Northampton coaches eased post-Lions burden England back played 34 games last season England’s Tommy Freeman has revealed the extent of his mental struggles after the victorious British & Irish Lions tour of Australia at the end of a season when he exceeded the player welfare limits for the number of...
Under-fire Australia left to rely on others to avoid humiliating exit at T20 World Cup
Selectors under fire after Steve Smith unused against Sri Lanka Fate now rests with Ireland and Sri Lanka beating Zimbabwe Australia’s aura as a white-ball heavyweight has all but petered out in the space of two disastrous defeats at the T20 World Cup where the absence of their champion fast...
Muir fourth again after agonising tumble as Oldham wins big air gold for Canada
China’s Eileen Gu second, Italy’s Flora Tabanelli third Briton, fourth again, says: ‘I really did have to go for it’ This time, Kirsty Muir must surely have believed that a Winter Olympic medal was in her grasp. But as a thrilling big air competition reached its denouement, an Italian with...
‘It fills my heart’: Andrews lauds Macclesfield for their dream FA Cup adventure
Brentford coach praises non-league side’s advances Manager John Rooney proud of Macclesfield’s efforts Keith Andrews made a beeline for the Macclesfield dressing room after Brentford’s fourth-round FA Cup victory at Moss Rose and told John Rooney and his players they had been immense against his Premier League charges. The Brentford...
Haji Wright hat-trick sinks Middlesbrough and returns Coventry to Championship summit
“We are top of the league,” sang the Coventry City supporters on loop after returning to the summit of the Championship with a victory that quelled the nagging noise surrounding Frank Lampard and his promotion-chasing side. Coventry, pace-setters for the majority of the season, had won just four league games...
Weston and Stoecker strike gold to cap GB’s greatest day at Winter Olympics
British pair triumph in mixed team skeleton event Bankes and Nightingale win mixed snowboard cross The Games organisers had only just given Matt Weston the box for the medal he won on Friday night. He had been keeping it stashed in a spare sock in his top drawer since the...
Opening shocks could set scene for most unpredictable Super League yet
Wins for promoted York against champions and Toulouse at Wakefield can only boost game’s appeal at a crucial time The opening weekend of Super League’s new era as a 14-team competition has been undeniably positive and packed with surprises. There have been sell‑out crowds, the attendance boom of 2025 continuing...
India rout Pakistan in T20 World Cup grudge match after Kishan’s ‘amazing’ innings
Group A: India, 175-7, bt Pakistan, 114, by 61 runs Opener’s 77 proves decisive on tricky pitch A day of no handshakes, and for Pakistan many head shakes. India coasted to victory in what became global cricket’s most lucrative mismatch after a superlative innings from the opener Ishan Kishan skewed...
Jeremiah Azu completes surprise sprint double at UK indoor championships
Azu adds 200m gold to 60m title in Birmingham Issy Boffey wins 800m after Hodgkinson withdrawal Amid a raft of high-profile absentees from Birmingham this weekend it was quite the surprise to see Jeremiah Azu’s name on the 200m start list for the UK Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday. The...
Coventry v Boro: how momentum has shifted in the Championship title race
Frank Lampard’s team started the season with a blaze of goals but Kim Hellberg’s side are now title favourites By WhoScored The last time these two teams met, on 25 November, Coventry were on an 18-match run that delivered 13 wins, 50 goals and a 10-point lead at the top...