The prolific striker on his cat tattoo, the times he wanted to give up and the moment that set him back on a path to the topThere is a tattoo on Ivan Toney’s torso depicting a tiger staring back at a kitten that is looking at its reflection in a puddle…
England v India: first Test, day four – live!
Over-by-over updates on the fourth day’s action at Trent BridgeRain gives respite to India as Anderson leads fightbackAnd you can email Rob with your thoughts 5.59pm BST 1st over: India 1-0 (target 209; Rahul 1, Rohit 0) Jimmy Anderson, who last bowled…
Leicester v Manchester City: Community Shield – live!
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South Africa v British & Irish Lions: third and final Test – live!
Updates from deciding Test in Cape Town, kick-off 5pm BSTThe Breakdown: sign up and get our free rugby union emailGet in touch! You can email Niall or tweet him 5.57pm BST The good news for the Lions is plentiful: they lead, they’ve scored the only try…
Sifan Hassan completes unique treble with sprint finish to win 10,000m gold
Dutch athlete adds title to 5,000m gold and 1500m bronzeBahrain’s Kalkidan Gezahegne takes silver medalSifan Hassan’s odyssey from refugee to one of the greatest athletes of this or any other era was confirmed in Tokyo as she became the first person to…
Belarus exiles fear the long arm of the vengeful dictator in Minsk
The attempt to ‘kidnap’ an Olympic sprinter and the suspicious death of an activist are signs of growing oppression It is a fraught and dangerous time to be a Belarusian activist or dissident abroad, where the scrambling of a MiG-29 to ground a Ryanai…
GB’s Walls and Hayter take Olympic silver behind Denmark in men’s madison
Walls grabs second medal of Games after omnium goldDenmark’s Hansen and Morkov claim top spotNo country competing at Tokyo 2020 has welcomed the return of the madison to the fold with more enthusiasm than Team GB. A day after Katie Archibald and Laura …
Tom Daley takes 10m diving bronze and uses platform for LGBTQ+ awareness
Daley: ‘I hope seeing out athletes will help people feel less alone’Briton eyes Paris 2024 after finishing third behind Cao and YangTom Daley took the bronze medal in the 10m platform dive on an afternoon of vertiginously high-grade competition. This w…
Galal Yafai completes arduous journey to win GB’s first Tokyo boxing gold
Early dominance over Philippines’ Carlo Paalam secures title‘I’m Olympic champion now, it sounds crazy,’ says BritonIf ever there was a measure of how well Galal Yafai had managed the most important, pressure-filled moment of his career so far, it came…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Kenya’s Jepchirchir wins marathon, plus diving, boxing and more – live!
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageMen’s basketball final: USA v France – liveBarney Ronay on life inside the Tokyo Games experienceEmail Scott with your thoughts or tweet him @scott_heinrich 5.57am BST For those just waking up in Br…