Rugby brain injury case brought back from brink of collapse after high court ruling
Sport | The Guardianby Reuters and PA Media·21 Aug 2026
The legal action over brain injuries in rugby has been brought back from the brink of collapse after the high court ruled to give a reprieve to hundreds of claimants who had been struck out from...
Manchester United’s midfield rebuild leaves Carrick with no excuses
Sport | The Guardianby Jamie Jackson·21 Aug 2026
Ed Woodward to MUTV in July 2015: “When people see Bastian Schweinsteiger on the team sheet, that’s going to send some shivers down the spine.” This prediction by Manchester United’s then executive...
Jovial Jakirovic determined to haul Hull over and beyond Coles’ relegation jibes
Sport | The Guardianby Ross Heppenstall·21 Aug 2026
On a baking spring bank holiday, Sergej Jakirovic basked in the glory of Hull’s fairytale promotion to the Premier League in an address to 40,000 ecstatic supporters from the balcony of Hull City...
‘The friendship disappeared’: López faces Romero after years of sparring and support
Sport | The Guardianby Bryan Armen Graham·21 Aug 2026
For more than a decade, Teófimo López’s friendship with Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero endured through amateur tournaments, Las Vegas sparring sessions and the mismatched peaks and troughs of two volatile...
From Showtime to Insurance Time: how the LA Lakers became a $12.5bn hedge fund play
Sport | The Guardianby Aaron Timms·21 Aug 2026
For years, the NBA was built on the alliance of patient money and marketing pizzazz, and no team captured that curious mixture better than the Los Angeles Lakers.
Tadej Pogacar looks unstoppable as he sets sights on another slice of history at Vuelta
Sport | The Guardianby Jeremy Whittle·21 Aug 2026
Who’s coming second? That’s the question being most frequently asked as the peloton convenes for the final Grand Tour of 2026, the Vuelta a España, which rolls away from the start line in Monaco on...
Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins Esports World Cup in Paris without losing a game
Sport | The Guardianby Leonard Barden·21 Aug 2026
Magnus Carlsen, Norway’s world No 1, triumphed again last weekend when he won the 2026 Esports World Cup, staged over four days at the prestigious venue of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Can Aryna Sabalenka find a way to repair her collapsed form? | Tumaini Carayol
Sport | The Guardianby Tumaini Carayol in Cincinnati·20 Aug 2026
Towards the end of a messy first set tie-break late on Wednesday, Aryna Sabalenka wildly sprayed another painfully nervous backhand before slamming her racket to the ground.
Horse racing: Kalpana claims Yorkshire Oaks at Ebor Festival – as it happened
Sport | The Guardianby Greg Wood at York·20 Aug 2026
COURAGEOUS KALPANA KNUCKLES DOWN IN YORKSHIRE OAKS AndrewBalding and ColinKeane combined to land the feature race for the second day running at York’s Ebor Festival as Kalpana, the King George...
Max Verstappen signs new Red Bull contract to stay in F1 until 2030
Sport | The Guardianby Giles Richards in Zandvoort·20 Aug 2026
Max Verstappen has ended speculation about his future in Formula One by signing a new contract with his Red Bull team that will extend to the end of 2030, after almost 18 months of uncertainty...
Constitution River gets immediate chance to fill Bow Echo void at York
Sport | The Guardianby Greg Wood·17 Aug 2026
There is a Bow Echo-shaped hole in the remainder of the 2026 Flat season, after the news last week that George Boughey’s unbeaten colt was retired to stud after suffering a training setback.
‘Champagne and a KFC’: how Hunt celebrated historic haul at European Championships
Sport | The Guardianby Sean Ingle·17 Aug 2026
Long before Amy Hunt catapulted herself into the mainstream by winning an unprecedented four gold medals at the European Championships, she was remarkably upfront about her ambitions.
Boxer Chantelle Cameron: ‘If we want equal rights, equal pay, we can’t be doing two-minute rounds’
Sport | The Guardianby Donald McRae·17 Aug 2026
Less than two weeks before her world title unification bout against Mikaela Mayer, in a potential fight of the year for women’s boxing, Chantelle Cameron’s memory carries a quietly shocking force.
The Hotspot | Extreme heat has changed elite sport this summer – it must adapt to survive
Sport | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred·17 Aug 2026
The mercury-shattering European summer pants alongside us on the back straight, looming as we hug the shadows, sweaty sandals on the parched earth.
Women’s U20 World Cup boycott may hurt in short term but can send Fifa a vital message | Tom Garry
Sport | The Guardianby Tom Garry·15 Aug 2026
“And I say to all the women … Pick the right battles. Pick the right fights. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don’t have to do.
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