The men’s game thrives on big rivalries but with the world No 2 missing through injury, the prospects of another top-10 player stepping up appear bleak Jannik Sinner is not a man for great displays of emotion, but not even the world No 1 could maintain his poker face this...
London Marathon 2026 – live updates
Updates as runners head from Greenwich to the Mall Why I’m running dressed as a badger | Get in touch Elite women’s race: The women’s elite are being introduced on the start line. Tigst Assefa beat the world women’s-only marathon record with her run here in London last year and...
Jim Furyk to lead US Ryder Cup team after Tiger Woods’s withdrawal
Furyk set for second stint as US captain Woods steps aside after arrest and treatment Europe chasing third straight win in Ireland Jim Furyk is returning as US Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Ireland, the PGA of America announced Friday, as the Americans try to get back...
Raaheeb plummets in Derby betting after smooth Classic Trial triumph
The winner has broken into Ballydoyle’s dominance of the Epsom market after running out an impressive winner Raaheeb, a full brother to the exceptional Baaeed, is top-priced at 10-1 to emulate his sire, Sea The Stars, by winning the Derby at Epsom in June after a convincing in the Group...
Arsenal’s Olivia Smith: ‘Being champions of Europe holds weight, but we believe in ourselves’
Canada forward broke the £1m transfer barrier and now eyes Sunday’s semi-final first leg against Lyon Olivia Smith is tentatively laying down roots but remains alert to the changes that can be produced by football. The 21-year-old Arsenal forward, who has nine goals and three assists in her first season...
Victorian parlours, whiff-whaff and a Soviet spy: ping-pong’s coming home
A century on from the first tournament in London, the table tennis world championships are back – with a fascinating history attached The way Wang Chuqin plays, ping-pong is a physical impossibility. By the time you made it to the end of the first two words of that sentence, Chuqin, the...
Nottingham Forest soar towards safety as Anderson caps rout of Sunderland
Vítor Pereira had promised Nottingham Forest would approach this assignment with a “Champions League mentality” and his players did not disappoint him. A fabulous attacking performance featuring four different scorers (plus an own goal) and a clean sheet not merely succeeded in denting a shell-shocked Sunderland’s European ambitions but also...
Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of French Open title defence due to wrist injury
Alcaraz suffered injury in Barcelona Open first round ‘Tennis needs Carlos’, says fierce rival Jannik Sinner Carlos Alcaraz has been forced to withdraw from the French Open due to the injury to his right wrist that he sustained last week in his first-round match at the Barcelona Open. Alcaraz, a...
Arsenal second, Spurs facing relegation: is there really panic on the streets of north London?
Fans of both sides are feeling similar levels of stress at different ends of the Premier League table Zadie Smith once wrote that “the square mile around Arsenal’s stadium could be a suitable surrogate for the whole wide world”. Perhaps you only really glimpse this on a match day, when...
Cricket’s April wasteland: Cook and Pietersen row like barbecue dads in the battle for Bethell | Barney Ronay
In the end it doesn’t matter if you prefer the IPL or red-ball cricket, or which is better. The war is over April is the cruellest month, Breeding likes on the feed (nets with Virat). Continue reading...