Nicola Olyslagers finds silver lining in high jump jackpot at Ultimate Championship
Sport | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·27d ago
Nicola Olyslagers has had the best worst night of her career after missing out on becoming a new “Ultimate” athletics high jump champion, only to learn to her surprise that she had still leapt to...
England not picking a spinner feels like going out for a walk without an umbrella
Sport | The Guardianby Andy Bull at Edgbaston·27d ago
At half-past-two in the afternoon the fans struck up a conga in the Hollies Stand. Fifteen Fred Flintstones, 11 Oompa Loompas with one Willy Wonka, five cardinals with an inflatable doll, four...
Razaullah lights up for Pakistan to slow down England’s victory march in third Test
Sport | The Guardianby Ali Martin at Edgbaston·27d ago
Much has been made of the four-pronged pace attack that England have switched to since the mid-summer retirement of Ben Stokes, even comparisons with the fabled line-up that won the 2005 Ashes.
Solheim Cup: USA fightback sparks hope of away win after Europe’s fast start
Sport | The Guardianby Ewan Murray at Bernardus Golf·27d ago
The rain poured and the United States roared. Hope had cascaded through the European contingent at this Solheim Cup during Friday afternoon until the sort of fightback that endorsed the sense that...
George Furbank on his latest injury woe: ‘I was hoping I would get to the hospital, just fart and leave’
Sport | The Guardianby Gerard Meagher·27d ago
George Furbank must have cracked a few mirrors in his time. A second Prem winners’ medal was some way to bring the curtain down on his Northampton career but when it comes to England, he cannot...
Chelsea hand Pedro Neto new deal in wake of his rejecting Manchester City
Sport | The Guardianby Jacob Steinberg·27d ago
Chelsea have rewarded Pedro Neto’s strong start to the season and commitment to the club by handing the winger a new contract.
Olid’s United on back foot due to late business and unforgiving WSL start
Sport | The Guardianby Suzanne Wrack·27d ago
It was tough watching Manchester United’s players labour ineffectively against the hungry and aggressive press of London City Lionesses.
Springboks v All Blacks a US World Cup preview in Baltimore as thrilling series goes down to the wire
Sport | The Guardianby Martin Pengelly·27d ago
When New Zealand and South Africa kick off at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday, there will be more at stake than victory in “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry”, the four-Test series the Springboks...
Five-set tennis is under attack. Killing it would be a colossal unforced error | Andrew Lawrence
Sport | The Guardianby Andrew Lawrence at Flushing Meadows·28d ago
Tuesday night’s quarter-final match between Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz had everything a US Open spectacle could ask for: huge stakes, knife-edge drama, top-shelf competition and an American...
Fenerbahce coach resigns after draw with Roma – but president insists he will stay
Sport | The Guardianby Reuters and Guardian sport·28d ago
The Fenerbahce head coach, Ismail Kartal, announced his resignation on Thursday after his team drew 1-1 at home to Roma in the Champions League – but minutes later, the club president said Kartal...
Champions League: Bayern break down Bodø/Glimt, Como put four past Leipzig
Sport | The Guardianby Agencies·28d ago
Bayern Munich opened their Champions League campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Norway’s Bodo/Glimt.
Clearlake Capital close on buying out Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly and Mark Walter
Sport | The Guardianby Matt Hughes and Jacob Steinberg·28d ago
Chelsea’s majority owners, Clearlake Capital, are closing in on an agreement to buy out co-owners Todd Boehly and Mark Walter in a deal that would see the pair make a profit on their investment and...
Tiafoe v Shelton US Open semi-final a legacy of the departing Gaël Monfils
Sport | The Guardianby Tumaini Carayol at Flushing Meadows·28d ago
The early days of this year’s US Open can be told in a series of farewells to competitors who plan to end their careers this year.
Fremantle frenzy turns to fear as AFL finals straight-sets exit draws near
Sport | The Guardianby Brendan Foster in Perth·28d ago
Whenever the Dockers make a finals appearance, the ramshackle, salty seaside port city of Fremantle becomes awash in a sea of relentless optimism.
Why Kai Havertz’s dummy was perhaps more pleasing than a Lionel Messi waltz | Max Rushden
Sport | The Guardianby Max Rushden·28d ago
During Covid, when sport was back but behind closed doors, I hosted a number of strange online shows to fill the void of real life.
Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark celebrate their ‘chemistry’ as USA advance to Fiba World Cup semis
Sport | The Guardianby Agencies·28d ago
Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark’ s interactions are a subplot of the women’s Fiba World Cup, the WNBA season and if you spend enough time on social media, a divided United States.
‘Football saved Dad’s life’: meet the coach of the England women’s Parkinson’s team
Sport | The Guardianby Tom Garry·28d ago
When Gemma Darvill’s dad, Les, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease aged 58, joining a walking football team stopped him from confining himself to his own home, and she believes the game saved...
‘The Jackie Robinson of golf’: the forgotten story of Black pioneer Ted Rhodes
Sport | The Guardianby Rich Tenorio·28d ago
How good a golfer was Ted Rhodes? At the 1948 US Open, he finished the first round just three shots behind the leader – and eventual winner – Ben Hogan.
Suaalii keeps ‘open mindset’ to Wallabies position amid rising expectations for Rugby World Cup
Sport | The Guardianby Jack Snape·29d ago
He is known as the Wallabies’ foremost code-switcher, and there are growing calls for him to settle on a position that makes the most out of his unquestionable abilities.
‘That’s how it started’: Dambrauskas’ journey from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to Champions League
Sport | The Guardianby Nick Ames·29d ago
Valdas Dambrauskas can reel off the questions and answers without a moment’s pause. Who won the first Academy Award for best actor in 1929?
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