NRL rivals stand with Jai Arrow as Rabbitohs meet the moment on emotion-charged night
Sport | The Guardianby Angus Fontaine at Allianz Stadium·4 Sept 2026
This time last year Jai Arrow ran out for his final game. At the time it was merely the final game of 2025, an NRL season in which he had played every one of the Rabbitohs’ 25 matches.
Chaotic Crystal Palace transfer window left Pierre Sage to run the gamut of emotions
Sport | The Guardianby Ed Aarons·4 Sept 2026
At least Pierre Sage did his research before joining Crystal Palace in June. Having stepped into Oliver Glasner’s shoes after the most successful era in the club’s history, it has not been the...
‘They disturb the game’: how betting fans are taking over tennis courts
Sport | The Guardianby Tumaini Carayol at Flushing Meadows·4 Sept 2026
Midway through the first week of the US Open a couple of years ago, Jiri Lehecka’s attempts to find his form were disrupted by incessant taunting from a spectator close by.
Nottingham Forest’s Liam Delap: ‘I play at my best on the edge of being horrible’
Sport | The Guardianby Ben Fisher·4 Sept 2026
“You can imagine it: he’s a centre-back, I’m a striker,” says Liam Delap, Nottingham Forest’s £45m club-record signing, smiling as he sets the scene.
Surrey v Yorkshire, Hampshire v Warwickshire, and more: county cricket, day three – live
Sport | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred·4 Sept 2026
Kiran Carlson trudges away, the first wicket of the morning. A glorious ball from Migael Pretorius passes, and just brushes, the outside edge of the bat. Glamorgan 42-2.
The wild world of LSU: from tigers on the field to wooing ex-NFL players
Sport | The Guardianby Andrew Lawrence·4 Sept 2026
In 1893, a chemistry professor named Charles Coates arrived at Louisiana State University and wrote that, to his surprise, “there was practically no athletics in the student body: no football, no...
‘Part of the job, isn’t it?’ Noah Caluori on pain, pressure and second-season syndrome
Sport | The Guardianby Gerard Meagher·4 Sept 2026
Noah Caluori is addressing the dangers of second-season syndrome as he sets about charting a path to England’s World Cup squad next year and it soon becomes apparent he has one clear advantage.
Broadcasters and governing bodies make tax plea for TV coverage of women’s sport
Sport | The Guardianby Matt Hughes·4 Sept 2026
The chief executives of the Football Association, Rugby Football Union and England and Wales Cricket Board have joined forces with leading broadcasters and YouTube in writing to the chancellor...
Magnus Carlsen and Sindarov to meet at least twice in IPL-styled Global Chess League
Sport | The Guardianby Leonard Barden·4 Sept 2026
Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, will be paired at least twice in the next few days with the world championship challenger, Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League...
Andy Ruiz Jr once turned boxing upside down. Can he do it again at 36?
Sport | The Guardianby Bryan Armen Graham in Newark, New Jersey·4 Sept 2026
Seven years ago, Andy Ruiz Jr became the first fighter of Mexican descent to win the world heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets boxing has ever seen, stopping the undefeated...
Test cricket ponders end times again, but this decline feels both real and symbolic | Emma John
Sport | The Guardianby Emma John·4 Sept 2026
There was a strange atmosphere on the final day of the Lord’s Test last week. It was a bank holiday Sunday, Jofra Archer was bowling the occasional rocket, and England were about to wrap up a...
Gaël Monfils takes final grand slam bow after US Open defeat to Learner Tien
Sport | The Guardianby Ella Brockway at Flushing Meadows·4 Sept 2026
It would have felt more fitting if Gaël Monfils went out with a roar, with a five-set epic matching the reputation he has built as tennis’s great showman.
Wallabies’ search for No 10 continues as Les Kiss tinkers again for second Argentina Test | Jack Snape
Sport | The Guardianby Jack Snape·4 Sept 2026
The Wallabies are no closer to finding their World Cup No 10 after Carter Gordon was relegated to the bench despite being fit to play against Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday (Sunday AEST).
Nick Kyrgios enters treatment program after accepting one-month ban for cocaine use
Sport | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·3 Sept 2026
Fallen Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has entered a treatment program after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive to cocaine.
Daniel Kretinsky to become biggest West Ham shareholder in blow to Amanda Staveley
Sport | The Guardianby Jacob Steinberg·3 Sept 2026
Daniel Kretinsky is set to become the biggest shareholder at West Ham after striking an agreement with David Sullivan, dealing a blow to Amanda Staveley’s hopes of buying a stake in the...
‘It’s huge’: Nike deal breaks new ground for London City Lionesses
Sport | The Guardianby Tom Garry·3 Sept 2026
The Women’s Super League club London City Lionesses’ new front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with Nike is the largest in the women’s game, according to their American owner, Michele Kang.
Athletic investigation finds Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel ties violated standards
Sport | The Guardianby Guardian sport·3 Sept 2026
The Athletic’s internal investigation found that the relationship between former NFL reporter Dianna Russini and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was in “clear violation” of the newsroom’s...
‘The ideal teammate’: why Bradley Barcola could be just what Liverpool need
Sport | The Guardianby Luke Entwistle·3 Sept 2026
“As a kid, he always spoke to me about Liverpool,” says one of Bradley Barcola’s youth coaches, Amaury Barlet.
Will the Clippers’ $30m fine tame the NBA’s billionaire class? We’re about to find out
Sport | The Guardianby Oren Weisfeld·3 Sept 2026
When Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2bn in 2014, it was widely regarded as a coup for the NBA.
The WSL returns bigger than ever and with a mouthwatering title race
Sport | The Guardianby Suzanne Wrack·3 Sept 2026
It has been a summer of change for women’s football in England, with expansion of the Women’s Super League to 14 teams bringing three new sides into the fold, huge transfers hitting the headlines...
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