-Germain at the Emirates Stadium it has been tempting to get a bit...
Simone Inzaghi hails Inter for beating ‘best two sides in Europe’ on way to final
Inter defeat Barcelona after seeing off Bayern in quarters Inzaghi: ‘Arsenal or PSG, it’s going to be a great final’ Simone Inzaghi claimed that his Inter team had beaten “the best two sides in Europe” on their way to the club’s seventh European Cup final. Inter beat Barcelona 4-3 in...
‘They’ll have to go home’: Trump’s World Cup taskforce dismisses fears but warns visitors
Trump convenes first meeting of World Cup taskforce President hails windfall despite questions over readiness US president Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his administration’s 2026 World Cup taskforce on Tuesday in a public event in which he revealed that he did not know Russia had been banned from...
Ex-French interior minister apologises to Liverpool fans for making them a ‘scapegoat’
Gérald Darmanin, now justice minister, called night of 2022 Champions League final ‘biggest failure’ of his career The former French interior minister has apologised to Liverpool fans for using them as a “scapegoat” for the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Paris, where supporters of the club, including...
Murillo earns Nottingham Forest vital point at Crystal Palace in race for Europe
Nottingham Forest aren’t finished just yet. A typically wholehearted performance from Nuno Espírito Santo’s side capped by an instinctive equaliser from Murillo rescued a point that could eventually prove priceless for their hopes of reaching the promised land of the Champions League. It is to their immense credit that with...
FA chief Bullingham insists transgender ban ‘not an ideological judgment’
‘Difficult decision’ on trans women based on legal advice Goal Diggers FC march 12 miles to deliver protest letter Mark Bullingham, the chief executive of the Football Association, has written to London grassroots football club Goal Diggers FC explaining the governing body’s decision to ban transgender women from women’s football...
Barcelona boosted by Lewandowski return for semi-final clash with Inter
Polish striker back from hamstring injury for second leg Inter have fitness doubts for Champions League tie The Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has been declared fit to return from a hamstring injury but is set to start on the bench in their Champions League semi-final second leg at Inter on...