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Fery’s magical run ends with crushing defeat by Zverev You can now follow us on TikTok | And email KatyWhat a walk this is, through the corridor and history, down the stairs, past the trophies and by the board; there goes the fear again.Aha, here they come… Continue reading...

Updates from the flat 175.1km stage from Hagetmau Stage-by-stage guide | Stage six report | Mail LukeThere are six stages categorised as “flat” on the official route guide. Stage 21 in Paris may not quite count for the pure sprinters because of the three ascents of the Côte de la Butte Montmartre towards the end … long story short, the sprinters’ teams cannot afford to mess this up today. If a breakaway was allowed to succeed, the atmosphere would be frosty at dinner tonight for those teams.Here we go then. The riders are out on the road and have another 3.5km or so until the flag drops. We should see a very decent scrap to form the breakaway. Continue reading...

Updates from the historic one-off women’s Test at Lord’s Hosts have redemption in mind | The Spin | Email Taha3rd over: India 15-1 (Smriti 3, Yastikaa 11) Yastikaa isn’t hanging around –clips two fours off Bell, one through square leg, one through backward point.2nd over: India 5-1 (Smriti 3, Bhatia 1) There’s England’s future, right there, Lauren Filer firing balls down at 70mph plus. Varma done by a belter. Bathetically, Filer follows up with a full toss. It was a slow start but there is now a good crowd filling the bottom layer of the grand stand, and the pavilion is PACKED. Continue reading...

⚽ All the latest news as the quarter-finals continue⚽ Player guide | Bracketology| Golden Boot | Email usA 17-year-old girl fell off a truck and died while celebrating France’s World Cup quarter final win over Morocco, emergency services said Friday.Celebrations erupted across France after the 2-0 win in the United States with hundreds dancing in the streets of Paris, watched by thousands of police on security duties. Continue reading...

Team head to Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium to face Fiji needing to avoid a sixth successive Test defeat with eyes on debutants Van Rensburg and CaluoriEngland’s men venture north to play international rugby union so infrequently that their Nations Championship fixture against Fiji is a newsflash in itself. It is more than a decade since the north-west last staged a union Test and approaching 30 years since the England coaches Steve Borthwick and Richard Wigglesworth, among others, had their youthful sporting ambitions sparked by watching England at Old Trafford and Huddersfield respectively in the late 1990s.So even in the dog days of July, with temperatures nudging 30 degrees celsius and Merseyside feeling more akin to the Med, this particular game is significant even before England’s recent five-game losing streak is layered on. Get it right and Borthwick can head to Argentina for the final leg of this summer’s magic mystery tour with some pressure relieved. Get it wrong at Hill Dickinson Stadium and a hard day’s night looms. Continue reading...

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Edwards’ move linked to multi-club plan being shelvedSporting director Hughes may also leave in SeptemberMichael Edwards has quit as chief executive of football for Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group. The hugely influential Edwards informed FSG in autumn 2025 of his intention to step down once he felt plans for Liverpool’s future were in place. FSG confirmed his exit on Friday, having wanted him to stay.Edwards’ decision is linked to FSG abandoning plans to add a second club to its football portfolio. He was enticed back to Liverpool in March 2024 to oversee the transition from the Jürgen Klopp era, having been given a much broader remit than he had as the club’s first sporting director, a position in which he flourished from 2016 to 2022. Continue reading...

Thomas Tuchel seems undecided, while Ståle Solbakken has been structured before the World Cup quarter-finalWhile there will be much focus on Harry Kane and Erling Haaland before England’s match with Norway, they carry no mystery. They will play. They will probably score.A more complex decision for both Thomas Tuchel and Ståle Solbakken is who they choose to deploy as their wingers. Neither team have completed a game this summer fielding the wide forwards who began it. Continue reading...

After a fun World Cup with a dismal end, the US enters the 2030 cycle with numerous avenues to rebuild the squadThere are massive questions lingering around the US men’s program. Mauricio Pochettino’s contract is up, US Soccer has made an extension offer, but both parties are taking some time. Matt Crocker’s abrupt exit as sporting director to take a similar job with Saudi Arabia before the World Cup begs more queries about the direction of the sport in this country. And while most of the 2026 squad’s core still projects to contend for 2030, four years is a long time.From now, each year offers a major tournament. This is what the US should hope to clarify at every step of the way. Continue reading...

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