The 19-year-old Czech Jakub Menšík beat his childhood idol Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in an upset for the ages on Sunday, claiming his first ATP title at the Miami Open as he denied the former number one in his bid for a milestone 100th. The 54th-ranked Menšík faced tough odds in only his second ATP … Read more
Matildas striker Sam Kerr will be free to return as national team captain once she recovers from her serious knee injury after the Football Australia board decided on no further sanctions for her drunken night during which she verbally abused a London police constable. The 31-year-old will continue her recovery in camp with the Matildas … Read more
Primoz Roglic made a late charge to take the lead from the local favourite Juan Ayuso and win the Volta a Catalunya for a second time on Sunday. A four-time Vuelta a España champion, Roglic of Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe prevailed in the final 20 kilometres to win the decisive 88km seventh stage in Barcelona and … Read more
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City had recovered some of their missing heart and soul as they advanced to a seventh FA Cup semi-final in a row with a 2-1 win at Bournemouth. The City manager, whose team have been drawn to face Nottingham Forest, relied on what he called his “legendary” players – Kevin De … Read more
Arsenal cruised to their sixth successive league win against the relegation-battling Crystal Palace with a controlled victory in the Women’s Super League. Beth Mead scored a superb double while a first-half finish from Alessia Russo and an own goal from Allyson Swaby completed a dominant afternoon for Renée Slegers’s side. Slegers was full of praise … Read more
New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695ft on Saturday. Many of the Yankees are using a strikingly different model this season, in which wood is moved lower down the barrel of the bat, making the end resemble a bowling pin. Paul Goldschmidt, … Read more
The man behind the counter at Greggs on Fishergate has never heard of a butter pie, but try Poundbakery over the street. Poundbakery doesn’t do butter pie, but try Greenhalgh’s on the corner. Greenhalgh’s: closed on Sundays. The chip shop on Market Street does meat pie, meat and potato, steak, steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom, … Read more
Marcus Rashford said he was “just enjoying my football” after scoring twice in a 3-0 win against Preston to secure for Aston Villa an FA Cup semi‑final against Crystal Palace. Jacob Ramsey added to Rashford’s first goals since 1 December. The England striker had not scored in nine appearances since joining Villa on loan in … Read more
Manchester City continue to dream of a silver-lined finish to an underwhelming season. It was a day when Bournemouth were determined to make history by reaching a first semi-final in any major competition and their hopes were high at half-time. Not only had Kepa Arrizabalaga saved an Erling Haaland penalty, they were in front thanks … Read more
Seventy-three points. That was Luka Dončić’s total when he led the Dallas Mavericks to a victory over the Atlanta Hawks last season. He wasn’t the only NBA player to have an explosion on offense that season – think Joel Embiid or Karl-Anthony Towns. And the league subsequently decided to change officiating to favor more physical … Read more