A match blessed with so much drama it kept coming even after the final runs had been hit and the players had left the field, illuminated with several outstanding individual performances and a couple of unexpected plot twists, ended with Matthew Wade powering Australia to victory over Pakistan and a place in the T20 World […]
Gregor Townsend has praised Matt Scott for fighting his way back into contention for Scotland as the Leicester centre prepares to win his first cap in four and a half years against South Africa at Murrayfield on Saturday. The 31-year-old has appeared 39 times for his country but his last start was in Townsend’s first […]
Lewis Hamilton has said that he must take victory at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix if he is to stay in touch with Max Verstappen in the Formula One world championship race. However, the Mercedes driver noted that the task would be exceptionally difficult, as he expects Verstappen’s Red Bull to once more be on […]
There is something a little different about the Wallabies squad who have bowled into London for this week. It’s not the names on the team sheet. The spine of the team – James Slipper, Michael Hooper, Nic White, James O’Connor, Kurtley Beale – is all familiar, and even the only uncapped player in the squad, […]
The Carolina Panthers have agreed to a one-year contract to bring back quarterback Cam Newton to the franchise that drafted him No 1 overall in 2011. Carolina were light on quarterbacks after starter Sam Darnold suffered a fracture of his shoulder blade in last week’s 24-6 loss to the New England Patriots. Panthers coach Matt […]
In the end, the story didn’t entirely deliver for David Warner. But in the end, it delivered enough. For what has felt like so long in the compressed world of short-course cricket, Australia’s opening bat has been out of form, out of runs, out of time, and eventually just out. The one thing he hasn’t […]
Andy Murray has shown beyond doubt that he can compete with and defeat the best players in the world, but the question of when he can string enough matches together to make a palpable impact on his ranking remains unanswered. A day after toppling Jannik Sinner, the top seed, for his second victory over a […]