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British No 1 missed two-and-a-half months with illness Faces Argentina’s Solana Sierra in Sunday’s first round Emma Raducanu is hopeful her health issues are behind her as she prepares for her opening match at the French Open. The British No 1 takes on Argentina’s Solana Sierra in the first round on Sunday in what will be just her second match since March following two-and-a-half months out with …

OBO updates from 2.30pm BST start at Canterbury Capsey steers England to opening win | Email Tanya Charlie Dean flicks the coin and Melie Kerr calls correctly. More on Ecclestone , in Raf’s report from the last game. Continue reading...

⚽️ Wembley showdown kicks off at 3.30pm BST ⚽️ Match preview | Scottish Cup final live | Email Scott In one of the infinite number of parallel universes that definitely exist, this match will be contested by Millwall and Southampton. They were the two in-form teams during the Championship run-in, after all, respectively winning five and eight of their last ten matches, while Hull and Middlesbroug…

⚽️ 3pm BST kick-off; Celtic can secure domestic double ⚽️ Follow Championship playoff final live | Email Barry Celtic: Sinisalo, Johnston, Trusty, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Engels, Nygren, Yang, Maeda, Forrest Subs: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Osmand, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Saracchi, Murray, Tounekti, Ralston Continue reading...

Swiss police investigating an alleged home invasion 71-year-old sustained a head injury, says reports Swiss police are investigating an alleged robbery amid reports that the four-times Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion. The Swiss tabloid Blick reported late on Friday that the 71-year-old Frenchman sustained a head injury from intruders who forced his son to o…

In a country where their rights are being attacked from all sides, it’s time for Black college athletes to utilize their power Six years after the nation underwent a so-called “racial reckoning”, Black America is under comprehensive assault. The assault comes from the country’s highest elected office, where the president has, from the first day of his re-inauguration, made clear his belief that i…

Having unearthed the world’s largest triceratops head, Christian Angermayer knows where to find treasure among the dirt. Step forward Sunday’s inaugural ‘Steroid Olympics’ promoting PEDs to the masses Before we get to doping and psychedelics, arguably the most controversial man in sport is discussing how he came to own the largest triceratops skull ever discovered. And how he plans to install it …

After time working a regular job in Dubai, the Pakistan bowler is determined to thrive in the Blast for Warwickshire A new country and a new set of umpires could mean fresh scrutiny for Usman Tariq. But as Pakistan’s late-blooming mystery spinner prepares for his first outing in the T20 Blast, he says he welcomes questions about his action. Tariq, 30, has signed for the Bears in the Blast, along …

Matthew Leutwyler’s film shows how the DRC fighter was inspired by trainer Kibomango after the death of her father “Clarck Ntambwe originally turned to boxing and went to the gym to learn how to fight so she could kill the guys that murdered her dad,” Matthew Leutwyler says of the young woman whose life story provided the basis for the powerful and moving feature film he wrote and directed agains…

Black Knights overpower Sky Blues for 1-0 win at Go Media Stadium Cameron Howieson scrappy goal in 60th minute seals deserved victory Auckland FC have won their first A-League Men championship title after defeating all-time record-holders Sydney FC 1-0 in front of a record crowd in Auckland on Saturday night. A single, serendipitous goal to the club’s first signing, Cameron Howieson, in the 60th …

Congo squad told to remain in a “bubble” in Belgium Officials impose 21 days of isolation Congo’s World Cup squad must isolate for 21 days before they will be allowed into the United States due to the African country’s deadly Ebola outbreak . Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, told ESPN that US officials had informed Fifa, the Congolese nation…

Our fans’ network reviews the season with one game to play: the highs, the lows and what they need in the summer In this age of the managerial revolving door, I’m enormously proud that the Premier League champions (man, does that sound sweet!) stand as the antithesis to that. Admittedly, “trusting the process” aged a lot of us massively, but the agony of the past three campaigns evaporated with t…

From Champions League redemption to that stunner against City, we look at half a dozen memorable moments from striker’s Anfield career It was surely the worst moment of Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool career, yet the reaction said everything about his impact on the English game; the respect he had earned in his first season at Anfield. It was not just the Liverpool support who were upset to see Salah s…

Manchester City are about to lose a player Pep Guardiola called ‘my weakness’ and ‘my favourite’. Who am I to disagree? Bernardo Silva is more than a footballer. He’s a time-travelling, shapeshifting superhero. He even looks like a superhero – a nine-volt battery of a man doing battle with feral giants on the pitch. In 55 years of watching football I’ve never seen anybody or anything like him. Fo…

England to be based in Kansas City near Argentina camp Governing body to try to erect protective fences The Football Association is worried England’s World Cup training ground in Kansas City lacks privacy and will try to erect protective fences to guard against the team being spied on by rivals. The English game is in the grip of the spygate scandal, which has led to Southampton being expelled fr…