Saracens will “look after” their returning international players over the next few weeks, says director of rugby Mark McCall. The north London club resume their Premiership campaign against city rivals Harlequins this weekend with eight players returning from Six Nations duty. McCall’s side are fifth in the league, one point off a play-off spot with...
There are 10 England players – past and present – in this year’s IPL. RCB have the biggest English contingent, with opener Phil Salt and all-rounders Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell – who is recovering from a hamstring injury but is set to make his IPL debut. Fast bowler Jofra Archer returns to his former...
While Uefa has not made an official comment about the state of the pitch during Real Madrid v Arsenal, fierce criticism followed from players, managers and pundits. Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright described the pitch as a “disgrace” in a video on his Instagram page. Gunners manager Renee Slegers said she did not...
England duo Jacob Bethell and Jamie Overton are set to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the first time when it returns on Saturday. There have been 41 other England players that have featured in the IPL, but how many can you name? That’s the challenge ahead. We’ve given you the role they...
Scotland full-back Blair Kinghorn and England wing Tommy Freeman are among the nominees for the 2025 Six Nations Player of the Championship award. Kinghorn made a tournament-high 86 carries and nine line-breaks, while Freeman, who started England’s final-round win over Wales at outside centre, became the first Englishman to score a try in each match...
First he must celebrate this win. It was achieved without his very best golf. It would be an exaggeration to say he won it ugly, but he did it with a largely errant driver and was able to put himself in contention in a way that was beyond golf’s other leading lights. Sawgrass is a...
Rory McIlroy claimed his second Players Championship title with a comfortable victory over JJ Spaun in a three-hole play-off at Sawgrass. It is the Northern Irishman’s second PGA Tour win of the season – and 28th of his career – and comes in the most prestigious event outside of the annual four majors. “I am...
McIlroy started the day four shots back at eight under par but birdied the first and then had an eagle three at the par-five second to virtually eradicate Spaun’s advantage. After a bogey at seven, he joined the leaders with a birdie at the eighth and remained in top spot, despite persistent challenges from Spaun...
Rory McIlroy slipped four shots off the lead after a punishing back nine in blustery conditions during round three at The Players Championship. The 2019 champion carded a one-over 73 to trail unheralded American JJ Spaun who leads at 12 under, one ahead of tour veteran Bud Cauley. McIlroy was at 10 under after nine...
Justin Thomas equalled the TPC Sawgrass course record with a stunning 10-under-par 62 at The Players Championship in Florida, while Rory McIlroy is just two shots off the lead at the halfway stage. It represented a remarkable turnaround from Thomas, who carded a six-over 78 in his opening round and began Friday in serious danger...
Rory McIlroy hit seven birdies in an impressive five-under-par 67 to sit one off the lead after the first round of The Players Championship in Florida. Former US Open champion Lucas Glover is one of three players who shot a 66 to lead on six under. American Glover, 45, birdied each of his last four...
And no matter how hard the golf media tried, the commissioner flat-batted every enquiry as to how that might be achieved. Monahan does not play verbal ‘Bazball’; every non-answer dictated by the delicate nature of golf’s future. Where he was more forthcoming, was an acceptance – at long last – that men’s professional golf has...