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Prices almost double those in Rome three years ago Organisers promise ‘enhanced onsite experience’ for fans Ryder Cup Europe has doubled the cost of a ticket to attend next year’s marquee event when the US will seek to regain the trophy at Adare Manor in County Limerick. Organisers will charge fans €499 (£434) for a daily ticket when a batch are released to those living in the Republic of Ireland…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Say what you like about Leicester City’s dismal performances but just don’t say it to Harry Winks when he’s boarding the team coach outside Fratton Park shortly after they’ve lost their 18th Championship match of the season. Last Saturday, the midfielder told travelling fans to “[Eff] off!” ahead of the return leg of their 328-mile round trip to…

The first woman to manage a men’s team in Europe’s major leagues on ‘shouting back’, her coaching influences and fighting the drop It was shaping up to be a standard Saturday night of homework for Marie-Louise Eta when the telephone rang and sent her life into overdrive. A nosediving Union Berlin had decided to part ways with their manager, Steffen Baumgart, and had a quick solution in mind. They…

Brighton was fifth straight league defeat without scoring Interim head coach expected if Rosenior departs Chelsea are holding a review after a defeat at Brighton that has left Liam Rosenior on the brink of losing his job. Although club sources have stressed it is standard for debriefs to take place the day after a game, key discussions are taking place at Cobham and a managerial change for the se…

Caretaker manager has led upturn in results Club hierarchy to wait until end of season to make decision Manchester United are yet to decide if Michael Carrick should be offered the manager’s position on a full-time base despite the upturn in form under his interim charge, with the club’s executive, led by Jason Wilcox, the director of football, intent on waiting until the end of the season before…

The Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator is preparing for the NFL draft later this week. On a recent trip home to London, he reflected on his extraordinary journey A middle-aged man pulls down his baseball cap, walks across Leicester Square and heads to Greggs for lunch before taking the Piccadilly Line home to Southgate. It’s only two months since he won the Super Bowl but none of the thousand…

The ICC chair Jay Shah has dominated social media posts from global tournaments but his views on the future direction of the game are harder to find “Visuals that the whole nation will remember for ages,” reads the social media post by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, introducing a 37-second video clip. It captures the celebrations after India’s T20 World Cup triumph in Ahmedabad last m…

‘Persian Prince’ begins campaign amid conflict ‘I’m fighting as well for my country, for my family’ Hossein Vafaei begins his campaign at the snooker world championship later on Wednesday but the groundbreaking Iranian admits it has been hard to focus because of the bombardment of his country by the United States and Israel. The war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February,…

Rooney and Murphy question scenes after victory Guardiola: ‘They won. How can they not celebrate it?’ Pep Guardiola has hit out at criticism of Manchester City’s celebrations following Sunday’s victory over Arsenal , describing such comments as “stupid things”. At the final whistle of the 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium, one that took City to within three points of the Premier League leaders with a…

Men’s tournament could follow Women’s World Cup method New format would likely come in after Euro 2028 An adapted version of the Nations League format is front runner among several options being considered for a revamp of the men’s European Championship qualifiers, which face an overhaul likely to be implemented after Euro 2028. The Guardian understands the plans were presented to Uefa’s national…

Real Madrid star buys 1.2% of Hundred franchise ‘I love cricket so I’m so happy to be on board’ Jude Bellingham has explained his decision to buy a minority stake in The Hundred franchise Birmingham Phoenix, saying: “I feel like I owe the city something”. The England and Real Madrid star has taken a 1.2% holding in the Edgbaston-based Hundred franchise, revealing himself as the unnamed investor w…

The Indiana quarterback will almost certainly be the No overall pick in this week’s draft. He is also a sign of what’s to come for the league Ever since the NCAA changed its rules in 2021 to allow student athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, institutional money has been circling college football, desperate for a way to turn top programs into money-making machines. These incursi…

The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport There really is, it turns out, a true story involving cheating in chess and a vibrating crotch. Only this one is a whodunnit that dates back more than 30 years and was only solved last week. Imagine the scene at the World Open in Philadelphia in 1993 when a mysterious unrated playe…

There will be no bow on football’s greatest stage for one of history’s great goalscorers. We’re about to find out how his career winds down While soccer’s calendar offers few moments of respite, the World Cup doubles as a time for referendums on the legacies of great players. Lionel Messi, Luka Modrić and Cristiano Ronaldo approach this summer’s tournament expecting it to be their final turn on t…

Coco Gauff, Belinda Bencic and Jannik Sinner give an insight into what really goes on behind the scenes in the loneliest communal space in sport Back in the locker room after a successful first-round performance at the Australian Open in January, Coco Gauff caught a glimpse of a friendly face across the room. The player was scoffing sweets soon after a match, prompting Gauff to joke things must h…