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Peter Lever, who has died aged 84, was a fast-medium bowler for Lancashire for 17 years and for England in 17 Test matches. In many ways he was the epitome of the staunch English professional cricketer, dedicated, modest and devoted to the game he loved. And yet throughout his career he experienced moments way beyond … Read more

It takes a while for the voice to emerge from the background haze, a mist of generically noodling electronic music, the kind of music that comes filled with a comforting sense of death, hold music from the executive euthanasia clinic. Finally the voice emerges, whispering through your headphones in that familiar rich, reverent Euro-tone, like … Read more

The former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal. In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year … Read more

Doug Laughton, who has died aged 80, was a member of the last Great Britain team to defeat Australia in a three-match Rugby League Ashes series in 1970. As a player he was also a two-time Challenge Cup winner. However, he is possibly better known for his post-playing coaching career and his astute eye for … Read more

In the early hours of Friday morning, after nearly two weeks spent slaying giants, Alexandra Eala slumped in her chair inside the vast Hard Rock Stadium, her unforgettable run in Miami finally at an end. Before she could even begin to reflect on her mixed emotions of pride and disappointment, however, she was hit by … Read more

Marco Silva had his work cut out for him at the start of the season. The Fulham manager could only watch on as João Palhinha, Tosin Adarabioyo and Willian left the club in the summer. Silva is no stranger to losing key players, having previously had to cope with the exits of Fábio Carvalho and … Read more

Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, made a cameo appearance via video in Monday’s third episode of BBC Two’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, setting a challenge to memorise a position from a “special” World Blitz game. Viewer numbers, ­supplied by Broadcast, again dropped, but more slowly, from 890,000 in the first episode to 710,000 last … Read more

The England and Wales Cricket Board has been accused of making disability cricket less inclusive, while several players have already quit in protest after the governing body “streamlined” three England teams into one mixed disability setup. The world’s first ever pan-disability international series – which means open to all disabilities – will take place in … Read more

The Rugby Football League has received multiple anonymous whistleblowing complaints containing historical allegations of sexism and misogyny in the workplace. The complaints come amid turmoil in the English game’s governing body for weeks, with the chair, Simon Johnson, and three female directors resigning earlier this month and the Bradford Bulls chairman, Nigel Wood, appointed to … Read more