It is a cut-throat business laced with sporting romance. Poulter begins his 36-hole bid in the company of Tom Lewis, who shot 65, a record low score for an amateur, when he took the first-round lead as a qualifier at Royal St George’s in 2011. McDowell was thrilled to be at Portrush, the town of...
The County Championship match between Durham and Somerset looks set for a absorbing three-day finish after 18 wickets fell on the second day of the game at the Banks Homes Riverside. Replying to Durham’s 277, Somerset mustered only 172 but then dismissed the home side for 159, leaving the visitors with a victory target of...
Sussex go into the final day of their County Championship fixture against Worcestershire with their noses in front after dismissing New Zealand stalwart Henry Nicholls and number four batter Kashif Ali late in the evening session. An 81-run second-wicket stand from Nicholls and opening batter Jake Libby had steered the visitors into a decent position...
Warwickshire survived a fine 90 from England star Joe Root to set up a target of 185 in order to secure victory in their County Championship game with Yorkshire at Headingley. Yorkshire were bowled out for 232 in their second innings late on day two, with visiting new-ball seamer Ethan Bamber adding four wickets to...
If PSG complete an unbeaten league season, they would become just the sixth team from Europe’s top five leagues to do so, joining Bayer Leverkusen from 2024, Juventus in 2012, Arsenal in 2004, Milan in 1992 and Perugia in 1979. “They would be the first French team ever to do it,” added Laurens. “One defeat...
Nuguse beat defending champion Ingebrigtsen and finished within 0.15 seconds of gold in a dramatic Paris final, in which Cole Hocker squeezed past Britain’s world champion Kerr to win in an Olympic record time. The event’s current heavyweights represent four of the nine fastest men in history over the distance, but Nuguse is the only...
Robertson’s fourth international goal came in stoppage-time against Poland in November, earning a 2-1 victory in Warsaw to clinch third place in Nations League Group A1. Now Scotland must prevail against Greece to remain in the tournament’s top tier. According to the captain, the team made “huge strides” in their debut Group A campaign, amassing...
