Manchester’s Tom Aspinall has been upgraded to undisputed heavyweight champion as the UFC announced Jon Jones had officially retired. The decision, delivered by Dana White after a UFC Fight Night in Azerbaijan, brings to an end seven months of uncertainty in the heavyweight division. Aspinall is just the third Briton to become a UFC champion...
US PGA Championship 2025: Scottie Scheffler wins by six strokes after holding off Jon Rahm challenge
An emotional Scottie Scheffler held off the rejuvenated Jon Rahm to convert his 54-hole lead into a maiden US PGA Championship title. While the winning margin of five strokes suggest his third major was a formality, a different story threatened to unfold at Quail Hollow. Scheffler began three shots ahead and five clear of Rahm,...
Xander Schauffele may not have played much this year because of a rib injury, but it still would be difficult to count out a player who won two majors last year. The American has also clocked up four top-10 finishes in his previous six Masters. Collin Morikawa, ranked one place below Schauffele at fourth in...
Colombia’s Nicolas Echavarria and American JJ Spaun – beaten by McIlroy in the Players Championship play-off last month – finished top of the leaderboard on five under par. But Spaun suffered more misery in a play-off as the 30-year-old Echavarria took the honours. It’s a position that would appear to be cursed given no player...
Marc Leishman won his first LIV Golf individual title as he beat Charl Schwartzel by one stroke in Miami – and saw off a host of other players warming up for the Masters. The 41-year-old Australian, who will not be part of the LIV contingent in Augusta, made a four-under final round of 68 to...
To Hell With Poverty by Jon King Published by: Constable Release date: 3rd April 2025 This memoir from the Gang of Four’s singer is the story of a band and the story of a friendship. It’s also about the damage that a band and a friendship can do to each other. The book is subtitled...
Jon Lewis is not the first England coach or captain to fall victim to the ruthless scrutiny that follows a heavy Ashes defeat, and he certainly will not be the last. The series, which ended in February with a 16-0 thrashing, saw England’s women placed under a microscope of pressure, criticism and attention like never...
The new coach faces home white-ball series against West Indies and India this summer before a 50-over World Cup in India in the autumn. Whoever does take charge will be looking to end a trophy drought that stretches back eight years to the 2017 World Cup triumph. Lewis, previously a fast-bowling coach with the England...
Coventry were one of the country’s leading clubs at their old Coundon Road home when rugby union was still an amateur sport – and spent one season in the English top flight when the Courage League, the precursor to the Premiership, was first formed for 1986-87. Their Butts Park Arena home currently has a capacity...