Turki al-Sheikh had booked a second date before Saturday’s dramatic slugfest although loser’s promoter fears for fighter “I want my revenge, man,” Conor Benn said quietly in the early hours of Sunday morning as his bruised face reflected his emotional pain after he lost against Chris Eubank Jr in a...
Mitchell puts pressure on New Zealand and maintains England’s World Cup focus
A familiar adversary lies in wait but Red Roses’ head coach demands his team first concentrate on reaching the final “New Zealand have more pressure on them to win the upcoming Rugby World Cup than us because they are on for the three-peat,” the England head coach, John Mitchell, said...
London Marathon sets world record for number of finishers
Total surpasses previous record of 55,646 set in New York, and event also broke record for crowd numbers The London Marathon’s organisers have hailed an “extraordinary” day in the nation’s capital, as the 45th edition beat the world record for number of finishers and attracted record crowds. By 6.30pm on...
Slegers ‘so proud’ as Arsenal book WCL final place after stunning comeback
Arsenal stunned Lyon to reach their first Women’s Champions League final since 2007, as Renée Slegers’s side produced a mature display full of desire, resilience and attacking brilliance to secure an impressive comeback in France. They beat the last season’s runners-up 4-1 thanks to an own goal from Christiane Endler...
Ronnie O’Sullivan closes in on record 23rd world snooker quarter-final
O’Sullivan leads Pang Junxu 12-4 Judd Trump wins £100,000 for 100th century of season Ronnie O’Sullivan eased to the verge of a record-extending 23rd World Snooker Championship quarter-final after making short work of opponent Pang Junxu in the second session of their second-round match at the Crucible. O’Sullivan was seldom...
‘It has not been good’: Guardiola says FA Cup win will not save City’s season
Manager vows to challenge Liverpool for title next season Forest aiming to leapfrog City to third in the table After Manchester City reached a third successive FA Cup final, Pep Guardiola insisted that beating Crystal Palace in the showpiece will not make it a successful season, vowing his team will...
Novak Djokovic faces up to ‘new reality’ after crashing out of Madrid Open
‘I’m not sure if I will come back,’ says crestfallen Serb Jack Draper, Cam Norrie and Jacob Fearnley progress Novak Djokovic is not sure if he has competed in Madrid for the last time after succumbing to a difficult 6-3, 6-4 loss to the unseeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the...
Browns select Shedeur Sanders with 144th pick to end QB’s agonizing slide down NFL draft
Quarterback had been expected to go in first two rounds Analysis: Sanders’s fall exposes cruelties of draft One of the most extraordinary storylines in the history of the NFL draft came to a conclusion on Saturday as the Cleveland Browns, finally, selected Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the...
Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair. I wasn’t on a level playing field’
How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelled The tunnel in which athletes wait before they enter a stadium ahead of a major...
Aldcroft holds nerve but England will need to raise level to go all the way at World Cup | Andy Bull
Red Roses were one more mistake away from missing out on the grand slam to France but it should not have been so close There’s no such thing as an easy grand slam and, in the very end, England’s turned out to be as hard-won as any of them. One...