Wiebes’ turn of speed too much for 2023 winner Vollering ‘It was a long sprint, but I’m super happy’ Lorena Wiebes took the first yellow jersey of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes after climbing the Côte Saint-François and outsprinting race favourites Kim Le Court and 2023 champion, Demi Vollering....
Gianni Infantino could face leadership challenge as Fifa Council members rebel
Council wants to trigger emergency general meeting Members demand review of Balogun decision Gianni Infantino is facing a rebellion from members of the Fifa Council who are attempting to force an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) that could develop into a full blown leadership challenge. The Guardian has learned that moves...
Josh Kerr storms to Commonwealth Games mile title in golden Glasgow moment
Home favourite blazes clear to delight Scottish fans Wightman fades to sixth, Myers takes silver Josh Kerr’s summer of miracle and wonder continued in front of his adoring home fans as he added Commonwealth gold to his glittering collection. In a slowly run race that frequently resembled dodgems, Kerr made...
Clicky Ponting and ‘known cheats’ on the golf course: the crisis in UK sportsmanship
Some blame social media and the behaviour of world leaders for a perceived decline in honesty When a cricket team in North Yorkshire became the centre of a cheating scandal that made headlines around the world, it made many think – is this a very British form of cheating? Cricket...
Key talks up Fleming England reset and an imaginary future for Test team
Managing director of men’s cricket wants a team that consistently win while preparing future captains and coaches After a chaotic and miserable eight months, in which England’s Test team lost the Ashes in Australia, a home series against New Zealand, a captain, a coach, their once rampant self-confidence and a...
Tour de France Femmes under pressure to reroute Ventoux stage amid wildfire risk
Authorities want stage altered if risk is ‘extreme’ 2025 champion Ferrand-Prévot faces sterner challenge The Tour de France Femmes is facing pressure to reroute part of its key stage to the summit of Mont Ventoux next Friday because of the wildfires threat in Provence. The women’s Tour, which begins in...
Fifa scraps proposal to sell off stakes in World Cup after widespread backlash
Gianni Infantino issues statement on controversial plan ‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell chunks of the World Cup to private investors has sensationally collapsed, with the Fifa president admitting the project “has created divisions of a nature that are no longer in the...
‘Pretty much the downfall of society’: Adam Ramsay-Peaty on press intrusion, forgiveness and going all in for LA 2028
After a rollercoaster week at the Commonwealth Games, the double Olympic champion says he will never stop believing what he can achieve “I couldn’t switch off because it’s been a real rollercoaster of a week,” Adam Ramsay-Peaty says with a weary smile on a quiet Thursday morning in Glasgow. He...
Georgia Hunter Bell outruns Odira to win Commonwealth Games 800m gold
Hunter Bell clocks 1min 59.51 to beat world champion Win secures full set of major medals for English runner There are late developers in sport, and then there is the brilliant Georgia Hunter Bell, who continues to defy sporting gravity at the age of 32. And on Friday night under...
‘I’m just a different type’: Demi Vollering gears up for Tour de France Femmes tilt
Dutch rider completed the set of Grand Tours by winning the Giro and is set on claiming a second title in France French pulses were set racing by Pauline-Ferrand Prévot’s win in the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, but the pragmatic choice of favourite for this year’s race, which begins...