⚽ News, discussion and buildup before the day’s action⚽ Sunderland 0-5 Nottm Forest | Fixtures | Mail us here At the other end of the table, Arsenal host Newcastle as they look to leapfrog Manchester City and move back to first in the Premier League. The Gunners slipped to second...
59,000 runners, 93,024 energy gels and £100m for charity: the London Marathon is booming
The prodigious growth of running clubs, fuelled by young women, has seen the popularity of the event sky-rocket There is always magic in the air on a London Marathon morning. But this year the event promises to dazzle and soar more than ever. A world-record 59,000 people will take part...
‘Worth a thousand words’: Trump photo obscuring women’s tennis team sparks backlash
Georgia players celebrated championship at White House President shakes hands of men, not women in video Former tennis star Navratilova leads criticism A White House photo celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash due to the positioning of Donald Trump and a group of men, who overshadowed the...
Sports quiz of the week: title races, snooker drama and marathon records
Have you followed the big stories in football, snooker, cricket, NFL, athletics, rugby league and golf? Continue reading...
NFL draft 2026: Mendoza goes No 1 as Rams surprise with move for QB Ty Simpson at No 13
Pick-by-pick: all the selections from the first round Two quarterbacks go in Thursday’s first round The story of the first round of the 2026 NFL draft surrounded a quarterback but it wasn’t No 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza. As expected, the Las Vegas Raiders selected Mendoza with the first pick...
Chess: Turkey’s Yagiz Erdogmus, 14, reaches record 2700 rating – ‘now for 2800 and 2900’
The teenager crushed Veselin Topalov 5-1 to become the youngest ever 2700-rated grandmaster, after which his coach said his future target was 2900 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, 14, has become chess’s youngest 2700-rated grandmaster, breaking an age record set a decade ago by China’s Wei Yi at 15. The Turkish teenager...
Maresca is top candidate if Guardiola does quit Manchester City this year
Positive talks at City over the former Chelsea manager Guardiola called him ‘one of the best in the world’ Enzo Maresca is the leading candidate to take over at Manchester City as they prepare for the growing possibility of Pep Guardiola leaving at the end of the season. Maresca has...
World Cup final tickets listed for more than $2m on Fifa’s resale site
Four seats are put on sale for $2,299,998.85 each Fifa doesn’t set offerings, but some go above $100,000 Governing body takes 15% from both buyer and seller Fifa’s resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3m each. The $2,299,998.85 seats for the...
Alcaraz must heed injury wake-up call as absence leaves hole in clay-court season | Tumaini Carayol
Smart scheduling is key to longevity and avoiding injuries, and the Spaniard has sometimes paid for his imprudence Carlos Alcaraz’s title defence at the Monte Carlo Masters ended two Sundays ago in an intense two-set final loss to his arch-rival Jannik Sinner. While some players would have been desperate for...
‘I’ll keep doing it as long as I can’: Harry Newton, London Marathon’s oldest runner at 88
Retired grocer from Macclesfield is proof that running is not just a young person’s game after only starting his journey at the age of 57 At a time when running has never been more popular with generation Z, one man is proving that it is not just a young person’s...