Having reached the FA Cup semi-finals three times in the first 110 years of their history, Crystal Palace have now done it for the third time in a decade, an impeccable away performance seeing them ease past a Fulham side that had much of the possession, did most of the attacking and achieved next to … Read more
Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has been upstaged by rival Lachie Kennedy in the 200m at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne on a night that confirms athletics’ resurgence in Australia. In front of around 10,000 fans at Lakeside Stadium, the first sell-out at an Australian one-day athletics meet in more than two decades, the … Read more
Alysa Liu hadn’t even checked her phone. She didn’t know who had called, who had texted or who had screamed at their television when her gold-medal score flashed onto the screen. But she knew exactly who she wanted to call first. “My siblings,” she said, laughing. “They have no idea that this is happening.” No … Read more
Novak Djokovic departed Indian Wells two weeks ago with serious concerns. Aside from his one encouraging result this year, a supreme performance in his Australian Open quarter-final win over Carlos Alcaraz, the first few months of his 38th year had been grim. Father time had undeniably gained ground on him. The hamstring injury Djokovic suffered … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Bundesliga Five of today’s Bundesliga fixtures kick off at 2:30pm GMT. Bayern Munich v St. Pauli Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig Wolfsburg v Heidenheim Hoffenheim v Augsburg Share Of course, we also have some FA Cup … Read more
Pep Guardiola is a basketball aficionado and has often been seen courtside in America trying to learn from one of the world’s most intense sports. The Manchester City manager holds Michael Jordan in high esteem and it feels as if the next two months may be the club’s version of the basketball legend’s Last Dance … Read more
The term “world-leading” has become a favourite of certain politicians in recent years and much devalued as a result, but it seems fair to apply it to the introduction of testing for gene doping in British racing before the start of the new Flat season on turf. Gene doping was initially identified as a possible … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble It’s FA Cup quarter-final weekend, with the first of these four slightly unlikely ties – Manchester City apart – coming in the form of a London derby at Craven Cottage. Fulham and Crystal Palace are both chasing history in this … Read more
‘I’ve had to tell my mum not to bother with Mother’s Day,” quips Preston fan Tom Bates. The 29-year-old has forgone the purchase of flowers, cards and the prospect of a Sunday roast to buy a ticket at Deepdale for North End’s first FA Cup quarter-final in 59 years. The past six decades have brought … Read more
It is a game for the football geeks, the data-lovers, the algorithm-obsessed. But the current leader of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL), which allows participants to play at being Premier League managers during the football season, is not a data analyst, a football insider or a computer scientist, but a 67-year-old woman who uses a … Read more