The relentlessly effective Tottenham and England player remains the highest scorer in English top-flight football historyFarewell, then, Jimmy. Sporting celebrities come and go but Greaves, who has died at the age of 81, was something different, not ju…
Tottenham ‘have a lot of problems’ admits Nuno after Chelsea defeat
Spurs manager says: ‘We need more time to work together’Thomas Tuchel praises N’Golo Kanté and second-half displayNuno Espírito Santo conceded “there were a lot of things that went wrong” as his Tottenham side sustained an ultimately chastening 3-0 hom…
England’s Danni Wyatt and Charlie Dean edge out New Zealand in second ODI
2nd ODI: England, 197, beat New Zealand, 169, by 13 runs (DLS)Wyatt leads recovery with 63*; Dean’s 4-36 secures 2-0 series leadThe idea that someone could play 199 internationals for England, score two Twenty20 international hundreds and yet never hit…
Noble and Moyes share the blame after West Ham throw point away | Jonathan Liew
Hammers went toe to toe with Manchester United and shouldn’t have been relying on a late penalty to earn a drawSomething about it just felt wrong. Brave and heroic and wrong. Suspenseful and theatrical and wrong. This isn’t simply hindsight talking: th…
Louis Lynagh double leads champions Harlequins to opening win at Newcastle
Newcastle 20-26 HarlequinsDanny Care and Joe Marchant also score for HarlequinsHarlequins made a winning start to their Premiership title defence as an enthralling game at Kingston Park saw them edge Newcastle 26-20. Both sides played fast, free-flowin…
Filippo Ganna edges out Van Aert to win world championships time-trial crown
Italian defends title by beating home favourite by 5secEvenepoel takes bronze medal, Ethan Hayter is eighthThe Italian Filippo Ganna broke Flemish hearts on the opening day of the world road race championships in the Belgian cycling heartland by taking…
Brendan Rodgers frustrated by VAR as Brighton hang on to beat Leicester
Brendan Rodgers was in no doubt that one of Leicester’s disallowed equalisers in the 2-1 defeat at Brighton should have stood and he was also unhappy at the penalty with which Albion took the lead.Brighton found themselves on the right side of VAR thro…
Lingard fires Manchester United to win as West Ham sub Noble’s penalty saved
Mark Noble was offered one shot and it was of the kind that, throughout his career, he has dispatched with chilling reliability. A handball from Luke Shaw had offered West Ham the chance to salvage a draw during an extraordinary finale and, in fairness…
Jimmy Greaves redefined perception of what a centre-forward should be | Jonathan Wilson
Like Brian Clough, Greaves was very different from the classic English No 9 and together they changed the game’s tactics• Jimmy Greaves dies aged 81For those of us too young to have caught the end of Jimmy Greaves’s playing career, there was always a s…
Tottenham 0-3 Chelsea: Premier League – reaction!
Latest updates from the 4.30pm (BST) London derbyJimmy Greaves: Boys’ Own hero who stole our heartsLive scoreboard: the latest from Sunday’s matchesAnd you can contact Luke by email or on Twitter 6.42pm BST I’m guessing there will be interviews with Tu…