Mercedes driver said world champion threatened him Red Bull principal also responds to Toto Wolff ‘terrier’ dig The Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has defended his driver Max Verstappen in the world champion’s increasingly ill-tempered feud with Mercedes’ George Russell and dismissed their very public falling-out as part of...
Arne Slot warns Liverpool must learn from last season’s defeat at Everton
League leaders make final league visit to Goodison Park ‘You must be aggressive, but aggressive in a smart way’ Arne Slot has said Liverpool must be smarter in the 245th Merseyside derby having played into Everton’s hands on their last visit to Goodison Park. Slot prepared for his first derby...
King Turgeon can solve Becher Chase puzzle if Storm Darragh stays away
Accurate jumping is key over the Grand National fences but inspections at Aintree and Sandown could halt action The televised cards at Sandown and Aintree on Saturday are both subject to precautionary inspections, at 7am and 7.30am respectively, with Storm Darragh threatening to bring high winds and rain across the...
NBA to return to China with preseason games for first time since 2019 fallout
NBA returns to China with Nets-Suns preseason games China hasn’t hosted games since Morey tweet in 2019 The NBA will stage two pre-season games in Macau next October, its deputy commissioner said on Friday, marking its return to China after being frozen out for more than five years. No NBA...
Mitchell Starc rules as pink-ball king for Australia in second Test with India
India 180; Australia 86-1 stumps on day one in Adelaide Starc takes six wickets, including with first ball of Test Sporting songs from the outer are usually dross, partly because they’re most often sung tunelessly by annoying drunks, and partly because they usually consist of one cringey couplet jammed with...
‘I’m loving it’: why so many English players feel the pull of French rugby
Will Collier is revelling in the Castres fans’ passion and enjoying other benefits of life in south of France It is the matchday bus rides to his new club’s stadium that, for Will Collier, perfectly capture the parallel universe of French club rugby. “You can hear the fans when you’re...
The Spin | ‘A spiritual journey’: the story behind cricket’s new Crowe-Thorpe Trophy
Artist behind prize for winner of New Zealand v England series explains emotional process of fusing cricketers’ bats In the moments before the first Test started in Christchurch last week the television cameras alighted on the new Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, the prize that awaits the winners of the ongoing series between...
Ding and Gukesh miss wins as World Chess Championship nears climax
World champion and 18-year-old challenger are deadlocked at 4.5-4.5 in their best-of-14 series which finishes next week China’s world champion, Ding Liren, and his Indian opponent, Gukesh Dommaraju, at 18 the youngest ever title challenger, are deadlocked at 4.5-4.5 after nine of their scheduled best of 14 games in Singapore....
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Harry Brook’s ‘favourite hundred’ puts England in charge against New Zealand
Yorkshire’s player eighth Test ton is 123 off 115 balls Tourists score 280 before reducing hosts to 86-5 Harry Brook hailed a game-changing century against New Zealand as his best yet after taming a tricky Wellington pitch and rescuing England on day one of the second Test. The bowlers from...