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Cunningham says rallies aren’t a distraction Supporters gather outside second straight game White: team wants focus to stay on basketball Sophie Cunningham says she’s unconcerned that the rallies against transgender participation in women’s sports that have accompanied the Indiana’s Fever’s recent games are a distraction for the WNBA team. Cunningham made the comments before the Fever’s game Frid…

‍♀️ Updates from the 138km opening stage of this year’s race ‍♀️ Vollering gears up for latest Tour tilt | And email Luke “ Absolutely brutal, ” is the assessment of Dani Rowe, a pundit for TNT Sports, of this year’s parcours. “There is 19,000m of elevation. Not one easy day. These riders will have to stay focused every day. Continue reading...

Updates from the final day at Glorious Goodwood Asfoora retirement on hold. Plus Saturday’s tipping Newmarket 1.33, Chalice Stakes, Listed, 1m 4f A relatively minor event for female horses that is open to all ages from three-year-olds up, but the older horses have had a very thin time of it in recent years with just a single four-year-old winner – Divina Grace in 2024 – in the last seven runnings…

2018 winners beaten by Silver Ferns 61-54 in semi-final Roses to face either Australia or Jamaica for bronze medal England’s hopes of regaining their Commonwealth Games’ netball title are over after a 61-54 defeat to New Zealand that was far more comprehensive than the scoreline suggests. The Roses, who famously won gold in the Gold Coast in 2018, at least have the consolation of the bronze medal…

Tarona Taafaki makes history in women’s 75kg category All boxers eliminated in semis receive bronze medals A boxer has made history for ⁠Tuvalu by winning the tiny Pacific island nation’s first Commonwealth ⁠Games medal without winning a single fight. Twenty-year-old Tarona Taafaki, ⁠one of five entrants in the women’s 75kg category, received a bye to the semi-finals where she lost on an unanimou…

Infantino ditched proposals after widespread backlash Uefa adds: ‘We cannot keep going on with secret schemes’ Gianni Infantino “has lost the confidence” of Uefa following his aborted project to sell off the World Cup to private investors, European football’s governing body has said. Uefa castigated “secret schemes on fast-track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit…

Updates from Saturday’s live action around Glasgow Medal table | How ‘mop man’ Miller stole the show The Black Ferns will play Australia or Jamaica in tomorrow’s gold-medal match after beating England 61-54 in the first semi-final at the Hydro. New Zealand, who took bronze four years ago, are one game away from winning Commonwealth gold for the first time since 2010. This will be their first fina…

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 fair amount of respect, the appointment of Stephen Fleming gives them a chance to pivo…

If professional athletes can represent more than one country, let alone multiple clubs, why shouldn’t fans change teams? “I was fanatically pro-German when the Germans were here to protect us against the Americans, and now that Americans are here to protect us against the Germans, I am fanatically pro-American … you and your country will have no more loyal partisan in Italy than me – but only as …

Brazil legend’s decision to play in Serie C at 46 has divided fans – but the man who arranged the deal has high hopes On a scorching summer afternoon in Ravenna, a city far better known for its fifth-century Byzantine mosaics and Dante’s tomb than for footballing glory, eyes are peeled in the historic centre for one of world football’s most recognisable figures – a man who featured in the World C…

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 has just endured a rough night in which, after winning his third medal of the Commonwealth Games , he ma…

During Eddie Howe’s time at Newcastle, only four clubs earned more Premier League points, but the team underperformed last term When Eddie Howe was appointed by Newcastle in November 2021, the club was 19th in the Premier League with no wins after 11 games. He steered them to 11th by the end of the campaign, and they finished 12th last season. At some clubs there would have been little deviation …

Lawyers now say damage to pool liner attributed to David Hearn instead is result of installation by contractor The justice department has moved to dismiss a criminal case charging former Olympian David Hearn with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial‘ reflecting pool, instead blaming damage to the pool liner as “the result of flawed installation by the contractor”. Government lawyers said in…

As the paddock disperses for its traditional mid-season three-week break, the race is on to catch Kimi Antonelli Mercedes came into the season as favourites and have lived up to the billing. Their car has been dominant with eight wins from 11 meetings, a strike rate greater perhaps even than the team had expected. Despite the rather skewed conclusions of the Aduo engine assessment, which declared…

Thelo Aasgaard earned Derek McInnes his first point as Rangers manager as they fought back for a 1-1 draw against Dundee United. Lachlan Rose struck the first goal of the Premiership season to give United a half-time lead at Tannadice. Continue reading...