Seven-time world champion upbeat for 2026 ‘I’m more connected to this car for sure,’ he says Lewis Hamilton believes he is in the “best place” he has been at Ferrari, with a new car that carries his “DNA”. The seven-time champion failed to take a podium place for the first...
When curlers need snookers: Team GB fight on at Winter Olympics after day of drama
British sides keep hopes alive with vital wins Team GB women need to beat Italy on Friday These are strained days at the curling arena, where the chances of the two British teams are teetering like a bus full of bullion that’s backed over the lip of a cliff. Both...
Arsenal suffer new blow in title race after Edozie’s equaliser boosts Wolves
Whichever way you look at it, Arsenal did not produce a performance worthy of champions. No one in red and white will want to remember this freezing cold night at Molineux – but it will live long in the memory of Wolves’ Tom Edozie, whose debut goal was a just...
Anthony Gordon grabs four as Newcastle hit Qarabag for six in playoff
When the Qarabag manager, Gurban Gurbanov, declared before kick-off that Newcastle possess “a style of play that does not suit us”, there were suggestions that he was playing mind games. Long before half-time it was fully apparent that he had rather understated things. Had this been a boxing match it...
Arsenal set up Chelsea showdown in Women’s Champions League with win over Leuven
A hard-fought victory over OH Leuven at Meadow Park sent Arsenal through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they will face Chelsea next month. The visitors tested Renée Slegers’s side when Sára Pusztai cancelled out Alessia Russo’s goal but a penalty from Mariona Caldentey and second from Russo...
Grand National field ‘stands out’ in 2026 with elite runners and promising underdogs
Top dozen horses for Aintree all rated 160 or above I Am Maximus is top weight above Nick Rockett The unveiling of the weights for the 2026 Grand National started with a montage of clips from 50 years ago, when the world’s most famous steeplechase was at its lowest ebb,...
Australia out of T20 World Cup after Zimbabwe’s match against Ireland rained off
Former champions eliminated before final group match Zimbabwe go through to Super 8 phase Australia have been knocked out of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup before even finishing their group stage fixtures after Zimbabwe’s match with Ireland in Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled. With each side...
Ukraine skeleton racer gifted $200,000 by Shakhtar Donetsk owner after Winter Olympics ban
Donation equal to prize Ukraine pays gold medallists Heraskevych barred for wearing ‘helmet of memory’ The owner of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk has donated more than $200,000 to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych. The athlete was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games before competing over the use of a...
Tiger Woods weighs offer to captain 2027 US Ryder Cup team
‘I’m trying to figure out if I can actually do this’ Woods says he could play in this year’s Masters Tiger Woods has confirmed he has been asked to captain the USA team at the Ryder Cup next year. Woods, who has not played competitively since the 2024 Open Championship,...
Pollock promotion reflects England’s need to banish Murrayfield blues | Robert Kitson
Steve Borthwick’s response to stinging defeat in Scotland is to hand a first start to English rugby’s young tyro A week can be a long time in the Six Nations, never mind in politics. One minute England are contemplating title showdowns in Paris, the next they face a must-win game against...