Six players called up for third Test after England losses
Rizwan to return home over poor form, Hesson to take charge in third Test
All-time great Aaron Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams
Los Angeles were already Super Bowl favoritesDefensive tackle was 10-time Pro Bowler with Rams35-year-old aiming to win second Super Bowl in LAAaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, is coming out of retirement to rejoin his only professional team, the Los Angeles Rams.During a 10-season career with the Rams, who drafted…
Marcus Rashford’s Manchester United return feels like a marriage of convenience | Will Unwin
A lack of offers and problems in finding a replacement may be behind the move, but that does not mean it cannot workThe first chant of the match was for Marcus Rashford, Manchester United’s returning rogue son, the one banished for 18 months, first to the Midlands and then Catalonia. Every football fan loves an academy product…
Welcome to Ozball, the low-key story of a low-key England summer | Barney Ronay
Ollie Robinson’s metronomic medium-nip represents the new age – sometimes, you just get the heroes you needEach age makes its own heroes. Two hours from the end of the final day of the second-last Test at the fag‑end of the post‑Bazball summer, the cheer from the Lord’s crowd at deep fine leg had something pointed about…
Lionel Messi’s ‘footballing beauty’ hailed as Miami crush Montreal; MLS roundup
Messi nets four goals, adds assist in 7-1 Miami winDejan Joveljić scores twice on Sounders debutMinnesota United score three times in four minutesInter Miami interim coach Guillermo Hoyos ran out of superlatives for Lionel Messi after the Argentine playmaker scored four goals in a Major League Soccer match for the first time in his career…
US Open tennis 2026: Norrie and Medvedev in action, Pegula advances on day one – live
How the US Open became obscenely expensiveFollow us on Bluesky | And you can mail GrahamKrejcikova gets in a muddle after squandering a 40-0 lead on serve. Deuce. She fights back though. Wins the game with a lovely serve down the T. All square at 2-2.Paolini delivers a dominant effort on serve to change ends…
Fernandes fires hat-trick as Manchester United fight back to thrash Ipswich
To follow the claiming of both major footballer of the year awards by scoring a hat-trick in Manchester United’s first home game was some Bruno Fernandes act, and points to an intent to continue his stellar form of last season.Ipswich Town came to scythe Michael Carrick’s side via the pace of Julio Enciso, Issa Diop…
Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue roll over Pakistan to give England series win
2nd Test, D4: England, 290 & 208, bt Pakistan, 110 & 194, by 194 runsRobinson’s 4-24 earns match figures of 8-35; Tongue takes 3-46Tempting as it is to consider the state of Pakistan’s Test team and shrug at England completing a breezy series victory with a match to spare, it was not entirely insignificant for…
Transfer roundup: Ollie Watkins completes move to Al-Hilal from Aston Villa
England forward’s exit continues busy summer for VillaNews follows Emiliano Martínez moving to ChelseaAl-Hilal have signed Ollie Watkins from Aston Villa, the two clubs announced on Sunday, as the 30-year-old striker ended a successful six-year spell with the Midlands club where he became their top scorer in the Premier League. The England international, who had…
Tadej Pogacar shares picture from hospital after Vuelta-ending crash
Slovenian awaiting surgery on collarbone after fallMas extends overall lead by winning ninth stageTadej Pogacar, who was dramatically forced to withdraw from the Vuelta a España on Saturday after a heavy fall, has shared a photo of himself from hospital accompanied by the Bee Gees’ song Stayin’ Alive.Pogacar, the clear leader of the Vuelta until…
