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Steve Phelps stepped down after 20 years at the circuit Antitrust trial was settled late last year The fallout from Nascar’s federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as Nascar Commissioner Steve Phelps on Tuesday announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the United States. His resignation comes after last month’s trial in which inflammatory texts …

While England’s batting always gets to hog the limelight, this tour has also been lost in the bowling fade-outs Forty-five minutes into a quietly overcast morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Matt Potts came into the England attack from the Randwick End, and immediately began running through his variations. His first ball was wide and smashed through cover by Travis Head. His second ball was bot…

The club are in a decent position but there is dissatisfaction with the ownership and the new head coach must not get caught in the crossfire The way Chelsea are run will come as no surprise to Liam Rosenior. He has longstanding relationships with three of the five sporting directors and will know from his time at Strasbourg, who are part of the same ownership, that the head coach’s best chance o…

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Wilcox considers Norwegian a prime candidate for role Senior players would welcome temporary appointment Ole Gunnar Solskjær could make a shock return to Manchester United as interim manager, with Jason Wilcox, the director of football, considering him a prime candidate for the role. Solskjær is thought to be open to taking up the position at a club where he remains a huge fan favourite as a form…

Gvardiol likely out for season and Stones also injured Guéhi of interest and forward Semenyo close to joining Manchester City will be without Rúben Dias for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury, exacerbating Pep Guardiola’s defensive injury crisis. The shortage of centre-backs could force the club into the transfer market, with the Crystal Palace captain, Marc Guéhi, of interest . Dias and Jos…

European media giant aims to emulate success of sports podcast network Goalhanger, founded by Gary Lineker The YouTube media business co-founded by Gary Neville has been bought by one of Europe’s biggest commercial radio companies, in the latest sign of the streaming platform’s increasing influence in sports broadcasting. Global, which already owns the likes of LBC and podcasts including The News…

Neil Harvey, 97, the last surviving Bradman Invincible, blasts the Bazball experiment from his La-Z-Boy armchair Twenty five kilometres north of the SCG, the world’s oldest living Test cricketer is sitting in his La-Z-Boy armchair and watching the Test. Neil Harvey was once the youngest of Bradman’s Invincibles; now he’s 97, his old cricketing buddies gone. His body is a little worn around the ed…

Duo begin 2026 again troubled by physical problems and hoping this will finally be the year things change From the moment news of Great Britain’s planned team for the United Cup was announced in October, jokes began to fly. On paper, it was a dream. Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu, the top tennis players in the country and figureheads of a new generation, finally united on the same side of the cour…

On the podcast today: five minutes after the Monday edition of Football Weekly had finished recording, news broke that Ruben Amorim had been sacked by Manchester United. Twenty-four hours later, today’s assembled panel react to the news. How do we view his tenure? And what happens next? Darren Fletcher is at the wheel for now, with Oliver Glasner the long-term favourite. An elite Manchester Unite…

Once they seemed an unstoppable force but a huge gap between the Nordic leagues and Europe’s elite has emerged in the past 20 years For a brief period in the early 2000s, Scandinavian clubs seemed unstoppable in European women’s football. Umeå lifted the Uefa Women’s Cup in 2003 and again in 2004, using a blend of technical skill and tactical intelligence. The Swedish side were a powerhouse and a…

The great Australian batter was typically twitchy before passing his latest personal milestone in Sydney There was a time, while Steve Smith was at the height of his batting prowess, when “best since Bradman” was used with confidence. The thing about that line is that even when the recipient has dominated for years, it gets applied too quickly, given the point of comparison is a career-lasting tw…

Administrators should emulate departing correspondent’s unflinching take on the game and preserve its spirit He never won an international cap nor played a single minute of professional rugby. So why did a national newspaper devote four and a half pages of its sports section to celebrating him at the weekend? There have been generational British & Irish legends who spawned less coverage than Step…

Our cartoonist on a typically sedate start to 2026 at two of the Premier League’s biggest football ‘projects’ David’s favourite cartoons of 2025 | Buy one here And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

Mason was appointed in June on three-year contract West Brom 18th in the Championship after latest loss West Brom have sacked Ryan Mason as their head coach after a stoppage-time defeat at Leicester on Monday left the club 18th in the Championship. It was the team’s 10th away defeat in a row and ended the 34-year-old’s tenure after seven months. Mason was appointed on a three-year deal after hold…