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Emma Raducanu ‘feeling a lot better’ for French Open test after illness setback

British No 1 missed two-and-a-half months with illness Faces Argentina’s Solana Sierra in Sunday’s first round Emma Raducanu is hopeful her health issues are behind her as she prepares for her opening match at the French Open. The British No 1 takes on Argentina’s Solana Sierra in the first round on Sunday in what will […]

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Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas

The Enhanced Games promise human advancement and world records but critics fear more worrying effects On the eve of the most controversial sports event of the 21st century so far, one swimmer is explaining how it felt to take banned drugs for the first time. “I was anxious, to be honest,” says Andriy Govorov, the

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Versatile, skilful, graceful, lovable and spiky: Bernardo Silva is in a sphere of his own | Simon Hattenstone

Manchester City are about to lose a player Pep Guardiola called ‘my weakness’ and ‘my favourite’. Who am I to disagree? Bernardo Silva is more than a footballer. He’s a time-travelling, shapeshifting superhero. He even looks like a superhero – a nine-volt battery of a man doing battle with feral giants on the pitch. In

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