18-year-old given a wildcard into the prestigious eventRaducanu has not played since winning US OpenEmma Raducanu, the US Open champion, will make her return to the tennis tour at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells next week.Raducanu had been mulling…
Greg Rutherford makes GB bobsleigh squad to keep his Olympic dream alive
Olympic gold-winning long jumper named in five-man squadGB will now try to qualify for 2022 Winter Games in BeijingGreg Rutherford’s audacious dream of becoming the first British athlete to win a medal at a summer and winter Olympics has moved a signif…
Warwickshire v Lancashire: Bob Willis Trophy final, day one – live!
Updates from the first day of the final at Lord’sThe Spin: Lancashire won’t lack for motivationYou can get in touch by email, Twitter or post BTL 1.40pm BST They’re out, and the sun is shining… 12.40pm BST Off they dine as the clouds hover threatenin…
Roger Hunt: a life in pictures
The Liverpool and England forward has died aged 83. He was a member of England’s 1966 World Cup team and won two First Division titles with LiverpoolRoger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83 Continue reading…
Roger Hunt encapsulated Liverpool’s rise and influence under Shankly | Andy Hunter
England World Cup winner scored 285 goals for the Anfield club and became known as ‘Sir Roger’ among Liverpool supportersBuckingham Palace never bestowed a knighthood on Roger Hunt for services to England’s finest moment but he could cherish the honour…
Simone Biles says she should have quit a long time before Tokyo 2020
Biles says trauma of Larry Nassar abuse was ‘too much’Four-time Olympic champion pulled out of five finals in JapanSimone Biles has admitted that she should have walked away from the Olympic programme “way before” the Tokyo Games.Biles withdrew from fi…
Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and former Liverpool striker, dies aged 83
Forward was part of Sir Alf Ramsey’s victorious 1966 squadWon two First Division titles under Bill Shankly at LiverpoolRoger Hunt, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup team and winner of two First Division titles with Liverpool, has died at the age of …
The Breakdown | ‘My nature was to overstep’: Willie Anderson’s memoir holds back little
Former Ulster and Ireland captain’s lively new book spans sectarianism, survivor’s guilt and the sterility of modern rugbyA few years ago the former Ulster and Ireland captain Willie Anderson had a chart above his coaching desk at the Ulster academy de…
David Squires on … self-flagellating footballers and the fuel crisis
Our cartoonist on how to pacify rabid corners of the internet, Emi Martínez’s behaviour, Norwich and moreLike what we do? Consider supporting our journalismDoing some shopping? Buy a Squires cartoon here Continue reading…
Benjamin Zephaniah: ‘Footballers have a voice and a platform. They aren’t taking injustice any more’
Writer, actor and activist explains how he fell in love with this England football team and his respect for players making a stand“I went to an England game at the start of the Euros,” Benjamin Zephaniah says while explaining how he has come to love th…