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Our cartoonist on humiliating exits for Arsenal and Liverpool, low-hanging fruit and Hugo Ekitike’s shirt swap Buy one of David’s cartoons | His favourites from 2025 And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

England and Nottinghamshire paceman had unusual injections that saved his career and wants everyone to know how to pronounce his name “It’s Tongue as in T-U-N-G, not Tongue like T-O-N-G! What is that? TONG ?” Josh Tongue is in his three-year-old son’s playroom, but it isn’t a toddler he is putting to bed. The 28-year-old has heard commentators offer up a few pronunciations of his surname since he…

Batsman tested positive after roadside stop in Sydney The 39-year-old will appear in court on 7 May One of Australia’s most decorated cricketers will face court after alleging blowing twice the legal limit in a random breath test on Easter Sunday. David Warner was allegedly stopped at a roadside breath testing unit at Maroubra in Sydney’s east. Continue reading...

Reedie also served as president of World Anti-Doping Agency Sebastian Coe hails ‘mentor, wise counsel and passionate advisor’ Sir Craig Reedie, a giant of the Olympic movement, who served as chair of the British Olympic Association for more than a decade and was instrumental in bringing the Games to London in 2012, has died at the age of 84. Tributes have poured in for the Scots-born Reedie, who …

World champions have a large try-scoring hole to fill and a rejigged side searching for eighth title win in a row How do you solve a problem like replacing Abby Dow? Yes, it is a different take on the Sound of Music song but it is a fiendish question to answer. The Red Roses winger retired after the Rugby World Cup, leaving a try-scoring hole in the world champions’ squad, whose next task is to t…

All the stats for Sporting v Arsenal, Real Madrid v Bayern, Barcelona v Atlético Madrid and PSG v Liverpool By WhoScored Arsenal arrive in Lisbon having seen their quadruple dreams unravel after back-to-back defeats to Manchester City in the League Cup final and Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals . Those missed opportunities, though disappointing, should focus the players’ minds on a Double…

He had been without a club since leaving Pumas last year ‘It has been my privilege to wear the Welsh shirt’ The former Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35. The midfielder, who spent more than a decade with Arsenal before stints with the likes of Juventus, Nice, Cardiff and Rangers, has been without a club since leaving the Mexican side Pumas at t…

The Trump administration’s pushing of the war in Iran reflects a sporting culture driven by clipped-up content, shameless tribalism and a lust for escalation Among the more surprising continuities of 2026 has been the visual kinship between the Winter Olympics and the US’s illegal and unprovoked war in Iran . High-speed camera drones were a highlight of TV coverage of the recent Games in Milano C…

Bay FC forward Barry in for injured Freya Godfrey Lionesses face Spain and Iceland in qualifiers The Bay FC forward Keira Barry has received her first senior England call-up after being added to Sarina Wiegman’s squad for Women’s World Cup qualifiers against Spain and Iceland alongside the fit-again Chelsea full-back Niamh Charles. Their additions come after the London City Lionesses forward Frey…

Elliot Cadeau scored 19 points and won Final Four MOP Foul trouble haunts Huskies in low-scoring affair As it happened: Read Beau Dure’s live play-by-play High-scoring Michigan had to get down and dirty to dig out the national title Monday, making only two three-pointers all night but still muscling its way to a 69-63 victory over stingy, stubborn UConn. Elliot Cadeau led the Wolverines with 19 p…

Dennis, whose car fatally struck Hoskins in 2023, wrote on Instagram ‘I have ALWAYS been against any sort of abuse against women’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis has lashed out at journalists on social media, saying they created a “false narrative” about him after his wife’s 2023 d…

The Sweden striker’s goals had inspired Sporting for two years but in Colombian Luis Suárez they have found an equally prolific target man In Portugal, two of the most familiar sayings claim that “green is the colour of hope” and that “hope is the last thing to die”. For Sporting, a club draped in green, those proverbs are not merely poetic – they are operational. After a humiliating 3–0 defeat i…

No phones, no littering, no cheering bad shots – ‘patrons’ face strict rules at Augusta, but what a contrast to last year’s disgraceful Ryder Cup It is easy to poke fun at the prissy traditions of the Masters. Golfers, never mind spectators, enter a state of panic over what horrible fate may befall them should they break the rules inside Augusta National. It is preposterous in so many ways; adult…

Petr Vlachovsky’s non-contact sexual abuse has had long-term effects and could finally be the catalyst for safeguarding policy change for women and girls in the sport Kristyna Janku answered the phone to a police officer, not sure what she was going to hear. She had heard the rumours, the gossip, and was not sure what was true and what was not. The defender’s former coach Petr Vlachovsky, who coa…

As the most played fixture in European competition looms once more, we look back on 50 years of thrills and spills The Champions League’s answer to e l c lásico resumes in Madrid on Tuesday. Real Madrid v Bayern Munich is the most played fixture in European competition: 28 matches and counting, including 13 knockout ties. Here are six of the best. Continue reading...