Gjert Ingebrigtsen used to coach Jakob and his brothers He ‘punched and kicked’ Jakob since he was a schoolboy Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father will stand trial next year on charges that include abusing the double Olympic champion and threatening to “beat him to death”. Ingebrigtsen, who won gold medals over 1500m...
USA motivated to prove gold standard in Wembley ‘chance of a lifetime’ | Suzanne Wrack
Emma Hayes is keen for her Olympic champions to keep progressing in their friendly meeting with England Lindsey Horan’s nails are painted gold and she gives an embarrassed laugh when asked whether they are a celebration of the US women’s national team’s Olympic gold in Paris, a statement to Saturday’s...
‘You really want to beat your friends’: Wiegman steels England for USA test
Both sides have key absences but England hope to learn from going toe-to-toe with Emma Hayes’s resurgent side The prospect of the European champions hosting the Olympic champions induces sufficient intrigue on its own. But add in the triumphant return to Wembley of Emma Hayes, and an England side with...
Schmidt gears up for Ireland homecoming with Prendergast on his mind
Australia coach plotting how to unravel his old team after Andy Farrell’s surprise selection of a callow No 10 If you know anything of Joe Schmidt, then he’ll have popped into your head every other time referee Chris Busby penalised the Wallabies at Murrayfield last Sunday. You could imagine the...
England’s Ollie Pope still covets No 3 slot but happy to have ‘fun’ further down
‘If I was batting at three, I’d have played the same way’ Batter grateful for advice at Surrey from Alec Stewart Ollie Pope enjoys wicketkeeping and batting down the order. This much was clear after the first two days in Christchurch, where his glove work went unnoticed for the right...
Alex Ferguson’s great run continues as he gets two more winners at Newbury
Fergie’s syndicate adds another £19,000 prize money Both horses could be targeted at Cheltenham Festival Sir Alex Ferguson’s remarkable run of form as the co-owner of an ever-expanding team of racehorses continued here on Friday as Regent’s Stroll and Kalif Du Berlais completed a double in the first two races...
Ruben Amorim getting tired United players to walk through play patterns
Manager uses videos to make up for lack of training ‘Rasmus Højlund was dead in the end against Bodø’ Ruben Amorim will compensate for a lack of coaching time by asking Manchester United players unable to participate in full training to walk and jog through patterns of play as he...
Mikel Arteta has ‘sympathy’ for Pep Guardiola over City’s poor run of results
‘Every defeat is obviously super-painful’ Arsenal’s Gabriel a fitness doubt for game at West Ham Mikel Arteta has said he feels sympathy for Pep Guardiola after Manchester City’s poor run of results but said dealing with setbacks is part of being a manager. City will attempt to record a first...
Halep hits out at ‘difference’ in anti-doping cases after one-month Swiatek ban
Halep was given four-year ban in 2022, later reduced World No 2 Swiatek given one-month ban for violation Simona Halep questioned the “big difference” in how doping cases are treated after world No 2 Iga Swiatek was handed a one-month drugs ban while the Romanian was out of action for...
Coach Andy Murray could make all the difference in Novak Djokovic’s push for history
Whatever happens in Australia and the rest of 2025, Murray taking the role of Djokovic’s corner man is a unique and somewhat joyful coda to this golden era in the sport In June 1990, just minutes after his shocking first-round defeat to upset specialist Derrick Rostagno at Wimbledon, a suddenly...