South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket one-day international – live
Sport | The Guardianby Martin Pegan (now) and Geoff Lemon (later)·14d ago
Key events 4th over: South Africa 9-1 (De Kock 7, Bavuma 1) Hazlewood gets the breakthrough with the wicket of Tony de Zorzi and almost has a second with a big lbw shout against Temba Bavuma.
The system, not Tuchel, led to World Cup failure but Euro 2028 offers new hope | Barney Ronay
Sport | The Guardianby Barney Ronay·14d ago
In the end, Steve, Brian, Gaz or similar, he’s just not done the job he was hired to do. The job? The one he was hired to do? He’s not done it. How can I put this? There are three things here.
England still looking for boost £264m deal promised with Rugby World Cup a year away | Gerard Meagher
Sport | The Guardianby Gerard Meagher·14d ago
This month marks two years since the power brokers of the English game held court at Twickenham, sat in the kind of room where old money swills on Saturdays, and told us they were spending £264m to...
Warwickshire ‘in the groove’ as County Championship destiny calls
Sport | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred·15d ago
Olly Hannon‑Dalby, 6ft 7in of medium‑fast heritage craft, has just come out of training at Edgbaston.
‘I want to go’: Lewis Hamilton hopes F1 is able to end season in Middle East
Sport | The Guardianby Giles Richards·15d ago
Lewis Hamilton said he hopes the Formula One season can still end at the two scheduled rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, with the finale still in doubt because of the war in the Middle East.
‘I had a headache for days’: Hrgovic reveals brutal toll of Itauma world title fight
Sport | The Guardianby Donald McRae·15d ago
Filip Hrgovic, the new IBF world heavyweight champion, has offered a candid insight into the ordeal he endured before beating Moses Itauma in a shock stoppage victory last month, revealing he...
Cristiano Ronaldo vows to play on for Portugal and targets 1,000 career goals
Sport | The Guardianby Ben Fisher in Lisbon·15d ago
Cristiano Ronaldo said he considered quitting international football after the World Cup, but confirmed he plans to play on for Portugal and hopes to reach 1,000 goals for club and country.
Prem agrees to revamp refereeing in boost for England’s Rugby World Cup hopes
Sport | The Guardianby Exclusive by Gerard Meagher·15d ago
Steve Borthwick has secured a boost to his preparations for the World Cup next year, with an overhaul in the refereeing of Prem matches for the coming season designed to help England’s hopes in...
LA 2028 triathlon course will see athletes race from Venice Beach into Pacific
Sport | The Guardianby Bryan Armen Graham·15d ago
The first medals of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will be doled out on the eclectic confines of Venice Beach, where organizers have unveiled a triathlon course that will send athletes racing from...
Florian Wirtz does not look like a £116m player but it is too early to write him off
Sport | The Guardianby David Segar·15d ago
When Florian Wirtz signed for Liverpool in the summer of 2025, there was only one logical assumption.
Chelsea have entered the realm of late-stage American sports capitalism | Leander Schaerlaeckens
Sport | The Guardianby Leander Schaerlaeckens·15d ago
Here follows a list of the things accomplished at Chelsea Football Club during a time that historians may choose to grandly term the First Clearlake Era, or perhaps the Boehly Bungle.
Lynx clinch WNBA No 1 seed despite ‘embarrassing’ loss to Fever and Olivia Miles injury
Sport | The Guardianby Guardian sport and agencies·15d ago
Caitlin Clark had 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Kelsey Mitchell added 20 points to her WNBA single-season scoring record as the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 96-77 on...
Slip sliding away: football season-ticket holders fear falling down pecking order
Sport | The Guardianby Paul MacInnes·15d ago
The document known as “the oldest football season ticket in the world” promises its bearer access to every Burnley home game of the 1884-85 season.
Ireland manager gets prime minister Martin’s backing in row with Israel over ‘genocide’
Sport | The Guardianby Agence France-Presse·15d ago
Ireland’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, backed his country’s football manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, after Israel’s football federation accused Hallgrimsson of “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy”...
Banned Sydney Swans players apologise to teammates as they return to club
Sport | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·15d ago
Sydney’s five suspended players have offered an apology to teammates and colleagues after ending their weeks-long exile from the AFL club.
Somerset are poised to finish second again – and after 136 years it still hurts
Sport | The Guardianby Andy Bull·15d ago
Every English cricket season starts with an Indian spring now but they say this one will end in an Indian summer too.
Mariona Caldentey penalty provides late WCL relief for Arsenal against Køge
Sport | The Guardianby Suzanne Wrack at Mangata Developments Stadium·16d ago
Mariona Caldentey’s 93rd-minute penalty delivered a win and a hefty dose of relief to fans bouncing behind the goal in the North Bank after the ball hit the back of the net, but Arsenal’s narrow...
Will anyone topple Infantino? How Fifa president is trying to cling on after World Cup sell-off debacle
Sport | The Guardianby Matt Hughes and Nick Ames·16d ago
For Gianni Infantino there is no international break. The Fifa president is widely expected to make an appearance at the United Nations general assembly this week in New York, where he will lobby...
Wamser rescues point for Manchester City in WCL fightback at Bayern Munich
Sport | The Guardianby Sophie Downey at Uhlsport Park·16d ago
Manchester City produced a gutsy performance to fight back from 2-0 down and earn a draw away to Bayern Munich.
Mexican soccer banned promotion and relegation. Senators may bring it back
Sport | The Guardianby Associated Press·16d ago
The debate over the absence of promotion and relegation in Mexican soccer has reached the floor of the country’s Senate, where officials announced that a legislative reform to restore the system...
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