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England player subject of racial abuse on social media Club issue strong statement condemning incident Wigan Warriors have reported the racial abuse suffered by Junior Nsemba following Super League’s Magic Weekend to the police with their coach, Matt Peet, calling on the sport to stamp out the treatment the 22-year-old was subjected to. The England international was the subject of racist comments…

⚽️ World Cup kick-off time: 12pm EDT/5pm BST, 2am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Scott A reminder of how it all began … and a chance to reacquaint yourself with both teams. Messi versus Salah is an awfully reductive way of framing this match. But it is Messi versus Salah. But while you’d expect Messi’s Argentina to have too much for Salah’s Egypt … that Cape Verde match…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Where to start? “Overturn this” ? Romelu Lukaku dance-mocking Donald Trump? Civil war erupting between Fifa and Uefa ? Maybe here: full-time in Seattle on Monday brought an end to the Geopolitics World Cup’s three-day hostmageddon. Saturday: Canada thunked 3-0 by Morocco. Sunday: Mexico Helm’s-Deeped 3-2 by England. Monday: USA USA USA routed 4-…

The boy who has it all has ambitions to play James Bond but for the time being he is more reminiscent of Novak Djokovic There has never been an English footballer quite like Jude Bellingham. He has the cockiness and explosiveness of a teenage Wayne Rooney and the vision of Paul Scholes, but that doesn’t come close to covering it. There are endless layers to Bellingham, the boy who has it all. He …

Northants, Notts and Hampshire are set fair while the reigning champions Somerset have not given up hope By the 99.94 Cricket Blog This article is from The 99.94 Cricket Blog Continue reading...

Quarter-final action, under way in SW19 from 1pm (BST) Wildcard Fery extends Wimbledon fairytale | Mail Daniel Wotcha and welcome to Wimbledon 2026 – day nine! Now we’re getting serious. Two show courts, 10 players in form, and each of them tingling, contemplating the feeling of a lifetime. Continue reading...

‍♂️ Official stage start time: 12.10pm BST/1.10pm local ‍♂️ Carcassonne to Foix (181.9km) | Stage three report ‍♂️ You can follow us on TikTok . And also email Andy Yorkshire’s Tom Pidcock on the temperatures yesterday : “I don’t think I’ve done such a hard race in such heat before, it was ridiculous. Like a warzone.” The stage rolls out of Carcassonne in five minutes’ time. With its cobbled stre…

Our cartoonist looks at the big stories from the World Cup as England reach the last eight but the US slump out Buy David’s cartoons | Some of his favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

Door is ajar for Rassie Erasmus’ side to surpass All Blacks when leading sides converge on Australia next year The best sports teams constantly look to reinvent themselves. Their core principles remain in place but, crucially, they never, ever stand still. To do so is to risk slipping backwards relative to their competitors and arrive at the worst of all possible outcomes: a poorer, less successf…

Howe rebuilding side after Tonali and Gordon exits Widely hyped as Amsterdam club’s next De Jong Newcastle are close to completing the signing of Sean Steur from Ajax for around £23m. The two-footed central midfielder is only 18 but has been widely hyped as the Amsterdam club’s brightest emerging midfield talent since Frenkie de Jong. While De Jong has graduated to Barcelona, Steur, who can opera…

Seven-year agreement worth around $750m annually from 2028 ‘A defining moment for rugby league,’ says Peter V’landys Nine Entertainment and Foxtel have retained the media rights to the NRL in a $5.3bn deal which will see the games aired on the free-to-air network and the global streaming company DAZN until 2034. The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) chairman Peter V’landys said the seven-…

British wildcard has no quit in him and fought back to deny Grigor Dimitrov and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals Who the hell taught Arthur Fery when to know when he’s beaten? It’s easier to kick nicotine than it is to make this kid quit. He made it through to the fourth round by twice fighting his way back after trailing by a set and a break to defeat Zizou Bergs in a fifth‑set tie‑break, and …

Portugal lose last 16 game 1-0 against Spain Martínez: ‘When you need a goal, you cannot take him off’ Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he has played his last World Cup game, but said that even at 41 he has not yet made a decision about his future. Twenty-three years after making his debut, the Portugal captain’s 233rd game for his national team ended in a late 1-0 defeat against Spain that le…