A few minutes before the 2023 London Marathon began, Richard Stoate was getting into costume on the side of the road. It was a two-person job: the 43-year-old wasn’t just wearing trainers and sportswear for the 26.2-mile run. He was raising money for the young people’s charity WellChild, so – with his partner’s help – … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Scottish Premiership: Celtic are firmly on course to win their 55th title, fourth in a row and 13th from the last 14. They currently lead Dundee United 5-0 at Tannadice with over 30 minutes left to play. Celtic’s Nicolas Kuhn sticks … Read more
The tunnel in which athletes wait before they enter a stadium ahead of a major race is “by no means a friendly place to be”, says Lisa Dobriskey – and as a former Team GB athlete who won Commonwealth gold and world championship silver at 1500m, she has stood in enough of them to know. … Read more
Dan Skelton has been an immovable object at the top of the National Hunt trainers’ table since the opening day of the 2024-25 season on 4 May last year but, when he comes up against the irresistible force of Willie Mullins’s stable at Sandown on Saturday, the betting market sees only one winner. Mullins is … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Teams Chelsea: Sanchez, Caicedo, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella, Lavia, Enzo, Madueke, Palmer, Neto, Jackson.Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Badiashile, Tosin, James, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Sancho, Nkunku. Everton: Pickford, Patterson, O’Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gana, Garner, Doucoure, Harrison, Ndiaye, Beto.Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Keane, McNeil, Chermiti, Young, Coleman, … Read more
Eni Aluko has apologised to Ian Wright for her comments over his involvement as a pundit in women’s football. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this week, the former England forward discussed the risk of men blocking opportunities for female broadcasters in women’s football. When asked by the presenter Clare McDonnell whether Wright was … Read more
The 45th running of the London Marathon gets under way in Greenwich on Sunday morning, a diverse multitude of elite athletes, costumed fun-runners, wheelchair competitors, the capital’s streets thronging with supporters over 26.2 miles, all cheering home the biggest field – 56,000 souls – to take part in this celebrated event. Central London’s traffic may … Read more
Back in his pomp as an era-defining, generational dog-torturer, the great Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did an interesting experiment with shapes. This involved showing a dog called Vampire a combination of circles and ovals. Circles meant he was about to be fed. Ovals meant no food and possibly, maybe, at a push, being electrocuted. Before … Read more
There are occasional sightings of him around the city. A face is glimpsed; perhaps climbing out of a car, perhaps stepping into a mosque. A phone is surreptitiously brandished. The rumour spreads like fire. Pretty quickly these sightings take on the status of urban myths; brief brushes with the divine. There was the time he … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Welcome to matchday live! Good morning! Welcome to our brand new live blog running on Saturdays and Sundays that will signpost the football matches and stories to look out for each day. Coming up on a stacked Saturday we’ll be talking … Read more