Fans would have preferred contest for world crown, but 20-minute Rapid games are still competitive substituteMagnus Carlsen, the world No 1, will be paired at least twice in the next few days with the world championship challenger, Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, the six-team franchise competition based on cricket’s Indian…

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Seven years after springing one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, the Mexican Rocky is back with his old trainer for one final run at the heavyweight summitSeven years ago, Andy Ruiz Jr became the first fighter of Mexican descent to win the world heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets boxing has…

Paris Saint-Germain have drawn both of their league games so far Monaco pose a tricky task on Friday“It’s like we’re at school,” Luis Enrique quipped as he entered the press conference room, hearing the journalists respond in unison to his hearty bonjour.His remark was fitting on the eve of Paris Saint-Germain’s first home match of…

Series and matches are getting shorter as the sport’s pace of change quickens – as if cricket is a proxy for wider fearsThere was a strange atmosphere on the final day of the Lord’s Test last week. It was a bank holiday Sunday, Jofra Archer was bowling the occasional rocket, and England were about to…