Category: Sports

One year on from the epic final women’s rugby is flourishing in both nations while England are aiming to take their successive win total to 40 games Train like you have never won, play like you don’t know how to lose. That is the mantra scribbled on a whiteboard in...

⚽ Friday’s team news, press conferences and analysis⚽ The Knowledge: when were the first replica kits?⚽ Get in touch! Email Dominic with any thoughts Manchester United women’s head coach, Eva Olid, says her side’s difficult start will help them become stronger and that she is undeterred by criticism of their...

Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity – but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humanity where the aesthetic is part of the appeal Have you seen the 40-second video that will change the way you think about women’s sport, women’s bodies, just, you know, women?...

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The former world title challenger, 61, will take on representatives from five other continents in a tournament rated by the global chess body Fide Nigel Short, the 1993 world title challenger, will head to the Antarctic for his next tournament as the 61-year-old, formerly of Bolton but resident for many...

Keely Hodgkinson and Gabby Thomas among the stars at London event whose promoter has big plans and hopes for women’s sport The timing could hardly be better. After a week when the discourse around women’s sport has been dominated by the actor Sydney Sweeney posing naked – and the intense...

Man behind US college football’s landmark match in London has dedicated his life to improving crowd safety since his daughter was killed in a crowd crush at a concert aged 23 On Saturday afternoon, as he looks out at the crowd of 60,000 he has helped entice to Wembley Stadium,...

‘I take responsibility … it doesn’t feel good at the moment’ United beaten 3-2 by Brighton after taking two-goal lead Michael Carrick admitted Manchester United’s Carabao Cup capitulation against Brighton that was greeted by boos at Old Trafford was unacceptable and that answers had to be found at Fulham on...

Club legend Steve Fletcher reflects on the wild rise over two decades to playing Real Sociedad in the Europa League It is 13 years since Bournemouth, a couple of months after finishing runners-up to Doncaster in the third tier, hosted Real Madrid. It was a balmy summer’s day, officially Carlo...

Winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned “What’s your name?” “Raheem.” Continue reading...