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• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing • Follow us over on Bluesky | And you can email Tanya Hang about, how many German teams are there? Germany two and Germany three are next in their bobs, but neither are as quick as Lochner’s quad. We’re off, immediately , to the Cortina Sliding Centre. The first German team, under pilot Johannes Lochner, are ready: four of them sprinti…

⚽ Buildup to the weekend’s football action ⚽ Follow us over on Bluesky | And mail us here Johan Lange, the Tottenham sporting director, has explained the rationale behind Igor Tudor’s hire as head coach until the end of the season. Lange said: “it’s very important to go into a shorter process than you do if you are changing a head coach over the summer. We interviewed a few candidates. Igor impre…

Although the weather in Kandy looks precarious, England have been dealt a good draw and can make the last four with a fair wind Late on Friday morning, after the entire playing surface had spent most of the preceding few days shrouded in plastic sheeting, the sun broke out. The covers were peeled back and the ground staff – a huge team of about 70 people, those covers don’t move themselves – set …

Updates from the T20I cricket at Adelaide Oval Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 2nd over: India 14-0 (Smriti 5, Shafali 3) Gardner comes in for the second over to open from the other end. Shafali attacks immediately, coming down the pitch and attempts to drive it back over Gardner’s head, but the ball catches the edge instead. It falls safely, just past Litchfield and Shafali is off the m…

Amid the triumphs, failures and broken medals in Milano Cortina, here’s our countdown of the outstanding moments that will live long in the memory Cheating has been part and parcel of the Olympics since at least Eupolus of Thessaly in 388BC. But crooked boxers from ancient Greece never confessed their indiscretions on live television. Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid did exactly that after…

Everything I still need to know after two weeks of the sublime and sometimes bizarre in Milano Cortina Having avoided the horrific February weather by staying on my sofa for two weeks, I have embraced the Winter Olympics as a quadrennial extra Christmas holiday. It offers pine trees, baubles and the chance to gather around the TV while someone with an RP accent tells us how determined and courage…

Daniela Maier and Fanny Smith did not need a courtroom to decide their fate at these Winter Games They say if you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together. On day 14 of Milano Cortina, the slopes of Livigno proved that theory in spectacular fashion. Four years ago at Beijing 2022, Daniela Maier of Germany and Fanny Smith of Switzerland were the unwilling protagonists of a…

After stepping away from figure skating, the US star climbed back on her own terms. Her journey culminated in a medal, but it was about much more than that Alysa Liu made her way through a mixed zone teeming with hundreds of reporters at a quarter past midnight early Friday morning, an Olympic gold medal draped around her neck, the sequins in her color-coordinated dress glimmering beneath the kli…

England captain reaches milestone against Ireland Itoje: ‘I know she would have loved the occasion’ Maro Itoje says his late mother will be at Twickenham in spirit when the England captain wins his 100th cap in the Six Nations showdown with Ireland on Saturday. After Florence Itoje died in December, the Saracens second-row was absent from the start of England’s pre-tournament training camp in Gir…

Wellington’s Josh Oluwayemi heads into his own goal from outside box Auckland FC run out 5-0 winners in New Zealand derby A comical own goal from goalkeeper Josh Oluwayemi has moved Auckland within touching distance of first spot on the A-League Men table after a 5-0 New Zealand derby thrashing of Wellington. Oluwayemi’s 24th-minute howler looks destined to be a permanent feature on goalkeeper ga…

Santos player has struggled with injury in recent seasons Brazilian forward remains doubtful for this year’s World Cup Brazil striker Neymar, who extended his contract with his boyhood club Santos last month, said that he may retire by the end of the year. The 34-year-old forward returned to Santos in January 2025 and played a key role in their survival in the Brazilian top flight, scoring five t…

Wales captain wants energy from home supporters Galthié beefs up pack for visit of in-form Italy The Wales captain, Dewi Lake, has urged fans in Cardiff to lift his side for the Six Nations meeting with Scotland on Saturday. After last week’s record thrashing by France , Wales have lost 13 consecutive Six Nations matches, while Scotland arrive at the Principality Stadium in upbeat mood after thei…

Captain’s moment must be celebrated at Twickenham on Saturday, as should Edwin Edogbo’s first Ireland cap I was struck by Tommy Freeman’s comments this week when he said he had struggled mentally on the back of the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia last summer. It struck me because it was a very similar sentiment to that expressed by Maro Itoje earlier in the season, and it was a feeling wi…

New coach starts tenure against Arsenal on Sunday Tudor insists ‘we have enormous quality in the squad’ Igor Tudor has said Tottenham are in “an emergency situation” but issued a guarantee that his new team would escape relegation. Tudor is a veteran of short-term appointments and has performed rescue jobs at Udinese, Verona and Juventus. He offered a curt “100%” in response to questions on his c…

Trainer Nicky Henderson shocked by Southwell victory ‘We will have to think long and hard about his future’ The mercurial career of Constitution Hill took a dramatic upward turn on Friday as the 2023 Champion Hurdle winner turned his belated Flat debut into a procession up the Southwell straight, coming home nine and a half lengths clear of the runner-up, with Oisin Murphy, the champion jockey, m…