It looks as if the world’s best golfers should have enjoyed this while it lasted. If forecasted gusts of up to 30mph land at Sawgrass on Saturday, this Players Championship will descend into a war of attrition. Day four carries a 70% chance of storms. The PGA Tour’s marquee event could be about to get … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature League Two – Newport 1-0 Harrogate Cameron Evans nets the first goal of the afternoon for the hosts. Share Kick-off Here we go! We’re under way in the Premier League and across the EFL! Share We’re about to get under way … Read more
There is a moment in every player’s career when they start to think more concretely about life after the game. Playing careers are short, a fraction of your working years. For female footballers, the much lower wages mean that plan B needs to be prepared for far sooner, too. Jordan Nobbs has no intention of … Read more
Sonia Bompastor won her first trophy in English football and continued her unbeaten first season as Chelsea manager as they triumphed over Manchester City in a well-contested Women’s League Cup final at Pride Park. The result gave Chelsea a 26th victory from Bompastor’s 28 competitive matches in charge of the club so far in all … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble A Six Nations that began in January with images of captains in the Colosseum ends – for Italy and Ireland – in Rome. And it’s two sets of battle-worn gladiators who face off. Ireland completed the triple crown but are … Read more
Pep Guardiola has responded sarcastically to Fabio Capello’s claim that he is arrogant, has “ruined Italian football” and has made the sport boring. The former England coach offered his view of Guardiola to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo this week. On Friday Manchester City’s manager was asked whether he listened to someone of the Italian’s … Read more
There was a time not too long ago when meetings between St Helens and Leeds Rhinos were played out on the sport’s biggest stages. At various points over the last two decades, it was not uncommon to find these two sides playing one another in a major final. They were Super League’s market leaders. However, … Read more
Regardless of how Lewis Hamilton’s hugely anticipated debut for Ferrari pans out at Melbourne in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix and whether his glorious adventure to cap a remarkable career is a success or not, for one former driver, his countryman has made the right decision. “The experience I had at Ferrari, money can’t buy,” … Read more
A Christmas dinner was to prove the catalyst that turned around Gloucester-Hartpury’s season. The defending Premiership Women’s Rugby champions’ defeat by Bristol Bears in November was their third of the campaign, the most losses in a season since the 2021-22 season, and led senior players to tell head coach Sean Lynn: “We are not us.” … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Today’s match officials Emily Heaslip will take charge of today’s Subway Women’s League Cup final. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters Share Updated at 11.18 GMT Bompastor’s seamless Chelsea transition Chelsea: History has all too often illustrated that when a leader departs a sporting … Read more