Sprint sensation runs 20.04s at school championships 16-year-old breaks Peter Norman’s 56-year benchmark Australian sprinter Gout Gout’s rapid rise has reached glorious heights as the 16-year-old broke one of the country’s most famous records at the All-Schools Championships in Brisbane. The teenage sensation shattered Peter Norman’s 200m national record that...
Atkinson hat-trick sparks England with series win over New Zealand in sight
Second Test, day two: England 280 & 378-5; NZ 125 Jacob Bethell and Ben Duckett denied centuries It was still 10.13pm on Friday evening in Barbados and while the fish fryers were doubtless cooking up a storm at Oistins, 8,600 miles away in Wellington, 3.13pm local time on Saturday, their...
Australia v India: second men’s Test, day two – live
Updates from the day-night clash at Adelaide Oval Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 35th over: Australia 90-1 (McSweeney 39, Labuschagne 23) Jasprit Bumrah starts with a maiden, angled in at pace, pink ball darting off the surface like a cobra’s tongue. Good luck, lads. 34th over: Australia...
Ange Postecoglou blames mental softness for Tottenham’s inconsistency
Spurs have lost three of their last six league games ‘We can’t keep lacking conviction in key moments’ Ange Postecoglou has opened up on the exasperation he feels at the softness of his Tottenham team in particular moments, which he suggested was linked to mentality. The manager refuses to believe...
Battered and bruised Everton must turn the end of Goodison into a new beginning | Jonathan Liew
Weather the storm of the famous ground’s final league derby and it can be a renewal for a club going nowhere for so long The deluge came earlier this week, with a bitterly appropriate sense of timing. As the precursor to the approaching Storm Darragh emptied its load over the...
Bath comeback thwarted as La Rochelle sparkle in the rain in first-half blitz
Bath 20-24 La Rochelle French side run in three first-half tries Ronan O’Gara enjoyed plenty of wet and wild rugby nights during his playing days with Munster and this sodden contest would have stirred some fond memories. There was more than a hint of old-school Irish dog in the way...
New Zealand v England: second men’s cricket Test, day two – live
Live updates from day two of the Test at Basin Reserve Brook hails ‘favourite hundred’ | And you can mail Simon Well, then. This feels like the day this Test, and with it the outcome of the series, will be decided. New Zealand start it on 86 for five, still...
‘Enormous and irreparable damage’: former chairmen call for resignations at RFU
Anger at salary and bonuses paid to top executives RFU reported £40m loss and made staff redundant Three former chairmen of the Rugby Football Union have called for the mass resignations of the union’s current hierarchy in the wake of the row over record financial losses and the salary and...
Goodbye Goodison: six classic Merseyside derbies at Everton’s evocative home
As Goodison Park prepares to host its last league derby against Liverpool on Saturday, we look back on the most memorable moments Goodison Park hosted the first derby between Everton and Liverpool 130 years ago – there was no “Merseyside” to prefix the occasion back then – with the hosts...
Raducanu hires renowned fitness coach who worked with Sharapova and Osaka
British player adds Yutaka Nakamura to her team ‘I can become one of the best athletes in tennis’ Emma Raducanu believes she can fulfil her potential of becoming one of the best athletes in her sport after hiring the esteemed strength and conditioning coach Yutaka Nakamura on a full-time basis...