Category: Sport

Harry Kane looked broken, already haunted. When he stopped to speak to reporters in the small hours of Sunday morning, the crush began on the other side of the barrier, TV cameramen pushing from the back, everybody wanting to see and hear. Kane’s lips moved and there were words, completely monotone, but it was as […]

England’s footballers are coming home without the World Cup trophy but were not entirely empty-handed on leaving their training base in Al Wakrah on Sunday. The defenders Kyle Walker and John Stones, who both started for Gareth Southgate’s team in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat by France, befriended a stray tabby cat during their four-week stay in […]

Manchester United came agonisingly close to a first derby win after the referee waved away Lucía García’s furious penalty appeals in the dying minutes when the Manchester City defender Alex Greenwood nudged the ball towards the goalkeeper, Ellie Roebuck, with her hand as she fell in the box. “I honestly haven’t seen it, I hear […]

Caleb Williams brought sizzle, excitement and star power back to Southern California football. And now the Heisman Trophy too. Williams, the dynamic quarterback who was the catalyst for the Trojans’ turnaround season, won the Heisman on Saturday night to make USC the first school to take home college football’s most prestigious player of the year […]

Six months later, the Splash Brothers were still feeling it from all over the court against the Celtics and delivered one of their team’s signature wins of the season so far. Klay Thompson scored 34 points, Stephen Curry added 32 with six three-pointers and Golden State beat Boston 123-107 on Saturday night in a rematch […]

In a tournament blighted by grim events off the field, Morocco have provided some rare joy. Not only have they become the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, they have been quick to share their success with their biggest supporters. Following his decisive spot kick in the penalty shootout win […]

Sunday in Multan was the halfway point of this historic Test series and an hour after lunch, as a bumper crowd sat silenced by a trio of dismissals usually associated with fast bowlers from these parts, England appeared to be surging towards an unassailable 2-0 scoreline. Set what would be a record 355 for victory […]