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Updates from Monday’s play at the All England Club Osaka stuns Sabalenka | Sinner through | Mail Daniel Wotcha and welcome to Wimbledon 2026 – day eight! It’s Manic Monday no more but, absorbing into the schedule of matches here to embrace us over the next 10 or so hours, it’s not difficult to find some replacement alliteration. Continue reading...

‍♂️ Official stage start time: 11.10am BST/12.10pm CET ‍♂️ Granollers to Les Angles (195.5km) | Stage two report ‍♂️ You can follow us on TikTok . And also email Andy While we wait for live TV coverage, here is Jeremy Whittle’s report from Barcelona . It was an ominous day: both for UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s show of strength (could be a long Tour for anyone not called Jonas Vingegaard) and the news…

In pushing Fifa to reverse Folarin Balogun’s suspension, the president did the most American thing possible: assert unasked-for power to get his way The story of Garrincha’s red card in the 1962 World Cup is the stuff of legend. The Brazilian great was sent off in the semifinals for lashing out at an opponent, but back then, Fifa had no automatic one-match suspension in place. So a disciplinary c…

Austrian left Crystal Palace at the end of last season He is Forest’s fifth head coach in less than a year Oliver Glasner has outlined his desire to take Nottingham Forest to “the next level” after being confirmed the club’s new head coach. The Austrian is Forest’s fifth head coach in less than a year and arrives in Nottingham following a superb stint at Crystal Palace. He led them to FA Cup glor…

⚽️ World Cup news and reaction as last 16 continues ⚽️ Mexico 2-3 England | Player guide | Email us We haven’t even mentioned Balogun-gate yet. The Belgian FA, and you can assume a large proportion of the football world, has been left “astonished” by Fifa’s decision after lobbying by Donald Trump to reverse the suspension given to the striker for his red card in the team’s win over Bosnia and Her…

Coach calls it ‘greatest day’ in country’s football history Neymar appears to announce Brazil retirement Ståle Solbakken called it “the greatest day in Norwegian football history” while Erling Haaland labelled it one of “the sickest”. One thing is for certain, however: Norway are through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time after deservedly beating Brazil . A late double from…

Wildcard entry faces former world No 3 Grigor Dimitrov Fery is last remaining British singles player at Wimbledon Arthur Fery said he will not pay attention to any social media hype surrounding his breakthrough run at Wimbledon, and claimed he is ready for the elevated attention that comes with being the only British singles player in the second week when he faces Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth ro…

Captain broke down in tears after Australia defeat ‘I tried to do everything I could … I’m really proud’ England’s captain, Nat Sciver-Brunt, said she hoped this would not be her last World Cup, after England lost the T20 final by seven wickets at Lord’s on Sunday. England were outplayed by a classy Australia side, led by a half-century from Beth Mooney, and an emotional Sciver-Brunt broke down i…

Team strategy might have cost him second place Christian Horner makes return to F1 paddock Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated by his Ferrari team’s late strategic decision that might have cost him second place at the British Grand Prix, after he admitted he had endured an afternoon when nothing had gone right. Ferrari opted to pit Hamilton under the safety car late in the race, which was won by H…

Rhinos beat Bradford 50-16 to maintain a four-point Super League lead, leaving the chasing pack to jostle for second Magic Weekend’s move to a summer date was a chance not only for the competition to put itself in the spotlight on a big stage by the banks of the Mersey, but to double up as moving day for the business end of the campaign. This year has passed by in the blink of an eye and, with 10…

The 29-year-old forward always avoided attention, but his World Cup goals have dragged him into the centre of the conversation We have to talk about Mikel Oyarzabal. When Spain scored their third goal against Austria in Los Angeles, cameras caught Lamine Yamal’s little brother celebrating , fists clenched and shouting “come on!”. The picture couldn’t have been more perfect, and not just because K…

A decidedly unremarkable Brazilian team had looked tentative at this tournament. A sixth World Cup title looks a long way off Brazil were 1-0 down . At first, a few yellow jerseys wandered up the aisles and out to the concourse, writing off the small fortunes they had invested in being here, never mind the chances of their nation lifting a sixth World Cup. Then it was a steady stream of Brazil fa…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Archie Rhind-Tutt , Nicky Bandini and Lars Sivertsen as England beat Mexico 3-2 at the Azteca in an all-time great World Cup game Continue reading...

This was the most extraordinary night of football as an experience of the mind, body, bones, guts and blood “Enn-JOYYY this unforrrgGEDDABLE Fifa Worrrld Cup … expPERRIENCE!!” the strangely guileless American-accented public address had commanded, with 40 minutes still to run before the delayed kick-off in Mexico City. Er. OK then. Looking out over the mist-shrouded cliff face of the Estadio Azte…

The Guardian’s Sarah Lee soaks up the atmosphere at the All England Club as the tennis championship enters its second week Continue reading...