Team have a 70-point deficit in last two games JJ Redick says his players are struggling with basics A 29-point loss in Minnesota on Monday. A 41-point loss in Miami on Wednesday. Together, it’s the worst two-game stretch in Los Angeles Lakers history. The Lakers lost to the Heat 134-93...
Charlotte Dujardin suspended for one year over horse-whipping incident
Double Olympic champion was forced to withdraw on eve of Paris 2024 after footage emerged of her repeatedly whipping a horse The double Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all competition for one year after a video emerged on the eve of the Paris 2024 Games of...
A player’s foreseeable death raises existential questions for college football
If the purpose of universities is to cultivate the mind, it is nearly impossible to deny that football, by degrading the brain, is antithetical to the process “It is clearly the duty of the colleges which have permitted these monstrous evils to grow up and become intense to purge themselves...
Manchester City back to winning ways as they cruise past Nottingham Forest
Manchester City snapped out of their downward spiral as they roared back into life with a convincing 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest. Goals from Bernardo Silva, a rejuvenated Kevin De Bruyne and Jérémy Doku saw the champions finally get back to winning ways after an alarming run of six defeats...
‘I kept his secret’: Emma Finucane on pushing past limits and her boyfriend’s cycling defection
Triple Olympic medallist is fiercely honest about the storm of emotion that engulfed her in the Paris velodrome and being unable to tell her family Matthew Richardson would soon be joining her in Britain ‘It’s a good question,” Emma Finucane says as she thinks searchingly of the most important lesson...
Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to rollercoaster draw in Game 8 of title tilt
Ding and Gukesh play to Game 8 draw in 4hr 35min Best-of-14-games title match all square at 4-all Ding Liren v Gukesh D: all your questions, answered Play through 22 famous world championship games Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a fifth successive draw on Wednesday in the eighth...
Jaguars shut down Trevor Lawrence for season after illegal hit from Al-Shaair
Quarterback was left with concussion in Sunday’s game Mac Jones penciled in to start at Tennessee this weekend The Jacksonville Jaguars have shut down quarterback Trevor Lawrence for the rest of the season following his latest concussion. With the Jaguars (2-10) eliminated from playoff contention, they placed Lawrence on injured...
LPGA says its players must be female at birth or transition before puberty
New policy will come into effect from 2025 USGA also introduces new policy on gender Players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for females under new gender policies published Wednesday....
Clinton delivers to give experimental England edge against Switzerland
Friendly international: England 1-0 Switzerland Clinton scored eighth-minute winner at Bramall Lane Sarina Wiegman says she is not concerned by England’s current lack of creativity after an experimental side recorded a slender win against Switzerland, the European Championship hosts next summer. The England head coach gave her young players a...
London to host only second professional Sumo wrestling contest outside of Japan
Royal Albert Hall will host five-day event in October, after bringing in specialist soil and a strengthened stage the last time it was staged there London will host only the second professional Sumo wrestling event ever staged outside of Japan at the Royal Albert Hall next October. The Grand Sumo...