Britain’s Simon Yates won stage 10 of the Tour de France on Bastille Day as Ben Healy became the first Irish rider to claim the yellow jersey for 38 years. Yates, who triumphed in his second Grand Tour at the Giro d’Italia in June, timed his attack superbly on the final ascent of the 165.3km...
Watch the moment Jannik Sinner seals a brilliant comeback win over Carlos Alcaraz to become the first Italian to win a Wimbledon singles title, after the world number one beat the Spanish second seed 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read full article...
Tim Merlier won stage nine of the Tour de France in a sprint finish after Mathieu van der Poel’s hopes of an audacious breakaway victory were dashed inside the final kilometre. Van der Poel and team-mate Jonas Rickaert attacked at the start of the 174.1km run from Chinon to Chateauroux and the Dutch former world...
After being put in and losing Tim Robinson without a run on the board, Northants’ David Willey was then dropped on nought with Sam Wood parrying the ball over the rope for six. He went on to make 27 with Bopara scoring 53 from 40 balls and Saif Zaib smashing 30 from 18 balls as...
Ireland’s Ben Healy produced a stunning solo break to win stage six of the Tour de France while Mathieu van der Poel regained the race leader’s yellow jersey. Healy and Van der Poel spent most of the 201.5km hilly stage in an eight-man breakaway before the former attacked with 42km remaining. The EF Education-EasyPost rider...
Caster Semenya’s right to a fair hearing was violated by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court when she lost a 2023 appeal against World Athletics regulations that effectively barred her from competing, Europe’s top court has ruled. The double 800m Olympic champion won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in her...
Remco Evenepoel won the individual time trial on stage five of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar took the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel. Belgium’s Evenepoel, who is the world and Olympic champion in the discipline, lived up to his billing as favourite on the 33km route around Caen with a stunning...
English amateur Lottie Woad carded a four-under final-round 69 to claim her first Ladies European Tour title in dominant fashion with a six-shot victory at the Women’s Irish Open. But because Woad is an amateur, she will not receive any prize money, with the 67,500 euro (£58,000) winner’s cheque going to Sweden’s four-time Solheim Cup...
The all-time F1 record crowd – 168,000 on the day and 500,000 over the weekend – witnessed an extraordinary moment when Verstappen spun before racing had resumed at the restart after the second safety car period. Verstappen appeared to have been distracted by what had happened a few seconds before in the incident that earned...
Hampshire Hawks held their nerve to win a tense battle against basement club Somerset and keep alive hopes of making the top three in the Women’s T20 Blast. Somerset put up one of their best displays of their winless campaign by posting a total of 153-8, with Fran Wilson’s 32-ball 55 the standout contribution. An...
Watch the moment Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is denied winning a game due to the electronic line-calling system failing, resulting in the point being replayed and leading to Britain’s Sonay Kartal winning the game in their fourth round match at Wimbledon 2025. Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read...
The mind games began before the opening bell, when Catterall sent Conor Benn – who was defeated by Harlem’s cousin, Chris Eubank Jr, in their April grudge match – to inspect Eubank’s hand-wrapping. “Didn’t want to miss this,” Benn quipped during the awkward encounter, before returning to Catterall’s dressing room to report, “[Eubank’s] head has...
Jasper Philipsen will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in his career as he won stage one of the 2025 Tour de France. A sprint finish was expected after a flat stage beginning and ending in Lille, and Alpecin-Deceuninck’s lead-out train delivered the 27-year-old in the perfect position to claim the stage win....
Diogo Jota scores the winner for Liverpool in a 1-0 victory over Everton at Anfield in April 2025. Read full article at source...
Federica Bedendo BBC News, North East and Cumbria Lisa O’Neil The O’Neil family went on a Santa themed holiday to Lapland, but most of the activities were cancelled A family have won a six-month fight for a refund on their £3,500 dream holiday to Lapland which was hit by a series of weather-related cancellations. Lisa...