American dismisses Dubois as ‘not on my level’ Baumgardner targets bouts with Taylor or Serrano British stablemate touts fight as ‘best versus best’ A dismissive Alycia Baumgardner said Britain’s Caroline Dubois still has more to prove before the American will entertain a fight between the two unified champions. That was...
Dan Skelton targets bogey track as rivals jockey for Scottish Grand National glory
Champion-in-waiting can extend his prize money record He has had a winner at 39 of 41 jumps tracks this season Dan Skelton is already certain to be crowned the UK’s champion trainer over jumps for the first time this season, but still has a few remaining targets in the final...
NBA playoff predictions 2026: the winner, key players and dark horses
Will an Oklahoma City repeat end an NBA-record run of seven different champions in seven years? Our writers make their picks ahead of Saturday’s postseason tip-off Wemby will no doubt be the answer to this question at some point in the (perhaps not-too-distant) future. But for now, I defer to...
Gout Gout waves off rivals to claim 100m national junior title in style
Teenage sensation wins in 10.21sec with legal tailwind in Brisbane 18-year-old celebrates before crossing line ahead of Zavier Peacock Gout Gout has blitzed the field but fallen short of breaking the 10-second barrier while winning the 100m at the Australian athletics junior championships in Brisbane on Saturday. The 18-year-old took...
O’Sullivan and Trump no-shows spoil mood before World Snooker Championship
Neither former world champion was at obligatory event as two British prospects look forward to moment in spotlight If there were any doubt remaining that Ronnie O’Sullivan retains a gravitational pull on the world of snooker, few moments hammered home the point better than Friday’s launch of this year’s World...
Spurs seek elusive victory, Lionesses in Iceland and Coventry seal Premier League promotion– matchday live
⚽ Today’s games | Latest tables | Premier League top scorers⚽ Follow us on Bluesky | And you can get in touch via email Cole Palmer reassured a lot of Chelsea fans that despite an inconsistent season he remains committed to the west London club. Speaking to Jacob Steinberg about...
No more gimmicks: Coventry’s perilous journey back to the Premier League is finally over
Supporters and club insiders look back at the Sky Blues’ journey, from the depths of text-a-sub ridicule and fan mutinies to promotion To understand the extraordinarily wild ride that Coventry have been on, culminating in the promotion achieved at Blackburn on Friday night, you need only look at the text-a-substitute...
Premier League shootout arrives with odd twist for feelings guy Guardiola
Manchester City v Arsenal is a rare late-season title decider and comes with a set of surprising plotlines OK, so it was all building to this, then. The slow‑burn plotlines. The room‑temperature action sequences. The winter afternoons on the sofa watching men wrestle unhappily, staring out of the window as...
‘I’ve got no plans to move’: Cole Palmer on being happy at Chelsea and his World Cup ambitions
The Blues’ star talks candidly about treatment-room frustrations, transfer talk and how he’s learned to love living down south There are two sides to Cole Palmer. There is the shy character who can fool you into thinking he has nothing much to say for himself. On the other hand there’s...
Questions raised over whether £3.8m government grant awarded to Wrexham AFC was lawful
Exclusive: The club, owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, received the grant without a contract or final state aid assessment in place Wrexham AFC, the football club part-owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, was given a £3.8m government grant without a contract or a...