South Sydney’s mascot has apologised for pushing a child during an NRL match against the Cronulla Sharks. Charlie Gallico, while dressed as mascot Reggie Rabbit, was filmed shoving a nine-year-old boy while moving through the players’ tunnel at Sharks Stadium during their round three fixture. Gallico, 81, issued an apology on Tuesday following an investigation … Read more
A judge entered a not guilty plea Monday for a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images, primarily of women. Matt Weiss’s appearance in federal court in Detroit was brief and came four days … Read more
Guardian Sport received five top prizes at the prestigious SJA British Sports Journalism Awards on Monday evening. The Guardian’s chief sports writer, Barney Ronay, won two prizes, named both columnist of the year and popular culture commentator of the year. Donald McRae also won two awards: as best feature writer and specialist correspondent of the … Read more
Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father and former coach of the Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, pleaded not guilty as his trial began on Monday. He is accused of physically abusing two of his children, including the two-times Olympic champion. The 59-year-old could face up to six years in prison if found guilty, with the trial expected to … Read more
Everyone wants to have the ball when Latvia come to town. Everyone fancies the chance to take an extra touch. Everyone wants to be the star. Nobody seems to realise that slowing the play down is exactly what Latvia want as they settle into their rearguard action and focus on little more than keeping England … Read more
The Queensland government is expected to announce that a significant preserved site of Indigenous heritage in central Brisbane, a massacre site on a songline, will host the main stadium of the 2032 Olympics. Premier David Crisafulli repeatedly promised not to build a new stadium to host the athletics during last year’s election, and also specifically … Read more
Jordan Pickford An early tangle with Konsa before the ball ended in the side netting; one first-half shot to save, none in the second. 6/10 Reece James Early on, Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea favourite laid flat Andrejs Ciganiks and was twice beaten for pace. Then he scorched his free-kick. More solid in the second half. 7 … Read more
It was never going to be about the victory. It had been inevitable for England against the team ranked 140 in the world. Is this the famous English arrogance? Maybe. What it was always going to be about was the manner of it. Whether there were any signs of Thomas Tuchel getting his messages across, … Read more
The Brazil forward Geyse has joined Gotham FC on loan from Manchester United. The move comes after she described feeling lonely and being in agony after coming on as a late substitute in Manchester United’s 2-0 victory over Leicester this month in a social media post. The comments came on the same evening that her … Read more
Her confidence growing and her game blossoming further with every match, Emma Raducanu produced another supreme performance under pressure as she dismantled Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Miami Open. With one of the best tournament runs of her career, Raducanu will contest her first WTA 1000 quarter-final. She will return … Read more