Newcastle’s head coach, Eddie Howe, has told his players to use Harvey Barnes’s patience as an example as the winger prepares to return to his former club Leicester for the first time. The 27-year-old left the King Power Stadium in a £38m switch to Tyneside in July 2023 after the Foxes’ relegation from the top … Read more
Tadej Pogacar denied Mathieu van der Poel a record fourth Tour of Flanders title when the Slovenian won the second Monument of the season in Belgium for the second time in his career on Sunday. The 26-year-old Pogacar, who skipped the 2024 edition to focus on a Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double, had won the … Read more
Harry Brook has been named as England’s new white-ball captain, with Rob Key, the director of men’s cricket, praising the Yorkshireman’s “excellent cricketing brain” but also admitting the opportunity has come “slightly earlier than expected”. Brook, 26, will take charge of both the T20 and ODI teams despite Key admitting last month he was considering … Read more
Lewis Hamilton has issued a challenge to his Ferrari team to step up their game after he described the car as “underperforming” in the wake of a lacklustre opening to the Formula One season, with the British driver managing only seventh place at the Japanese Grand Prix. Max Verstappen took the win at Suzuka, leading … Read more
Southampton are poised to sack Ivan Juric after 107 days in charge, with the club at risk of recording the lowest points tally in Premier League history. Saints were relegated on Sunday after defeat at Tottenham. Juric replaced Russell Martin in December but failed to fashion an uplift in results, with the 49-year-old winning only … Read more
It was Saturday lunchtime on the outskirts of Bradford and Graham Alexander found himself caught in traffic. He was, in his mind, a good 20 minutes’ drive from the University of Bradford Stadium on a route usually clear of cars. “I thought: ‘this can’t be for our game’,” said the Bantams manager. “As I got … Read more
When the final whistle went, Ivan Juric advanced on to the pitch and stared across at the corner where the away fans were gathered. Southampton had just suffered the earliest relegation in Premier League history, with seven games still remaining, but there was no bitterness. Juric, who seemed almost moved by their reaction, ensured his … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Sunday’s round-up In the end, Brian Charles Lara could rest easy, his record first-class score of 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 was not surpassed by Somerset’s Tom Banton. Resuming on 344 and with his county’s highest score … Read more
Spring has barely settled into a rhythm but in rugby league the big games do not take long to roll around. Here were two sides synonymous with success in the Challenge Cup looking to shrug off some early-season inconsistency and move within a game of Wembley. Games between Warrington and St Helens are so often … Read more
Arne Slot stopped short of laying into his Liverpool players after a chaotic 3-2 defeat at Fulham put Premier League title celebrations on temporary hiatus. The gap between them and Arsenal stayed at 11 points, meaning Liverpool still need another 11 to prevail after a defeat, just their second of the campaign, that owed much … Read more