A fan died after falling from the stands during Sunday’s Nations League final between Spain and Portugal in Munich. The man, from the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district in Bavaria, fell from the middle tier into the lower tier and then on to a staircase in the media area at the Allianz Arena. He died at the scene...
Webster was developing into anything but a gimmick. Like a host of all-rounders, success in one discipline fed the other. In the 2023-24 season, his 938 runs were by far the most in the Sheffield Shield, supplemented by 30 wickets. Only one other player in Shield history had managed 900 runs and 30 wickets in...
Alcaraz emulated his childhood hero Rafael Nadal – a record 14-time champion at Roland Garros – by winning his fifth major at the exact same age of 22 years, one month and three days. Sinner, meanwhile, is the youngest man to reach three consecutive Grand Slam singles finals since 14-time major winner Pete Sampras in...
With an opening game lasting 12 minutes, it felt inevitable that the final between the two best players in the world would be a marathon. In the end, Alcaraz and Sinner put everything on the line for five hours and 29 minutes – the longest French Open final in history. Just as the fifth set...
The world number two had never previously won a match after losing the opening two sets. Alcaraz is the first man to win a Grand Slam title after saving match point since Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in the 2019 Wimbledon final. Sinner, who was bidding for his maiden Roland Garros triumph, was denied his...
Lorena Wiebes wins the fourth and final stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain in Glasgow, with Ally Wollaston sealing overall victory by finishing third and taking bonus seconds to push overnight leader Britain’s Cat Ferguson into second place. WATCH MORE: Ferguson takes Tour of Britain lead with brilliant stage win Available to UK users...
Following in the footsteps of Rafael Nadal as the second Spaniard to reach five major men’s singles finals, Alcaraz could emulate his childhood hero by winning his fifth major at the exact same age: 22 years, one month and three days. The two-time Wimbledon champion has taken just 82 matches to reach 70 wins at...
Leicester Tigers reached the Premiership final for the second time in four seasons as they edged Sale Sharks 21-16 in a pulsating play-off semi-final. Handre Pollard and George Ford traded penalties before Adam Radwan’s double – including a sensational diving finish – put the dominant hosts 13-3 up at the break. Pollard quickly matched Ford’s...
Glasgow were rocking now and Leinster were soon across the line again as prop Clarkson powered over despite the attentions of a clutch of Warriors off the back of a scrum. Sheehan added another try on the stroke of half-time, powering over behind a ruck following a line-out close to the line, to give the...
St Helens: Salihi; Hook, McColm, Hardcastle, McGifford; Harris, Gaskin; Stott, Casey, Crowl, Hoye, Rudge, Cunningham. Interchanges: Whitfield, Mottershead, Sutherland, Woosey. Wigan: Banks; Davies, Wilson, Jones, Derbyshire; Foubister, Rowe; Coleman, Wilton, Speakman, Hunter, Power, Williams. Interchanges: Marsh, Molyneux, Thompson, Veivers. Read full article at source...
Three hundred and sixty five long days ago, Steve Clarke’s Scotland strode out at Hampden Park, their last auf wiedersehen before they went off to give Germany, Switzerland and Hungary what for at Euro 2024. By the time they finished their farewell on the back of an uninspiring – and at times chaotic – 2-2...
Sabalenka and Gauff overcame two very different challenges in their respective semi-finals. Underlining her position as title favourite, Sabalenka ended four-time champion Iga Swiatek’s 26-match run with an impressive three-set victory. Gauff, meanwhile, was up against a partisan crowd but efficiently ended French wildcard Lois Boisson’s fairytale run in straight sets. Sabalenka continues to show...
Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Ojomoh, Redpath, Muir; Russell, Spencer (c); Obano, Dunn, Stuart, Roux, Ewels, Hill, Pepper, Barbeary. Replacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Du Toit, Molony, Reid, Carr-Smith, Donoghue, Bayliss. Bristol: Heward; Ravouvou, Janse sVan Rensburg, Williams, Ibitoye; MacGinty, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska, Dun, Batley, Luatua, Harding (c), Mata. Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Lahiff, Rubiolo, Grondola, Marmion,...
Alcaraz has not been at his clinical best over the past fortnight and Musetti , 23, promised to be his sternest test yet. While Alcaraz leads the men’s tour in terms of clay-court victories this season, Musetti is right behind him, having won 19 of his 22 matches on the surface. The Italian reached the...
World number two Coco Gauff says she will manage the French Open final by remembering that “everybody is dealing with way bigger things in life”. Gauff will face world number one Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s showpiece at Roland Garros. READ MORE: Sabalenka takes out Swiatek to reach French Open final Read full article at source...