Holding has spent 31 years working behind the microphone His first TV broadcast was England’s 1990 tour of West IndiesMichael Holding is retiring after 31 years as a TV commentator. The former West Indies fast bowler played 60 Tests and 102 one-day int…
Simone Biles says ‘burdens’ of Nassar abuse remained with her at Olympics
Gymnast gives searing testimony at US senate hearingFBI accused of failing to investigate abuse properlySimone Biles offered emotional testimony on Tuesday at a US senate hearing into the Larry Nassar abuse scandal, an episode that rocked the world of …
Gordon Elliott savours winning feeling again after returning from suspension
Favourite Fancy Foundations wins for Elliott at SligoTrainer was suspended in March over photo with dead horseFor the first time since early March, a Gordon Elliott runner walked into a winner’s enclosure at Sligo on Wednesday as the Grand National-win…
The key issues new England Women’s manager Sarina Wiegman must tackle
Wiegman has limited time to prepare for the home Euros next summer and faces a challenge to fix the team’s defenceWhen England kick off against North Macedonia on Friday in their opening 2023 World Cup qualifier it will be the team’s first competitive …
Emma Raducanu’s win was a fantastic surprise – it must inspire a generation
The LTA deserves credit for the teenager’s US Open triumph but only government investment will take tennis to the massesAt some stage in the coming days, Emma Raducanu will return home with the US Open trophy safely packed away, a grand slam title winn…
Rikki Clarke prepares to leave crease for the last time … with one regret | Andy Bull
Surrey’s indefatigable 39-year-old is retiring at the end of the season, and is left to rue how his international career endedSomewhere among his old kit and other bits, Rikki Clarke has a fat scrapbook, full of dog-eared clippings from the summer of 2…
Dozens more female footballers and family members escape Afghanistan
Pakistan football federation helps them to flee across border National team players and youth players among those to get outMore than 96 female footballers and their family members have fled across the border of Afghanistan to Pakistan with the help of…
Floppy mohicans and pre-race cider: Gary Devine, the punk fell runner
The Leeds punk rocker lived a double life, interspersing band rehearsals and punk gigs with twice-daily runs, despite the occasional arrest and moshpit injury. A new book tells his storyWhen Gary Devine was picked to run for England, the manager took o…
County cricket: Yorkshire v Warwicks, Surrey v Essex and more – live!
Updates from day four around the county groundsHampshire go top and Lancashire rout SomersetEmail Tanya, tweet her or comment below the line 11.56am BST Right, elsewhere round the grounds:Gloucestershire 419 and 15-0 have beaten Glamorgan 309 and 124 b…
‘It’s wrong’: Elliott unhappy after Leeds fail with appeal against Struijk’s red card
Liverpool midfielder feels defender harshly treated by FAStruijk dislocated Elliott’s ankle and has three-game banLeeds’s appeal against the red card shown to Pascal Struijk in Sunday’s 3-0 defeat by Liverpool has been unsuccessful, prompting Harvey El…