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Coach has no regrets at dropping Earps for Hampton Earps criticised Wiegman’s decision in her autobiography Sarina Wiegman has defended promoting Hannah Hampton as England’s No 1 over Mary Earps, saying she makes “decisions to win”, after Earps criticised the head coach’s move in her autobiography. Wiegman, speaking at Wembley after the announcement of her squad for fixtures against China and Gha…

When I was a college basketball player, some believed we were treated differently from other Black and Brown people. An event last weekend suggests otherwise It was 1996, my first day stepping foot on Syracuse University’s campus. I saw a big student protest was taking place so, with my freshman’s inquisitive mind, I ventured over to see what was going on. I listened to a passionate sista named K…

Belgian back in work after sacking by Rangers in February ‘Excited’ about taking over at Championship strugglers Norwich have confirmed the appointment of Philippe Clement as the club’s new head coach. Clement – sacked by Rangers in February – replaces Liam Manning, who left Carrow Road before the international break with Norwich second bottom of the Championship. Manning only lasted 17 games hav…

There is logic to the fresh international format, due to launch next year, but glaring issues and logistical challenges too OK, let’s just pick the ball up and run with it for a little while. A reimagined global Test landscape pitching the northern hemisphere against the south commencing next July. Twelve men’s national sides playing six games each with a final playoff weekend. Concluding with on…

Our cartoonist looks back at cricket’s biggest rivalry as we gear up for seven weeks of joy, despair and animosity Buy a Squires cartoon in our Print Shop David’s latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

Bellingham’s dramatic 95th-minute bicycle kick prompted an unfettered outpouring of emotion for England fans How vociferously are you allowed to celebrate a goal as a 30-year-old? This was the only thing that tempered my jubilation on 30 June 2024, a moral quandary amid the elation, the beer sweat, the tears. As I dragged my heavy legs away from the Greenwich beer garden which that day became a g…

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Shipped out of Dallas and dropped into Hollywood, Dončić has responded with a leaner body, a louder voice and a growing command of the Lakers’ post-LeBron future It’s been nine and a half months since the trade that rocked the sports world was broken via a Shams Charania tweet that prompted the majority of the basketball news-breaker’s followers to assume he’d been hacked. Fresh off of a trip to …

Caitriona Jennings ran 100 miles in just over 12 hours and wants other women to follow her example – ‘it’s not actually that difficult’ Imagine being able to run a marathon in three hours and 17 minutes. That is certainly no mean feat. But now think about trying to sustain that same pace for another nine hours. To most of us, the idea veers somewhere between the fantastical and the insane. Yet th…

Jeff Luhnow has moved on from baseball disgrace and is deploying his data-driven philosophy to develop African talent at Le Havre and Leganés Jeff Luhnow left baseball under something of a cloud after his involvement in the 2019 Houston Astros sign stealing scandal . But now the former management consultant, who won three World Series as general manager of the Astros and St Louis Cardinals using …

Melbourne Storm backrower continues recovery at home Club refuses to put timeframe on return to playing after injuries Melbourne Storm backrower Eli Katoa has been ruled out for the entire 2026 season as he recovers at home in Victoria, having returned from a prolonged stay in Auckland following brain surgery. The 25-year-old suffered three head injuries in one afternoon while playing for Tonga i…

Dallas Cowboys 33-16 Las Vegas Raiders Defensive end died earlier this month Prescott throws four TDs in comfortable win Dak Prescott passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns, and Dallas dominated the spiraling Las Vegas Raiders 33-16 on Monday night in the Cowboys’ first game since the death of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland. The 24-year-old Kneeland died on 6 November . Dallas coach Brian Scho…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! As greatest living Irishmen go, Troy Parrott just jumped the queue on Bono, Brendan Gleeson, David Clifford, Sean Kelly, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, Paul O’Connell, Rory McIlroy, Roy Keane and Graham Norton. By Sunday evening, Dublin International Airport had been renamed after the hat-trick hero of the Republic of Ireland’s last-seconds heist in Hungar…

Beat Denmark and qualification for first time since 1998 is guaranteed. Is it in the stars? Wounding events in modern history mean Scotland can not be a football country that expects. It is, however, one on tenterhooks as the prospect of long‑awaited World Cup qualification looms so large. On paper, the task is simple: beat Denmark at Hampden Park on Tuesday and the Scots will take a place in nex…

Woltemade on target as Germany cruise to 6-0 victory Netherlands secure place with 4-0 win against Lithuania Germany secured a place at next year’s World Cup by crushing Slovakia 6-0 in their final qualifier, pummelling them into submission with four goals in the first half and sending their opponents into a playoff in March. The four-time world champions, who went out in the first round of the l…