On a night when not much went right for the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers, Bronny James was the bright spot. The oldest son of LeBron James set career highs with 17 points and five assists in his most extensive NBA minutes in a 118-89 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. With his injured … Read more
Coco Gauff crushed her fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-0, 6-0 at the Miami Open on Thursday, as the former US Open champion produced a flawless display to reach the third round. Gauff, aiming to win her maiden Miami Open title, won 84% of her first-serve points, saved the one break point she faced and converted … Read more
The former Glamorgan head coach Grant Bradburn has received a suspended £500 fine, reprimand and caution for making comments with racist and sexist “connotations”. Bradburn was charged by the independent cricket regulator and sacked by the Welsh county in December after allegations were made against the 58-year-old. The charge, which Bradburn admitted, comprised three allegations, … Read more
Fiasco, farce, omnishambles, call it what you like – even Malcolm Tucker would struggle to put a gloss on events at Salford Red Devils and the RFL in the last few months. With their new owners repeatedly failing to lodge the funds that would guarantee the club can get through the season, Salford remain in … Read more
Premiership Rugby executives have been picking the brains of their counterparts at World Wrestling Entertainment of late. The bad news is that rugby union’s version of the Royal Rumble is not in the pipeline, the good is that there is no better organisation when it comes to selling its stars and the Premiership has evidently … Read more
A migrant worker has died while working on a new stadium being built for the 2034 World Cup, the Guardian can reveal. Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, fell to his death from an upper level during the construction of the Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar on 12 March, according to sources with … Read more
The prevalence of gambling money in European football has been laid bare by new research that shows two-thirds of teams across 31 top divisions have at least one sponsorship deal with a betting firm. As the Premier League counts down to a ban on front-of-shirt sponsorship by gambling companies, due to come into force next … Read more
A last-gasp Vinícius Júnior strike earned Brazil a hard-fought 2-1 win over Colombia in the South American World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. Vinícius scored the winner nine minutes into added time to rescue a much-needed win for Brazil who appeared destined for a third consecutive 1-1 draw after Luis Díaz cancelled out Raphinha’s early opener … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 7th over: New Zealand 47-1 (Plimmer 27, A Kerr 1) Georgia Wareham is next up on the Australia bowling carousel and Plimmer immediately sends the leg-spinner to the boundary with a sweep to fine leg. Melie Kerr finally gets off the … Read more
Luke Littler crowned a third Premier League win of the season with a nine-dart leg in his 6-4 final win over Michael van Gerwen. Littler sent the Cardiff crowd wild with perfect darts in the fourth leg, and the 18-year-old had to be at his brilliant best to ward off a revitalised Van Gerwen. The … Read more