“I’ll just use my sleeve,” Meg Jones says softly as the tears slide down her face. The England centre tries to stem the flow of pain while I scuffle around in search of a tissue in one of my pockets. It takes a while but I finally dig out a stray sheet of kitchen towel. … Read more
Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink said she was revolted by the response she had seen online to a call by the team for male players to try out for the practice squad. Last week the Sparks put out an invite on social media for male players to practice with their WNBA roster. Brink did … Read more
Chelsea Gray was named playoff MVP on Monday night after helping her team Rose BC beat Vinyl in a thrilling final to Unrivaled’s debut season. She averaged 28.5 points in two postseason games in the new three-on-three basketball league, including 39 points in the semis. “Last year was hard, man,” Gray said after struggling with … Read more
PSG’s meetings with Marseille have produced one-way traffic in recent years and, based on their encounter at the weekend, we’re likely to see more of the same in the near future. PSG’s 3-1 win at the Parc des Princes on Sunday night was their seventh straight victory against Marseille in the league. The dominance has … Read more
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; it’s still a three-way race at the top of the Championship. Leeds are top on goal difference, but Chris Wilder and Scott Parker are steering Sheffield United and Burnley just … Read more
Ireland’s taoiseach has denounced anti-immigration comments made by Conor McGregor as the MMA fighter visited the White House before a St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump. McGregor said “Ireland is on the cusp of losing its Irishness” and that an “illegal immigration racket” was “running ravage on the country”. Last week, Donald Trump singled … Read more
Some of the biggest names of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have thrown their weight behind Sebastian Coe to become the next IOC president. Before the vote in Greece on Thursday, Mo Farah, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold in London, and Usain Bolt, who took the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay … Read more
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Boxing’s fragile Olympic status is on the verge of being secured after years of uncertainty. On Monday the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said that his executive board had recommended that boxing should be included in the 2028 Games to be held in Los Angeles. It appears to be a formality that the IOC … Read more
There is a sense of familiarity to this week’s Women’s Champions League quarter-final between Barcelona and Wolfsburg, but with one decisive change. The two met in the 2023 final in Eindhoven with Ewa Pajor scoring for Wolfsburg after three minutes. This time, though, she will line up for the Blaugrana. Barcelona swooped to sign the … Read more