The Prem playoff contenders appear settled after Northampton’s 21-17 victory over Saracens at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Strange words to write for anyone who has covered this competition for any length of time, but we kind of know who the Prem semi-finalists are going to be. And there’s still six rounds...
Kimi Antonelli wins Japan Grand Prix to become youngest F1 championship leader
Italian leads Mercedes teammate Russell by nine points Oscar Piastri second for McLaren in first race of season Kimi Antonelli won the Japanese Grand Prix ultimately dominating the second half of the race and with it the 19-year-old has become the youngest driver to lead the Formula One world championship....
World Cup playoff news, Scotland reaction and WSL buildup – matchday live
⚽ News, discussion and buildup before day’s football action⚽ Get in touch! Email Will with your thoughts Michael Yokhin has been speaking to those at one of Europe’s biggest surprise packages this season, FC Thun. They are set to win the Swiss league, blowing away more elaborate opponents on their...
Back on form: six England-based players who are doing well on loan in Europe
Rasmus Højlund is back among the goals at Napoli while Kakub Kiwior has helped make Porto solid in defence and Largie Ramazani has given Valencia a creative spark The Dane, like many others, struggled under Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford and was packed off to Naples. He scored on his...
Running on empty? Premier League teams falter under weight of endless schedule | Jonathan Wilson
Players are not covering the distances of old – they are not being lazy but adapting to demands of an arduous campaign There is nothing English football admires more than honest endeavour, which is perhaps a consequence of the league’s origins in the industrial cities of the north and Midlands....
Stones the exception to Tuchel’s World Cup rule despite cold shoulder from Guardiola
England’s head coach still rates injury-prone Manchester City defender and seems likely to be a fundamental part of his squad this summer – if fit Every manager reserves the right to make an exception to the rules. For Thomas Tuchel, it is John Stones. The England head coach has watched...
Billy Loughnane’s bid to become champion jockey hit by 21-day ban
20-year-old suspended for improper riding at Southwell Loughnane lodges appeal against verdict and penalty Billy Loughnane, who will be Britain’s youngest champion jockey on the Flat since Frank Wootton in 1909 if he takes the title this season, has lodged an appeal against a 21-day ban imposed by the stewards...
Defeat not an option for Saracens’ McCall in crunch Northampton clash
Sarries need to bounce back from Bath hammering to stay in touch with the top when they face the Prem leaders Prestigious Prem matches are scattered across the country on Saturday but none is more significant in the title race than Saracens’ date with Northampton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. By...
Mary Rand, first British woman to win Olympic athletics gold, dies aged 86
Rand won gold, silver and bronze medals at Tokyo 1964 Mary Peters pays tribute to ‘most gifted athlete ever’ Mary Rand, the British track and field athlete who blazed a trail for women by winning three Olympic medals at the Tokyo Games in 1964, has died at the age of...
Roberto Martínez: ‘It’s a hammer blow when you don’t succeed, but let us dream’
Portugal head coach, who describes the country as a ‘football school’, explains why he is ready to take risks in pursuit of World Cup glory ‘You get there and the mountain is so big, you have no objective other than survive.” It was summer 1995, Roberto Martínez was 21, he...