Updates from the second match of the series at Eden ParkAny thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft 8.31am BST Australia play-on quickly from the penalty and Koroibete has space to hit the line at pace on the left wing. New Zealand force the turnover thou…
Tokyo Olympics was a 16-day adrenaline rush but also a lesson in rights and wrongs | Sean Ingle
The athletes and their performances dazzled, but it is vital to look beneath the surface and ask questions others will notMy Olympics gone by, I miss it so. And despite the Kafkaesque bureaucracy, the hard quarantine, the endless spitting into test tub…
Talking Horses: Mr Wagyu fair price to continue remarkable progress
Last year’s winner, Staxton, a few pounds better off as top sprinters converge in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at RiponForm lines from sprint handicaps the length of the country converge in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon on Saturday, including…
Nuno will factor in turmoil before deciding if Kane faces Manchester City
Kane trained with squad for first time in pre-season on Friday Nuno: ‘All the decisions are not only based on fitness’Nuno Espírito Santo has suggested he will factor in the turmoil that Harry Kane is experiencing before deciding whether to name him on…
Canós and Nørgaard sink Arsenal to give Brentford dream start
The anticipation had been building. For generations. Not since 1947 had Brentford hosted a top division match and, when it happened – in the club’s lovely new-ish stadium, which was packed out for the first time – it unfolded exactly how everybody woul…
Jimmy Anderson backs ‘superhuman’ Joe Root to break Cook’s England record
Root overtakes Graham Gooch during second Test against India‘Joe’s been amazing through the pandemic,’ says England bowlerAfter Joe Root surpassed Graham Gooch’s tally of 8,900 Test runs, Jimmy Anderson has said that he is “absolutely” backing his Engl…
The Guardian view on Barcelona and Messi: decline and fall | Editorial
One of the world’s greatest sporting institutions lost sight of the principles on which its success was basedTen years ago at Wembley, FC Barcelona won football’s Champions League with a performance that established an absolute hegemony in the world’s …
Police investigate recording device found in women’s toilets at Mauritius FA
Mobile phone in video recording mode discovered in water tankStaff are being questioned following a police complaintSeveral employees of the Mauritius Football Association have been summoned by police after an employee said she had discovered a mobile …
British Olympic silver medallist Chijindu Ujah suspended for doping violation
Ujah was part of Team GB’s 4x100m relay team in Tokyo27-year-old faces prospect of being stripped of his medalChijindu Ujah, the British sprinter who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics as part of Team GB’s men’s 4x100m relay team, has been suspen…
Chelsea confirm Romelu Lukaku signing from Inter in €115m deal
Striker returns 10 years after first joining from Anderlecht‘I’m happy and blessed to be back,’ Lukaku saysChelsea have confirmed the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Internazionale on a contract to 2026. They have paid a club record €115m (£97.5m) for th…