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Alex de Minaur has humbled Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov 6-0 6-0 to feast on the first “double bagel” of his professional career while powering into the Monte Carlo Masters semi-final. The Australian was in merciless mood against the out-of-sorts veteran, taking only 44 minutes to hand the world No 18 one of his most embarrassing … Read more

Well, that’s good then. Things fall apart. But sometime they also don’t. And the centre does actually hold. Perhaps the most interesting part of Mohamed Salah’s contract extension at Liverpool is the fact this is a rare crossover story, a signing that steps outside its own tribal margins. There will of course be localised delight. … Read more

Joe Flacco is heading back to Cleveland. The veteran NFL quarterback agreed to terms with the Browns on a one-year deal on Friday. Flacco won the league’s Comeback Player of the Year award in 2023 after leading an inspiring late-season surge that carried the Browns to the playoffs. Flacco, 40, spent last season in Indianapolis, … Read more

MO MONEY, MO PROBLEMS? Short of Everton being docked 20 points and their new Bramley Moore Dock sinking to the bottom of the Mersey without trace overnight, it’s difficult to imagine any news putting more of a spring in the step of Liverpool fans than the announcement that Mohamed Salah’s new contract until 2027. The … Read more

Aston Villa have begun discussions with Uefa’s club financial control body over a financial settlement after being found in breach of the European governing body’s squad cost ratio rules (SCR) last season. Under Uefa regulations clubs in European competition were required to keep spending on player wages and fees to 80% of revenue last season, … Read more

Ja Morant got in trouble again for aiming an imaginary gun to celebrate three-pointers, so he has gone to a different make-believe violent way to mark a long-distance shot. The Memphis Grizzlies leading scorer, who was fined $75,000 recently for mimicking pointing a long gun after a basket from outside the arc, acted like he … Read more

“The tactical side is the easier part of the job because it’s like mathematics,” says Renée Slegers. “The challenging part is the people, in a positive way; that’s where the most energy goes, and I think that’s right.” The Arsenal manager is on a sofa in her office, relaxed and open as we talk about … Read more

Lachie Kennedy became the second-fastest Australian over 100m with a time of 10 seconds flat in the open’s heats at the national championships in Perth on Friday. His performance followed two times of 9.99s by 17-year-old Gout Gout the previous day that went unrecorded due to tailwinds amid a series of searing 100m runs at … Read more

Fin Smith, the England fly-half, clearly remembers the day he first met Northampton teammate George Hendy. Smith was seven and unimpressed by the elevation of a precocious six-year-old to his age group team at Shipston-on-Stour RFC. Even then Hendy was hard to miss. “This lad turned up with bright orange hair and his legs put … Read more

Bozy’s Dungeon never had a fixed address. For years it was tucked two blocks from the clattering El train in North Philadelphia, past strips of weathered rowhouses and corner stores. These days it sits in a quiet residential stretch of the Great Northeast. The location and sign on the door might change, but inside, it’s … Read more