The prospects of the St Leger winner and James Doyle at Longchamp have been improved by fate in the race buildupWhen James Doyle rode Sea Of Class from an outside stall in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2018, Lester Piggott – the father-in-law of the…
‘Always a crap week for women’: Chelsea’s Emma Hayes left exasperated
Paul Riley coercion claims in NWSL follow Sarah Everard case‘All of us hope for a place where we feel safe … without fear’Emma Hayes, the Chelsea manager, has expressed her frustrations at another “crap week for women” following the conviction of Wayne…
Leicester sink Saracens with contentious late penalty try
Leicester 13-12 SaracensTigers maintain 100% record with last play of the gameA suitably chaotic end to a dog’s dinner of game but Leicester will not care. The Tigers clinched a scarcely-deserved win with the last play of the match – a penalty try awar…
Lizzie Deignan masters cobbles for glory in first staging of Paris-Roubaix Femmes
British rider solos to spectacular victory over cobblesTreacherous conditions result in spate of crashesLizzie Deignan proved to be the class of the field in the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes as she held off Marianne Vos to take victory at the Vélodrome A…
‘Punching the air’: Pelé leaves hospital to undergo chemotherapy
Brazilian great, 80, stable after month-long hospital stayTumour removed from colon but chemo to continueBrazilian football great Pelé has been discharged from the hospital where he received treatment for almost a month.The 80-year-old had a tumour rem…
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Manchester City head for Anfield, how best for Manchester United to utilise Paul Pogba and time for Leeds to step up a gearManchester City fans have not been in attendance for a league win at Anfield since 2003, when Nicolas Anelka scored two. What Cit…
Dr Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J Blige and Snoop Dogg to perform at Super Bowl
The five multi-award-winning artists will perform on the same stage together for the first time at next year’s half-time showDr Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J Blige and Snoop Dogg will headline this season’s Super Bowl LVI half-time show.The acts,…
Mixed reception for new guidelines on transgender inclusion in sport
‘Difficult decisions must not be avoided,’ says Women In SportStonewall describes guidance as ‘extremely harmful’The new transgender inclusion guidelines for sport in Britain have been broadly welcomed by a number of sports and women’s organisations, i…
Catalans Dragons blast past Hull KR and into their first Super League Grand Final
Catalans Dragons 28-10 Hull KRJosh Drinkwater scores spectacular solo try in comfortable winL’histoire boys are at it again. If you are a neutral, you cannot dispute that rugby league has craved nights, and moments, like these. Four years ago to the da…
Rapid Vienna fans’ missiles mar West Ham win sparked by Declan Rice
The attention should have lingered on those flashes of quality from Declan Rice and Saïd Benrahma. West Ham had settled a bitty contest with two fine goals and they had managed the game well during a testing second half, hiding their inexperience at th…