The Guardian

There are similarities between the tournaments – three co-hosts, England challenging and diaspora players – but tickets are cheaper and there are half as many matches Gianni Infantino said the World Cup was like 104 Super Bowls. The men’s event at the Rugby League World Cup will be more like 18 Super League games. Some matches will attract four-figure crowds while others will be played in front o…

Four-year deal agreed with successor to Deschamps ‘I have so many emotions, I am ready for the challenge’ Zinedine Zidane has been appointed as France’s new head coach, replacing Didier Deschamps at the helm of the team he led to glory as arguably its greatest ever player. The French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo announced Zidane’s appointment at the FFF headquarters in Paris on T…

Follow updates from Tuesday’s action around Glasgow Latest medal table | Sprinter slams no-shows | Mail Will Bowls: There was a tie-break required in the Para Mixed Pairs B2-B3 bowls final after drawing 9-9. It was dramatic stuff but Scotland took the honours thanks to an aggressive final ball from Robert Barr of the host nation, leaving England to accept silver. Welcome to today’s coverage of th…

Pete Goding has been photographing the Tour de France for 20 years – here he gives an insight into what it’s been like to document this year’s race Twenty Tours de France. It seems faintly ridiculous when I write it down. My first was the year Lance Armstrong’s carefully constructed empire was beginning to wobble. I photographed him circling the Champs-Élysées with a film SLR, blissfully unaware …

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…

In six months Iyiola Adebayo went from captaining West Ham youth teams to delivering pizzas but he has found a new direction “Within six months of being the captain at West Ham and playing in the Youth Cup, I was delivery driving at Domino’s,” says Iyiola Adebayo. Adebayo had joined at eight the academy that produced Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole and Declan Rice and the defensive midfielder from Tilbur…

Slovene is youngest of riders to win five Tours de France and few would bet against him claiming sixth victory next year The 2026 Tour de France served up an epic battle that lasted for day after day between two protagonists of the highest calibre with different skillsets, a tale of epic breakaways, intriguing team tactics and reversals of fortune, building to a spectacular climax on the race’s t…

Philadelphia wasn’t the obvious destination for LeBron James. That may be exactly why it makes perfect sense for a player who has always prioritized fit over sentiment Should we have seen this coming all along? LeBron James knew that joining the Golden State Warriors would have been a losing gamble on the health of players five times closer to the ends of their careers than the beginnings. He kne…

Defender left Manchester City on free transfer ‘I still feel I have so much to give to a club’ Inter are closing in on signing John Stones as a free transfer after the 32-year-old defender left Manchester City in June. Inter and their rival Italian club Juventus were interested in Stones before the World Cup and the Nerazzurri are now in pole position to recruit him following his impressive form …

Elliot Jones grabs golden ticket offered by withdrawals Welsh sprinter Azu: ‘I would never disrespect the flag’ It took Elliot Jones, an unheralded English 100m sprinter making his major international debut at the grand age of 28, to cut through the noise. Asked about all the no-shows at these Commonwealth Games, he began to shake his head, almost in disbelief. “The national pride I have is so, s…

Tryagain Morning Ndevelo through to 60kg quarter-finals Namibia boxer taking inspiration from name given to him Every boxer has a story. Few have one written into their name. For Namibia’s Tryagain Morning Ndevelo, every trip into the ring is a reminder of the lesson his mother taught him growing up: if today does not go your way, there is always another chance tomorrow. That philosophy is now ca…

Democrat Jamie Raskin pushes Fifa to release records of contact with Trump, administration and family business Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, has launched an investigation into Fifa president Gianni Infantino, seeking documents that would detail the ties between soccer’s governing body and Donald Trump and his administration. In a Sunday letter, Raskin wrote to I…

English clubs have spent more on players this summer than the other four major European leagues combined The financial power of the Premier League is unmatched. The teams in England’s top division have collectively invested more than £1.4bn in new players already this summer (through disclosed fees alone), around £303m more than the 76 clubs from the Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A combi…

Team to return for euphoric homecoming after winning all-Ireland men’s final against Kerry, ending decades of defeats The hex is broken, dispelled, banished, and a story that bewitched Ireland for decades has ended in fairytale: Mayo are all-Ireland champions. Seventy-five years after a supposed curse condemned its Gaelic men’s football team to endless defeat , the county prevailed and uncorked a…

Measures planned to run throughout 2026-27 season Ifab yet to give permission for proposed rule change English football will introduce a trial this season in a bid to end the goalkeeper tactical time-out. The trial – backed collectively by Pro Ref, the Football Association, Premier League, English Football League, Women’s Super League and the National League – aims to prevent goalkeeper injuries …