If Queensland was a country, there would be no greater trumpet of patriots than Billy Moore. On election eve, high on the western concourse of Suncorp Stadium’s level five, without a view of the Sharks’s 28-18 victory in the Magic Round opener below, the true voice of the people held court. In a fading but … Read more
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Luke Littler fought back to see off Michael van Gerwen 6-4 to win night 13 of the Premier League in Birmingham, setting a new record with a fifth overall evening victory of the season. Littler, the world champion, had beaten Stephen Bunting 6-5 in the opening quarter-final at the Utilita Arena, leaving Bunting still bottom … Read more
A social media soundbite from Rob McElhenney was typically revealing. “If I’m being honest I don’t even know what the word consolidation means,” the Wrexham co-chair said. Days earlier, in between wheeling around the Racecourse Ground celebrating promotion from League One, he had told Ryan Reynolds that things were about to get “a little pricier … Read more
As inescapable as it is inexorable, everyone at Cadillac is aware the clock is ticking as they edge closer towards a moment of truth well over three years in the making. The expectation and anticipation for when the team, backed by US manufacturer General Motors, hits the grid as Formula One’s 11th entry for the … Read more
BBC Two’s Monday evening show Chess Masters: The Endgame reached its final this week amid a continuing debate between experts, who found it patronising, and social players, novices and children who enjoyed its light touch and focus on personalities. The series was placed in a testing environment, the 8pm slot, sandwiched between the intellectual heavyweights … Read more
Elite athletes have been warned against having one-night stands because of the risk they could be contaminated with banned drugs from engaging in casual sex. The warning came as top lawyers and anti-doping experts debated contamination cases in sport before highlighting the hidden dangers for the Tinder generation. Mark Hovell, a leading sports lawyer and … Read more
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s mid-match change of tip backfired spectacularly as he was whitewashed by Zhao Xintong in the second session of their World Snooker Championship semi-final. O’Sullivan had the tip and ferrule on his cue changed overnight, having labelled it as “awful” before the last-four clash with Zhao at the Crucible. The seven-time champion had still … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Sam Cook picked for Zimbabwe Test Ben Stokes (Durham) – Captain Gus Atkinson (Surrey) Shoaib Bashir (Somerset) Harry Brook (Yorkshire) Sam Cook (Essex) Jordan Cox (Essex) Zak Crawley (Kent) Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire) Ollie Pope (Surrey) Matthew Potts (Durham) Joe Root (Yorkshire) … Read more
Sam Cook has been selected for England’s one-off Test against Zimbabwe later this month – reward not only for his excellence in the County Championship but also a commendable, unwavering desire to play the longest format. Aged 27 and having finessed a truckload of wickets for Essex at just 18 runs apiece, Cook could have … Read more